Originally posted by chancremechanicWho the hell requests Stairway to Heaven?
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....
The CD must cost only £5 or so.
Originally posted by dottewellhttp://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/
And how many of them are any good? Is there a world cup of baseball? How many teams qualify? Is it competitive?
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?
It appears there are 16 countries entered. I don't know how the qualifications were made, but all the continents except Antartica are represented. But alas, no Great Britain. Maybe because their athletes...well...let's not go there again.
I will grant you that American Football is peculiar to America. But I will also point out that soccer is not an English sport. England plays the game, to be sure, but the game is not particularly English in the way that cricket is. That's why I used the baseball/cricket comparison.
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Originally posted by rwingettWhilst cricket originated in England (as - very generally speaking - did modern football), I don't agree that it is particularly English. Ashes victory last Summer notwithstanding, it's nowhere near the most popular sport in England. In Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (combined population: 1.4 billion) it's by a long distance the most popular sport, and is also arguably bigger or at least as big in the West Indies, Australia and South Africa than it is in England. If England disbanded its national cricket team and the domestic game collapsed, the worldwide game would no doubt take a hit, but would continue largely as it is.
But I will also point out that soccer is not an English sport. England plays the game, to be sure, but the game is not particularly English in the way that cricket is. That's why I used the baseball/cricket comparison.
Originally posted by rwingettI didn't say football was peculiarly English. I just said we reserved our efforts for real sports, like football.
http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/
It appears there are 16 countries entered. I don't know how the qualifications were made, but all the continents except Antartica are represented. But alas, no Great Britain. Maybe because their athletes...well...let's not go there again.
I will grant you that American Football is peculiar to America. But I wi ...[text shortened]... ularly English in the way that cricket is. That's why I used the baseball/cricket comparison.
By saying this I have virtually ensured that America will knock England out of this summer's World Cup, and I will have to shoulder the blame...
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Originally posted by rwingettwhat about all of the other countries with mild climates?
So far in the Olympics:
Germany: 18 medals, population 82.2 million, 1 medal per 4.5 million people
Norway: 16 medals, population 4.5 million, 1 medal per 281,000 people
Austria: 10 medals, population 8.2 million, 1 medal per 820,000 people
Switzerland: 8 medals, population 7.4 million, 1 medal per 925,000 people
Italy: 7 medals, population 57.3 mill or something. Are we to conclude that the British suck? That conclusion seems inescapable.
what about kenya? brazil? etheopia? ireland?
winter olympics is only for brass monkeys
what about your own kingdom, khybermongolia then?
all you are good for is beach volleyball wearing your awful salted yakskin thongs!
Originally posted by T1000Very occasionally. I had a few games with DoctorScribbles on the No Name Go server when he was still Cribs, and I have one now and again if I can find someone. I'm marginally better at it than I am at chess, but essentially a beginner. If you have a board and up for London meet-uppance, you should bring it.
You're not wrong. You play?
Originally posted by eamondogo drink some more
what about all of the other countries with mild climates?
what about kenya? brazil? etheopia? ireland?
winter olympics is only for brass monkeys
what about your own kingdom, khybermongolia then?
all you are good for is beach volleyball wearing your awful salted yakskin thongs!