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Subject: 
Not Cricket (was Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:18:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> 
> "Larry Pieniazek" :
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Bennett writes:
> > 
> > > I see a hint of
> > > arrogance in Larry's assertion that the U.S. is the *best* country in the
> > > world.
> > 
> > Well of course you do. You DID see my humility score, right? The US IS the
> > best country in the world, but not to worry, the UK is right up there in the
> > top ten if not actually second. (unless you ask a Canadian)
> 
> There is no way that the US can be considered better than the UK.
> Name me one time ever you beat us at Cricket.

Not ever even playing you... now that *in itself* proves our superiority.

BTW you set FUT wrong...
the very IDEA of Cricket is laughable so this is FUT .fun

++Lar



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  Re: Not Cricket (was Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good
 
(...) BWAAAA! I can't disagree there. I did see some people playing cricket here in NJ down by the Raritan, which was a pretty odd spectacle; however, most of them were Indian, Bangladeshi, and/or Pakistani, and cricket *is* of course the consummate (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Not Cricket (was Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GL3xM2.7E3@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) the (...) in the (...) Well if you're going by cricket loss/win, doesn't that make -Australia- somewhere near the top? Hell, it even puts New (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GL3vzG.1zB@lugnet.com... (...) There is no way that the US can be considered better than the UK. Name me one time ever you beat us at Cricket. lawrence (25 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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