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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-12-2006, 02:17 PM (1 of 17)
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Deja Vu YEAR 1981 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe. 3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament. 4. Pope died. YEAR 2005 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe. 3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament. 4. Pope died. In the future, if Prince Charles decides to remarry, please warn the Pope. Barb
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User: Mom of Six
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From: Magot
Date: 01-12-2006, 03:43 PM (2 of 17)
Much chuckling here - 
love and kisses, Jan
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Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-12-2006, 05:52 PM (3 of 17)
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I thought you would like it.
Barb
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-12-2006, 11:47 PM (4 of 17)
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Ya mean that weird looking guy in the sorta Santa hat was the pope ??? (I can't get used to seeing him...after all Pope Paul was a pope for about 1/2 my life...) If Prince Charles gets married again (in this life time)...hell must have frozen over... 
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-13-2006, 11:00 AM (5 of 17)
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Chuckle, chuckle, snortle.
Gina
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From: SnufflesMama
Date: 01-13-2006, 03:13 PM (6 of 17)
| Please tell me....What are "The Ashes"? I hate to sound stupid, but..... |
User: SnufflesMama
Member since: 11-25-2005 Total posts: 24 |
From: Lise
Date: 01-13-2006, 03:38 PM (7 of 17)
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It's a cricket trophy. Jolly good show, what? Lise 
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User: Lise
Member since: 07-24-2000 Total posts: 231
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From: Magot
Date: 01-13-2006, 03:58 PM (8 of 17)
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The "Holy Grail" of Cricket. The series takes place between two cricketing nations; namely England and Australia. It all began way back in Melbourne on the 15th of March 1877, just as a matter of interest, Australia won the game by 45 runs. However it wasn't until 1882, 5 years later, that the 'Ashes' were born as we know them today. A mock obituary was printed in the press: In Affectionate Remembrance of E N G L I S H C R I C K E T, which died at the Oval on 29th A U G U S T, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R.I.P. N.B. - The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. and from then on the name "The Ashes" for the traditional tournament between England and Australia grew. Popular legend has it that the ashes themselves of the first bails are held in a velvet purse within the Urn - who knows? As a final word the term "Ashes" of course precedes these encounters between Australia and England and needless to say it is Ireland that bears the distinction in having the term coined. The Commissioners of the Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell banned the playing of "Krickett" in Ireland by an order of 1656. All "sticks and balls" were henceforth to be burnt (and thereby reduced to ashes!) by the common hangman. So much for the l9th century Ashes - events in Ireland preceded these by over two hundred years. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-13-2006, 05:54 PM (9 of 17)
| Is cricket a widely played game in North America? |
User: Domestic Goddes
Member since: 01-04-2005 Total posts: 108 |
From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-13-2006, 09:56 PM (10 of 17)
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No Cricket isn't played much in the U.S. We have baseball, basketball, football and hockey mostly.
Summer
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From: Magot
Date: 01-14-2006, 10:15 AM (11 of 17)
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That's not REAL football Dom, we're talking NFL here -
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-14-2006, 03:44 PM (12 of 17)
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That's not REAL football Dom, we're talking NFL here - Don't our cousins across the Big Pond call real football "soccer"? |
User: Domestic Goddes
Member since: 01-04-2005 Total posts: 108 |
From: Magot
Date: 01-15-2006, 03:31 AM (13 of 17)
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They can't help it...
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-15-2006, 04:32 PM (14 of 17)
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No Cricket isn't played much in the U.S. Nor Canada. Thank God
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-15-2006, 05:34 PM (15 of 17)
| Why? It's a very civilised game. You can sit and watch it in glorious sunshine on a Sunday afternoon, reclining in your striped deckchair with a glass of Pimms in one hand and a cucumber sandwich in the other. Periodically you have to clap in a langorous fashion or occassionally fan yourself using your Panama hat. Very relaxing. |
User: Domestic Goddes
Member since: 01-04-2005 Total posts: 108 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 01-15-2006, 07:11 PM (16 of 17)
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Sounds too civilized for the average American sports fan. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Magot
Date: 01-16-2006, 02:21 AM (17 of 17)
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We were camping (+caravan) when the Ashes were being contested Dom, I was returning from the loo when there was a deep thoated roar across the entire camp - I guessed we had won - stap me if those Brits hadn't got excited! Pass the Pimms. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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