It's a Commonwealth Take Over

[yvr girl]

You have your own forum. Enjoy!

Australia and I share a birthday, Oz being much older of course.

[Violet_Crumble]

1. I only just noticed that...

All three forums are Commonwealth countries. Pity that you Canadians don't play cricket because we could all band together and discuss Australia's vast sporting superiority ;)

Violet...

[Djinn]

2. bad violet bad bad violet

part of the reason I come to DU is that no-one mentions the worlds most boring game...apart from it's duel use as a Mogadon replacement cricket should be banished forever!

[Violet_Crumble]

4. Oops!

It may well be the world's most boring game, but I only used to watch it to count the seagulls on the field. All I watch now is the highlights on the news, and it's much less boring when an entire day is cut down to a few seconds. It's the only team sport I can even tolerate. I hate every football code with a vengeance. And basketball. And netball...

Violet...

[yvr girl]

3. They play cricket in Stanley Park

but I must admit, I believe it's mostly ex-pats. It looks pretty with their nice, white outfits.

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5. I wonder why cricket never became big in Canada....

I mean, when you think about the positive (or negative for Djinn) cultural legacies left behind by the British Empire, cricket is one of the few I can think of...

Violet...

[Saynt]

6. Ahh cricket

... the greatest game of all, to play.

Boring as shit to watch, unless it's a one dayer.

However, on a blisteringly hot 40 degree day it's the only sport that's possible to play outdoors.

You know the game I really don't get? Gridiron.

[Violet_Crumble]

10. I don't get gridiron either...

I only watched it once and I didn't understand it at all. A bunch of guys wear so much padding they look like Sumo wrestlers with helmets on stand around for ages, waddle a few steps or throw the ball, and then stop for ages again. Then again, growing up in a Rugby League stronghold, I've never understood Aussie Rules, which when it comes to the pace of a game, has to be the opposite extreme of gridiron...

Violet...

[HEyHEY]

13. Because of Hockey

PRetty well NOTHING is popular except that

[CiCi the Psychobunny]

7. LIES! Filthy LIES!

Any sporting superiority Aussie has is entirely due to more money and more people! If rugby wasn't so bloody commercialised and we had a team like back in the good ol' days we would CANE you EVERY time!

Wait, what am I saying? I hate rugby . . . must be genetic Aussie-hate. :evilgrin:

But that being said, I'd like to pass on my thanks to your PM for drawing all the SE Asian terrorists' attention. I know *I* feel safer with Howard backing Bush. :evilgrin:

[Wols]

8. Australian rules football rocks!

I used to love watching that on American tv. The refs look like gangsters with those outfits.

[CiCi the Psychobunny]

9. Now, Wols. . .

They ARE gangsters:
a) they're Aussies (couldn't resist, sorry)
b) only gangsters can control an Aussie Rules game.

[Djinn]

11. As opposed to NZ favourite game

widely known as THUGby?? :evilgrin:

BTW - how do blokes in shiny white (bright organe) T-shirts and socks look like gangsters???

[SweetLeftFoot]

12. Rugby

Bum sniffing. Thats what it is.