Matthew Johnson writes:
> On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:36, Major A wrote:
> > > Quoted from www.auntymonkey.com, "An Interview with the [Hot Air Balloon]
> > > World Chamion David Bareford"::
> > >
> > > 8. Why is England so good at ballooning but fairly average at every other sport?
> > >
> > > England has always been very good at aviation sports but because of
> > > that they never publicise it in the national press. We have a another
> > > tradition of inventing sports and beating the world until everyone else
> > > learns to play it then we end up getting thrashed - we then move on to
> > > inventing another sport.
> >
> > Oh, is that why you invented Rugby after your football team was beaten
> > 6:3 and 7:1 by Hungary in 1953? :-)
> >
> > Andras
>
> Hehe funny :).
>
> In reality, Rugby came first in 1823 :). Quite interesting as it was
> sporting back then to kick someone on the shin...Of course this is a
> tradition being carried forward by soccer players...
>
>
> Matt
> PS trying to get back onto some Linux subject, any well known sporting
> figures using Linux and aren't afraid to say so? Or any well known
> figures using Linux/FlightGear?
Well, my professional soccer career never quite took off like I
hoped. :-P
The best I can say is that one year I played on a team with a guy who
later played a couple years professional here in the USA. Now (like
many other not-very-good never-has-beens) you might see my face show
up in a local rec league once in a while. :-)
http://nscsports.com/servlet/NSC.USACup.displayResults?actionx=score&sub_cat=998&category=116
Cheer for Xenos, our first game is tonight ... ;-)
Curt.
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