England triumph over "the convicts"

We are not feeling any pain as you have no chance in tyhe RWC, we will run a
predictions thread nearer the tournament and post it up somewhere on the
net, and we can see if The Poms / Guffs think they are better than they are
on not.


"Robbie" <the_erbert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"The Magician" wrote in message:
a predictions thread nearer the tournament and post it up somewhere on the
net, and we can see if The Poms / Guffs think they are better than they are
on not.

We take due note, Madge, of your inability to look facts in the face, and
your unwillingness to display the well-known sporran-wearer's fair-minded
good sportsmanship and congratulate both the England cricket team's series
win over Pakistan and the England rugby team's COMPLETE AND UTTER STUFFING
of the Kiwis and the Aussies.

There can be no dispute that, at this moment, England's rugby team is number
one in the world. Sure, tomorrow is another day; but credit where credit is
due.

I know there are some on this ng who can't stand rugby (for whatever
reason). Personally I'll settle for beating both NZ and Oz inside a week at
anything!

BTW, did anyone else see that interview with Peter Ustinov on the box where
he was recounting how he was always being accosted by semi-drunken Aussie
diplomats at important functions and accused of regarding all Aussies as
convicts?

PU replied, "Not at all, my dear chap. I've always thought that some at
least of you Australians were descended from prison warders, and I think
you're one of those!" He wandered off leaving the guy trying to work out
whether he'd been insulted or not. Classic.

citizenphil

Yes I am happy to confirm that NZ were a lot better than England but for a
terrible kicking performance by Carlos Spencer which this new guy Carter
seems the answer to judging by the Wales game, the bookies seem to agree
with me too at 13/8 with the guffs at 2/1 and 3/1 Oz.

Australia's population is 18.62 million, England's is 63.23 million. Yet
they are better than you at football, Aussie Rules Football, Cricket, Rugby
Union, the Commonwealth Games, the Olympics, everything you think you are
good at, the Aussies are better with less than 1/3 of your population. I
think you had better reconsider your superiority theories where Australia
are concerned.

Or aren't you capable of that ???


"(another)Phil" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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Without a hint of irony, "\(another\)Phil"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> uttered:


Indeed. It's only 49m. The UK as a whole is 58.7m.

--
"It is not an ordinary job. It is not like being manager of Aston Villa." -
Gérard Houllier

I do indeed owe you an apology, as I have been onto the census website

Populations of individual countries were:

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England 49,138,831 (83.6 per cent of the total population);
Scotland 5,062,011 (8.6 per cent);
Wales 2,903,085 (4.9 per cent);
Northern Ireland 1,685,267 (2.9 per cent).

On 24 June 2003 at 07:45:34 (Canberra time), the resident population of
Australia is projected to be:

And in abs.gov.au/ausstats

The poulation of Australia as of today's date is

19,883,632

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 31 December
2002 and assumes growth since then of:

one birth every 2 minutes and 5 seconds,
one death every 3 minutes and 46 seconds,
a net gain of one international migrant every 5 minutes and 50 seconds
leading to
an overall total population increase of one person every 2 minutes and 35
seconds.

And at...

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The Population of New Zealand is.....

Estimated Resident Population As at 31 March 2003
(P) 3,997,300

Now here is the maths for you :- 49,138,831 divded by 19,883,632 is
2.471320682
and 49,138.831 divided by 3,997,300 is 12.29301





****** File Note - Phil has failed to answer the request and has proceeded
to answer the question with a question, which is arrogance. I know the facts
will make you look silly but at least you could admit the Aussies are better
than England at most sports, so here is opportunity #2 for you. Go on, make
the statement that England are in fact inferior to Australia based on
achievements in sport.




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Well no argument from me, Scotland are crap at most things, and I am sorry
to disappoint but we do not feel inferior to England but like to laugh at
your pathetic belief in your abilities which is far and away in excess of
reality. We dont want you to stop, as we absolutely love to see it kick you
in the arse time and time again, and we will enjoy the RWC in the knowledge
that you have built yoursleves up again and DO ACTUALLY BELIEVE that you are
going to win it.

"The Magician" wrote in message:
Apology accepted, Madge; ta very much.


to answer the question with a question, which is arrogance.

I think you had better reconsider your superiority theories where Australia
are concerned.

My turn to apologise - but I'm afraid your question wasn't entirely clear.
Am I not capable of what? Thinking? Yes, I am capable of thinking.
Reconsidering? I spend a good part of my life reconsidering. Superiority
theories??? I don't have any.

Aussies are better than England at most sports, so here is opportunity #2
for you. Go on, make the statement that England are in fact inferior to
Australia based on achievements in sport.

The facts that you are on about seem to be a peculiar selection of your own
devising. The fact I mentioned was that we have just STUFFED the Aussies in
their own back yard. The fact that it was for the first time ever makes it
all the sweeter. Undeniably, if we beat NZ, Oz, SA, France, Italy,
Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Romania, Argentina, Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa and
everybody else who turns up, we will win the RWC - but let's wait and see.
Any fool can see that England are capable of winning it, but only a fool
would pick a winner this far in advance.

Yes, waiting to laugh when someone slips on a banana skin is a classic sign
of an inferiority complex.

And No, I'm not going to make any daft generalisations based upon trivial
and selective criteria on a subject that means fuck all.

:-)

citizenphil

> Am I not capable of what?

It was admitting Australia are greater achievers than England in the field
of sports, not thinking, I dont see where you got that idea from

Thinking? Yes, I am capable of thinking.
the
own
in
it

It also proves that overall you are inferior to Aus and NZ. Chance meant you
had to win once, a strike rate of 8% is nothing to shaout about. But a 92%
rate for the Aussies is one they can rightly shout about.

Undeniably, if we beat NZ, Oz, SA, France, Italy,
and

England cant win, so call me a fool. And I pick NZ so Im a double fool

sign

Well then based on the fact I openly admit to wishing you lose before the
event<s> I am hardly waiting for a slip before jumping in as I clearly jump
in at risk of you winning and hence myself slipping on a proverbial banana
skin. So I dont wait to laugh, I say BEFORE the event you will not win, so
it can go either way for me.



You already have but its gr8 fun :-p

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"It is not an ordinary job. It is not like being manager of Aston Villa." -
Gérard Houllier

"Alex" prodded a turd in alt.sports.soccer.everton on Tue, 24
Jun 2003 17:50:10 GMT:


Cheers for that Alex.

--
Moog

"The Magician" wrote in message:
event<s> I am hardly waiting for a slip before jumping in as I clearly jump
in at risk of you winning and hence myself slipping on a proverbial banana
skin. So I dont wait to laugh, I say BEFORE the event you will not win, so
it can go either way for me.

Sorry, m8, but you're not making much sense here.


I look forward to you providing a list of the daft generalisations based
upon trivial and selective criteria on a subject that means fuck all that I
have made so far in this thread.

:-)

citizenphil