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Re: Not Cricket (was Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:34:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
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 imperial
game. (My former colleague Pat McDevitt wrote an excellent
dissertation on sports ane empire that revolves heavily on cricket.)
> BTW you set FUT wrong...
> the very IDEA of Cricket is laughable so this is FUT .fun
Note to ESL folks and Compartmentalized Dorks: laughable does not
equal fun, or even really funny. T'ain't nuthin' bout cricket
what's fun. Curling or various other Scottish games are much
more redeeming; something about a giant man waddling around with
a boulder is just *interesting*.
LFB
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