Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 01:25:20 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96CFADE3576BB3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> Jim Larson wrote in >>> news:Xns96CFABF07B48F3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>> >>>> Kath wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yay! >>>> >>>> (?) >>>> >>> >>> I was saying to Claire, for all the excitment it brings and the fame >>> of the competition it must be the smallest trophy in sport. >> >> If by "small" you mean "totally irrelevant to anyone outside my >> benighted island and its former penal colony" then yes. Yes it is. >> >> (I kid. I kid because I love. Or loathe. Take your pick.) >> > > Well at least the world cup of cricket is a true world cup, unlike a > certain baseball competition. Maybe that's because you are worried that > as American baseball team would do as well as the basketball team. It > would be amusing though if you lost to say Cuba, could you imagine the > fun Castro would have pissing off Bush. I'm all for pissing off Bush. And if it's at the expense of a professional sport, all the better! > Have you ever seen the ashes urn? It's only about 10cm tall. > http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2005/jul/18cric1.htm One day, if it eats all its vegetables, it will grow up to be a big trophy. -- Jim .