Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes.
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 13:54:09

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> 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

No, they don't call the championship by that name but they always refer to 
the winners as "World Champions".

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