Comments on: Funny Old Game

By: dale

dale — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:22:24 +0000

dave (13): right, if you add “…and watched by hooligans” :)

By: Simstim

Simstim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:23:10 +0000

Does that make Scotland a suburb of the Netherlands (or vice versa) for cricket purposes?

By: des von bladet

des von bladet — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:43:21 +0000

Nah, it’s a suburb of Italy. For rugbyfoopball purposes, at least.

By: Simstim

Simstim — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:23:53 +0000

Edhula3: last time I looked, Argentina was definitely South of the Equator.

By: des von bladet

des von bladet — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:35:29 +0000

Mijnheer, the mighty Intergalactic Scrapbook-Tribune has neglected to cover the “World” “Classic” Honkbal since—purely coincidentally, no doubt—the FDRUSA was eliminated. I still support Japan, Nederland having been knocked out nice and early.

By: mijnheer

mijnheer — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:05:16 +0000

By all means, discuss rugby, but where’s the post on the ultimate showdown between Godless Communism and Global Capitalism? I’m talking about Cuba versus Japan in the final of the World Baseball Classic. It’s been a wonderful tournament, full of upsets, including the U.S. losing to Canada, Korea, and Mexico—and surprises, like the brilliant upstart Koreans, who didn’t make a defensive error in seven games, but who were eliminated by their arch-rival, Japan, after beating the Japanese twice in earlier rounds. I’ll be cheering for the Cubans, who have a revolutionary love for baseball.

By: EWI

EWI — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:32:06 +0000

gaelic: obviously a game for hooligans played by hooligans

And yet the most good-natured crowds in attendance (excepting stuff-the-ref-in-the-boot-of-a-car Rathnew, of course)

Mr. Healy – the quote seems familiar, but I can’t place it.

By: edhula3

edhula3 — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:58:51 +0000

“the southern hemisphere is where it’s at.”

Umm…hate to say it but the Southern Hemisphere is where Rugby is played the best. No teams (incl. Argentina) play at such a high level as consistently as the Southern Hemisphere teams.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:29:39 +0000

dale, that’d be footy. (Australian Rules Football, for those that don’t know)

By: dale

dale — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:39:46 +0000

gaelic: obviously a game for hooligans played by hooligans

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:25:50 +0000

Then what’s Gaelic, I wonder…?

“Hurling is a cross between hockey and murder.”

By: EWI

EWI — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:18:13 +0000

It is said – with some merit IMO - that soccer is a game for gentlemen which is played by hooligans while rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen.

Then what’s Gaelic, I wonder…?

By: William Sjostrom

William Sjostrom — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:04:00 +0000

To add to your vanity on this point, the Ronan O’Gara whose “conversion put the seal on Ireland’s third consecutive win over England” is a fellow UCC graduate, whose father is a UCC professor.

By: Cheryl Morgan

Cheryl Morgan — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:54:58 +0000

Henry – there was a book launch that I had to attend that started before the end of the game. The book in question was written in honor of John & Judith, so I really had to be there. And the hotel wi-fi doesn’t extend out to the pool where we were having the launch so that we could, er, launch the book properly. (You had to be there, but hopefully I’ll have photos up soon.)

By: yabonn

yabonn — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:35:45 +0000

Well, another 6 nations won here. Rather dull, though, and that feeling that the southern hemisphere is where it’s at.

Hope they wake up before the next one.