Are the Ashes still popular among the folks of England and Australia?
The Ashes Urn.Do you realise this magnificent trophy is 4.5in high! - that’s 11cm to modern folks. How could teams not strive for days on end, (with appropriate stops for lunch and tea), and retiring only if the weather became a little moist, for such a magnificent trophy.I think it is still one of the most keenly fought international contests, with the English (let’s be honest cricket is a little less popular in Wales and Scotland) always keen to humble the cocky Colonials, and the Australians equally keen to pass on the skills taught by their convict forebears.Then we have the subsidiary contest for the longest beer snake. For those not familiar with this, there are several examples on youtube.“There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night—Ten to make and the match to win—A bumping pitch and a blinding light,An hour to play and the last man in.And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote"Play up! play up! and play the game!"From “Close at Clifton College” by Sir Henry John Newbolt, ( 1862 – 1938)
Is the Scottish Premier League the most boring competition on the planet?
The league you follow must be shite if you feel the need to visit the Scottish football section.
Touring Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty?
To clarify. I feel it is VITAL for my 16 year old to learn what happened on 911. NOT gauck. But to see it was real. TV is not real. We have news and we have sitcoms. But to experience a place - even if a construction zone - makes it real. MY 16 year old WILL learn the horror if life. To know that NY'ers have suffered and it can never be allowed to occur again. Yes, I would go to Auchwitz. Not to enjoy, but to remember and KNOW. During WWII, the Nazi's claimed someday the holocost would be thought of as only propaganda. If we don't teach our children the truth - through experience, then someday 911 will be though of as propaganda. So much for letting my son know the human side of 911.
If you were a German in the last 500 days of the Third Reich would you defend Hitler to the end?
Don't get out much do you junior...