Originally posted by rwingettI can't believe I, as an Irish man, had to defend the UK from a cruel and unusual phillipic against their sporting prowess.
You people are all truly pathetic. How many thousands of people are on this site and not one of you could come up with a worthy rebuttal to by anti British polemic. Many of you alluded to Britain not having proper conditions condusive to winter sports, but no one did the obvious thing by checking how the British did at the last summer Olympics. This would h ...[text shortened]... o, it seems that Great Britain sucks because their people are all stoooopid.
Ha! Take that.
I shall now have to over compensate by shouting out a barage of insults during the upcoming rugby international.
You see what you have reduced me to, Rwing?
(Ok, I might have done it anyway, as it's traditional, but now I have a pretext! Cheers, mate!)
P.S. The counter-argument that the Winter Olympics are bloody awful still stands up pretty well. There's not much snow in Ireland, but if there were, we'd probably just make a snowman and go to the pub, anyway. That's got to be better than cross-country skiing...
Originally posted by dottewellOne could only hope, That would be quite a story.
I didn't say football was peculiarly English. I just said we reserved our efforts for real sports, like football.
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...
Originally posted by rwingettIf it was water sports instead of winter sports I bet you a half crown to a gimp suit that the UK would be right up there.
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 ...[text shortened]... or something. Are we to conclude that the British suck? That conclusion seems inescapable.
Originally posted by demonseedNow you've done it.
If it was water sports instead of winter sports I bet you a half crown to a gimp suit that the UK would be right up there.
I give it five minutes before an Australian posts "the ratio of Australian Olympic gold medals in swimming to adult Australians is approximately 1:1", or similar...
Originally posted by dottewellTaiwan is big on baseball, as are Japan and Korea. The Taiwanese are perpetual powerhouses in the Little League championships. There are more and more Asian players making it into the Big Leagues all the time now. But I have no idea how their team in the WBC is.
What odds can I get on Chinese Taipei?
Originally posted by T1000But when people think of cricket, they think of England. The game is linked to England, both in origin and in spirit. Baseball plays a similar role in the American psyche. In both cases the game has grown beyond it's original borders but they each still bear the indelible stamp of their origins.
Whilst 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, ...[text shortened]... collapsed, the worldwide game would no doubt take a hit, but would continue largely as it is.
Originally posted by eamondoRead the rest of the thread before you start chiming in, you piker.
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!
Originally posted by VargWell Led Zeppelin was probably bigger in the States than in GB, so millions of people still request it. Go to any record store in America and you won't find LZ in the "sort and find" barrel like you would Boy George, George Michael, or any of the "Hair Bands" of the 80s. Age has a lot to do with it too. How old are you?...if you're 12, I can understand why you question "Stairway to Heaven"....when you get 25-40, and get tired of the Rap and techno crap they call "music" these days, you'll remember our chat......😉
Who the hell requests Stairway to Heaven?
The CD must cost only £5 or so.
Originally posted by chancremechanicHey, I like Stairway to Heaven.
Well Led Zeppelin was probably bigger in the States than in GB, so millions of people still request it. Go to any record store in America and you won't find LZ in the "sort and find" barrel like you would Boy George, George Michael, or any of the "Hair Bands" of the 80s. Age has a lot to do with it too. How old are you?...if you're 12, I can under ...[text shortened]... he Rap and techno crap they call "music" these days, you'll remember our chat......😉
I have the CD.
That's what I do when I want to listen to a record, not request it on some radio show.
Originally posted by VargOK, I understand....but not everybody has a CD player their car, home, office, etc.....and, some people actually listen to the radio here in the U.S. 😵
Hey, I like Stairway to Heaven.
I have the CD.
That's what I do when I want to listen to a record, not request it on some radio show.