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robertt said:Would any Irish pilgrims explain to me why Ireland reserve their absolute best form for Australia? You're supposed to be our friends!
robertt said:Would any Irish pilgrims explain to me why Ireland reserve their absolute best form for Australia?
You're supposed to be our friends!
robertt said:Nell, there's a tradition in Australian sport that we are obnoxious to everyone except Ireland and the West Indies. That list may soon be shortened to just the West Indies. Go carefully.
robertt said:Australians play a cultured running game........ if it comes down to England versus the mud-wrestlers, I might have to cheer for the muddies.
Robertt noted: when a springbok is showing off, it fans its tail while jumping awkwardly. This activity is called pronking, I believe./quote]
For the uninitiated, just so you'll know that Robertt isn't saying a disparaging thing about the Springboks, see the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5IJBbA6UkA
Quite lovely actually. I would suspect were one to be thrashing about in the mud...a good pronk would sent you right over them.
robertt said:And, Nell, I was raised believing that I was 7/8ths Irish and 1/8th Scot. We were supposed to be Townshends of Castletownshend, West Cork and all that. When I went for an Irish passport a couple of years ago, I discovered that Grandpa Townshend was adopted as an infant from England, and taken to Cork. I'm 1/4 Pom!
God save the Queen!
robertt said:Well, some are sad, Margaret and I are nervous. I think the pronkers are a little nervous also.
Nell, of course, will now be looking for a yellow scarf to wear.
Just as long as St James switches sides next weekend- presuming we Blacks make it that far- I don't mind if he is on the Wallaby side this weekend...robertt said:Maybe Saint James is a Wallaby supporter.
robertt said:Well, there go my 5/8 Irish and 1/4 Pom, following my 1/8 Scot......
Nell, of course, will now be looking for a yellow scarf to wear.
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