Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes.
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 13:44:38

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in news:Xns96D04CD8C32FEndtcm@
> 204.153.244.170:
> 
>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>> 
>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:Xns96CFADE3576BB3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: 
>>>> 
>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> 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. 
>>> 
>>> Re: Olympic Basketball
>>> 
>>> What the US needs to do is send a team that has actually played
>>> together, then tell them they only get fed when they win. 
>> 
>> I would like them to go back to sending college players.
>> But I agree with Ted.  It isn't right for us to claim we won a "World 
>> Championship" when we are the only ones who play.
> 
> <coughs>Blue jays<coughs>
>  Mind you with the influx of central American, and East asian players 
> I'ld be interested to see what percentage of players are of US descent.
> Ted
> 

There are no Blue Jays in basketball.
(Football either for that matter)

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