Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes.
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : weirdwolf
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 13:48:57

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in news:Xns96D04EC6F8D20ndtcm@
204.153.244.170:

> 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)

 Well I was originally joking about baseballs not so world series. Do 
they call the NBA championship something along those lines as well then? 
I don't follow basketball at all, never interests me. But just for you I 
will alter the comment to:
<coughs>Raptors</coughs>
 Ted
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