Originally posted by Officer DibbleCouldn't give two hoots about winter sports and yes we have a massive drinking problem, two hands and one mouth. remember that snow=stay inside(the pub) not go off and practice snow games
I think you're close, but on the wrong side. GB sucks because they still have a monarchy. Also they can't speak or write English; they build twee, old-fashioned little houses; they make the world's worst TV shows and movies; they dress like tramps; they have a massive collective drinking problem; and their public transport systems, ahlthough th ...[text shortened]... most expensive in the world, are among the worst.
Oh sorry, I meant 'we', not 'they'.
Originally posted by rwingettwe (ireland) haven't had any snow since the start of last year and it stays for about a day turns to crap and makes everyone crash. and most of us (not me) don't care about the winter olimpics nor do we pretend to (english tv people) hell irish tv isn't even showing any of the olimpics (and all of about 5 people they have in them) we have to watch the idiot english tv if we want to watch any of it. which they're still going on about how great they are for winning their one crapy silver medal, and the girl who won it hasn't been off the tv since.
I have no interest in what Ragnorak is. Such matters are not worthy of my consideration. Since he so vigorously defended the less than great British, I thought he might be one. But I assume the quality of snow in Ireland is much the same as in England. So is the quality of whining, apparently.
Originally posted by dottewellWhich is played in more countries, baseball or cricket?
I think the rest of us took it for granted that Britain has an excellent record in real sports.
Your question was why do we suck at winter sports, and I gave you the answer - because winter sports are a joke, and we don't waste our time.
I realise as an American you take your joke sports very seriously ("American football", rounders, etc.) but we jus ...[text shortened]... ut that down to your abject lack of a sense of humour. We're far too polite to point it out.
Originally posted by T1000You expect me to believe that 100 countries play cricket? If I weren't such a gentleman, T1000, I would be tempted to call your honor (with no 'u'😉 into question. There are about 192 countries in the world. By your count over half of them would be cricket playing countries. Simply preposterous. But perhaps we are merely using our terminology differently. By "playing" cricket, I am referring to enough interest in the sport in that country to support a professional league, or something closely appoximating that, and not some weekend idlers with a rulebook in their hand trying to figure out what they're supposed to be doing.
Quite what the relevance of your question is to the discussion I'm not sure, but I'll humour you. They are played in a similar number of countries (approximately 100).
The relevance is that dottewell made a comparison to British "real sports" and American "joke sports." By demonstrating that baseball has a greater global appeal than cricket, I will put this egregious slander to shame.
Originally posted by rwingettDo they get played on FM Radio?...last I heard, "Stairway to Heaven" by Zep and "Free Bird" by Lynard Skynard were the most requested songs to be played on American FM Rock stations...the bands you mentioned, while fine at a Bratwurst cook-off competition or a Lederhosen "cat-walk" down the runway competition, just don't cut it while driving to and from work....the sounds of Nordic folk-rock music and Interstate 8 in San Diego, CA just don't jibe....sorry....
I'm going to have to take exception to this line of attack. There are many worthy Scandanavian folk/rock bands out there, for example. They're just not well publicized in the west. I've bought CDs by Swedish and Finnish bands like Hedningarna, Loituma, Wimme, Gjallarhorn, and Garmarna, just to name a few. There's a whole website dedicated to the Scandanavian music scene:
http://www.noside.com/
Originally posted by chancremechanicHow many times can you listen to 'Free Bird' for cryin' out loud? Do you still have it on your original 8 track?
Do they get played on FM Radio?...last I heard, "Stairway to Heaven" by Zep and "Free Bird" by Lynard Skynard were the most requested songs to be played on American FM Rock stations...the bands you mentioned, while fine at a Bratwurst cook-off competition or a Lederhosen "cat-walk" down the runway competition, just don't cut it while driving to and f ...[text shortened]... of Nordic folk-rock music and Interstate 8 in San Diego, CA just don't jibe....sorry....
I have a little task for you, my cuturally challenged friend. Let us expand our horizons a little:
1. Go to: http://www.noside.com/artists.html
2. Click on the band 'Garmarna'
3. Click on the album 'Vengeance'
4. Listen to the first track: 'Gamen / Vulture'
Part 2
1. Go to: http://www.noside.com/artists.html
2. Click on the band 'Gjallarhorn'
3. Click on the album 'Sjofn'
4. Listen to the first track: 'Suvetar / Goddess of Spring'
If you don't agree that those are two great songs, then I'll...I don't know...eat my hat, or something.
*technical note: there may be a more direct route to access those songs, but I'm not on my own computer right now and can't figure it out.
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Originally posted by veagerScottish is British.....last I heard anyway. [irrespective of whether they want to be; or whether they are wanted]
GB has a good Curling team. no wait ... There all Scottish.
nvm
Strange how whenever it's an englishman who wins a medal, he's British - whereas if a jock wins something he's Scottish..
Originally posted by rwingettA certain percentage of people are stupid whichever country you pick. The percentage would be roughly the same everywhere and hence, as the US has a larger population [by far] than the UK, it also follows that they have more stupid people than the UK.
No, it seems that Great Britain sucks because their people are all stoooopid..
Hopefully it is mostly the non-stupid ones from both great countries that play here but unfortunately it seems the odd stupid one gets in too.
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Originally posted by rwingettLOL...yeah, I do have the original 8-track; it still sounds "jammin'".
How many times can you listen to 'Free Bird' for cryin' out loud? Do you still have it on your original 8 track?
I have a little task for you, my cuturally challenged friend. Let us expand our horizons a little:
1. Go to: http://www.noside.com/artists.html
2. Click on the band 'Garmarna'
3. Click on the album 'Vengeance'
4. Listen to the first tra ose songs, but I'm not on my own computer right now and can't figure it out.
OK, I went to your sight and listened to some Germarna. My conclusion: While I can appreciate the cultural/instrumental sounds and the chick sounding like she's taken 20 Ritilin tablets, it doesn't do anything for me. If I grew up in Copehagen, Oslo, or Stockholm I might appreciate it more. One song sounded like the "Cranberries" on ectasy played backwards. I wouldn't say it's "bad" music because I'm not into that genre, but I can say that I appreciate it for its musical qualities. Personally, I think playing it at Abu Graiib Prison would have prevented the "torture-by-panties" picture since the Muslims would have been begging to confess info in order to turn the music off. I'll stick to my "Zep" and "Skynard", thank you. I will wager a bet though: Germarna won't be around by 2025, while Robert Plant will still be singing: "and she's buy-i-ing the stairer-way........to hea-ven"......😉
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Originally posted by chancremechanicKinda sounded like Petula Clark with a sitar shoved up her arse.....
LOL...yeah, I do have the original 8-track; it still sounds "jammin'".
OK, I went to your sight and listened to some Germarna. My conclusion: While I can appreciate the cultural/instrumental sounds and the chick sounding like she's taken 20 Ritilin tablets, it doesn't do anything for me. If I grew up in Copehagen, Oslo, or Stockholm I might app ...[text shortened]... singing: "and she's buy-i-ing the stairer-way........to hea-ven"......😉
Originally posted by rwingettAnd how many of them are any good? Is there a world cup of baseball? How many teams qualify? Is it competitive?
You expect me to believe that 100 countries play cricket? If I weren't such a gentleman, T1000, I would be tempted to call your honor (with no 'u'😉 into question. There are about 192 countries in the world. By your count over half of them would be cricket playing countries. Simply preposterous. But perhaps we are merely using our terminology differently. By ...[text shortened]... has a greater global appeal than cricket, I will put this egregious slander to shame.
But let's leave cricket and baseball to one side.
Would you like to answer your own question with regard to "American Football" and soccer? How many countries play both? And how is your "soccer league" these days?
Originally posted by rwingettCan't say I care much about the sporting issues. But on cricket vs baseball, I think it's obvious that a) baseball is played seriously in a greater number of countries than cricket; b) cricket is played and followed by more people than baseball (thanks to cricket-obsessed nations with enormous populations, e.g. India and Pakistan).
By demonstrating that baseball has a greater global appeal than cricket, I will put this egregious slander to shame.
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Originally posted by rwingettPffft. Scarcely do I know to what to respond, the cricketing ignorance or the frankly outlandish claims to gentlemanly status. The Freethinker who builds a belief structure on hard evidence would be seriously bereft of opinions if he neither occasionally sought evidence nor defined parameters when bandying loose words like 'play' around.
You expect me to believe that 100 countries play cricket? If I weren't such a gentleman, T1000, I would be tempted to call your honor (with no 'u'😉 into question. There are about 192 countries in the world. By your count over half of them would be cricket playing countries. Simply preposterous. But perhaps we are merely using our terminology differently. By has a greater global appeal than cricket, I will put this egregious slander to shame.
Cricket's governing body recognises 96 cricket playing countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Cricket_Council_members). Even this site: http://www.baseballnews.com/international/allcountries/allcountries.htm puts crickets numbers at 86, with baseball weighing in at approximately 100.
But you don't need to me to expose your latest diatribe as founded on shoddy logic, not when The Right Honourable dottewell is doing such a point-nailingly excellent job. Your villainous attempt to take nefarious glee in writing off a nation has been undermined, and suggesting that the number of nations involved could be the primary factor in establishing a sport's status on the 'real'/'joke' scale is pitiful: the lack of further aspect identification (competition etc) renders country numbers devoid of any serious import to the point of irrelevancy. Honk!
Good luck with the American football vs Rest of the world football question.