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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2009-07-12 02:46 am

Grrrrrrr

The only thing worse than having both the Ashes and the Tour on in the middle of the night (and thus developing RSI in my channel-switching fingers) is having Australia do well in the cricket.

I love 99.7% of things Australian, but it is not within me to love the cricket team.

Actually, that's not wholly true, the women's team is lovely.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
They're still boofheads for the most part. Admittedly it has improved since the Warney days of a few years back, but not enough for me to cope. Everything is mixed up with sportspeople here: the soccer team is made up of the nicest lads you could hope for, the cricket team mostly moose.

And yes, gridiron is a fake sport, just a cross between catch & kick and wrestling.

[identity profile] jadzialove.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I feel compelled to clarify.

Football is called such, in the US, because when they named the sport, they actually kicked the ball. You know, with a foot. No one thought of picking it up and throwing it for several years. Then they realized it was more fun, but the name stuck.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's more fun because they all secretly want to be wrestlers!