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  • N Nagy Vilmos

    A case of "They're Only Brits While They're Winning" I assume.

    Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow

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    No not really, apart from Murray maybe. More of an observation that even though British Sport is going through a purple patch at the moment, a depressingly small amount of them are not English, compared to times past.

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      And a Kenyan[^] leading the Tour de France.

      “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

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      I never knew that. You know he crossed my mind when I was writing this post, wish I had googled him now.

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        I've spent the last 3 Satuarday's cheering on a team of Welshmen at Rugby. I spent Sunday cheering on a Scotsman at Tennis. I'm currently watching and cheering on two South Africans face the Australia attack, with a third to follow shortly in the Ashes. At least they are all winning.

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        As I am trying to avoid doing real work I did a quick analysis of British gold medalists from last year's Olympics. English 24 Scots 6 Welsh 3 German 2 Somali 1 Channel Islander 1 USian 1 Manx 1 Belgian 1

        “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

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          As I am trying to avoid doing real work I did a quick analysis of British gold medalists from last year's Olympics. English 24 Scots 6 Welsh 3 German 2 Somali 1 Channel Islander 1 USian 1 Manx 1 Belgian 1

          “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks

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          How many medalists from Yorkshire?

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            I've spent the last 3 Satuarday's cheering on a team of Welshmen at Rugby. I spent Sunday cheering on a Scotsman at Tennis. I'm currently watching and cheering on two South Africans face the Australia attack, with a third to follow shortly in the Ashes. At least they are all winning.

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            KP for 14; nuts.

            Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow

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              PB 369,783 wrote:

              At least they are all winning.

              That's something you Englishmen really aren't used to. ;P

              The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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              Keith Barrow
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              Though to be fair we don't call our domestic trophies "World Series". ;P with nobs on!!!

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              I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                How many medalists from Yorkshire?

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                More than Australia.

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                  More than Australia.

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  That'll be 1 then. :laugh:

                  Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow

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                    I saw an English man loosing in Formula 1 Sunday... :(

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    I thought it was an Australian who was LOOSING?

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                    • K Keith Barrow

                      Though to be fair we don't call our domestic trophies "World Series". ;P with nobs on!!!

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                      I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                      Hey! We invited Canada to the party, and we stole most of Cuba's good players. That's basically the whole world, right? ;P

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                        Though to be fair we don't call our domestic trophies "World Series". ;P with nobs on!!!

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                        I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                        I think it's safe to say that whichever team wins the World Series is the best baseball team in the world... Same with American football and basketball... Those are our sports. We created them, and we're the best at them. ;P (Disregarding the fact that a large chunk of the players in the MLB are from the Caribbean :rolleyes: )

                        The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                          I thought it was an Australian who was LOOSING?

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                          But a GERMAN won in GERMANY, and a Swiss / French double finished on podium (Romain Grosjean)

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                          • N Nagy Vilmos

                            KP for 14; nuts.

                            Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow

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                            Septimus Hedgehog
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                            His dismissal will give him time to send text messages about his fellow teammates. :rolleyes:

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                              I think it's safe to say that whichever team wins the World Series is the best baseball team in the world... Same with American football and basketball... Those are our sports. We created them, and we're the best at them. ;P (Disregarding the fact that a large chunk of the players in the MLB are from the Caribbean :rolleyes: )

                              The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                              Colin Mullikin wrote:

                              ...We created them, ...

                              Neither motherhood, baseball nor apple pie were invented in the USA.

                              -- Harvey

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                                Colin Mullikin wrote:

                                ...We created them, ...

                                Neither motherhood, baseball nor apple pie were invented in the USA.

                                -- Harvey

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                                Colin Mullikin
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                                Baseball evolved from some games that were played in England, but baseball with modern rules was first played in the US in the mid-1800s.

                                The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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