Yesterday, a professional bicycle race ran right past the front door of
my employer here in Reading, Pennsylvania. The winner was one Greg
Henderson from...New Zealand!
I used to think you guys were just good at racing boats 8-)

One question; will I be seeing you in next year's race?

Dan-O (bring the Cloudy Bay SB!)

"Dan The Man" wrote .....
>
> Yesterday, a professional bicycle race ran right past the front door
> of my employer here in Reading, Pennsylvania. The winner was one
> Greg Henderson from...New Zealand!

A pretty handy bike rider - not quite in the league of Armstrong and the top
Europeans, but he makes a good living.

Actually, he nearly didn't make it to the start line, having been held up at
(US) immigration, being strip searched - to ensure he wasn't carrying
contraband Stelvins - right Dick Neidich ???????


> I used to think you guys were just good at racing boats 8-)
>

We are usually good at any sport where -
(a) We are sitting down (canoeing; equestrian; cycling; motor racing (Scott
Dixon!); or
(b) There is a large amount of gratuitous violence (rugby union)
;-)


> One question; will I be seeing you in next year's race?

As it happens, I won my first cycling championship way back in 1963, and
although I would never have made the elite ranks, I was verging on national
representation until I was struck by a motor vehicle whilst competing in
Australia - the resulting broken arm, leg and ribs ruling me out of the
sport for long enough for me to lose that "killer instinct" required for all
sportsmen competing at the top of their game.

Now I restrict my physical activity to fighting with champagne corks !!!!

--

st.helier

"st.helier" > wrote:

> We are usually good at any sport where -
> (a) We are sitting down (canoeing; equestrian; cycling; motor
> racing (Scott Dixon!); or
> (b) There is a large amount of gratuitous violence (rugby union)

(c) The highest mountain on earth is involved.

M.

Michael Pronay wrote:
> "st.helier" > wrote:
>
>
>>We are usually good at any sport where -
>>(a) We are sitting down (canoeing; equestrian; cycling; motor
>>racing (Scott Dixon!); or
>>(b) There is a large amount of gratuitous violence (rugby union)
>
>
> (c) The highest mountain on earth is involved.

(d) We are pretty good at cricket, too, but that's in a class of it's
own, and doesn't fit any of the above criteria. Explaining it to
Americans as a variant of baseball where you don't have to run has been
known to produce some enlightenment - but only when there is some good
wine available to assist the process.


--brian


--
Wellington, New Zealand

"What's life? Life's easy. A quirk of matter. Nature's way of keeping
meat fresh."

Mr. Boutel - You must be Cantabrian - pretty good at cricket?

Are you talking about NZers?

Pretty good? - sorry Brian - remove those rose tinted spectacles!!!!!

The words "pretty" and "good" should be reserved for such tasty morsels as
the Evers-Swindell sisters and Sarah Ulmer!

"Brian Boutel" wrote ....

> Explaining it (cricket) to Americans .......
> has been known to produce some enlightenment
>

Isn't using the words "American" and "enlightenment" in the same sentence
slightly oxymoronic?

--

st.helier

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:39:38 +1200, "st.helier"
> wrote:
>
>Isn't using the words "American" and "enlightenment" in the same sentence
>slightly oxymoronic?

Not since Thomas Edison figured out that the filament would last
longer in a vacuum.

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

st.helier wrote:
> Pretty good? - sorry Brian - remove those rose tinted spectacles!!!!!
>
> The words "pretty" and "good" should be reserved for such tasty morsels as
> the Evers-Swindell sisters and Sarah Ulmer!

Aye, certainly not the 'Caps. Let's wait for them to find a couple of
bowlers (the sort who're fit from time to time) and some batsmen with
spine, then they might be fairly decent.

st.helier wrote:

> Isn't using the words "American" and "enlightenment" in the same sentence
> slightly oxymoronic?

Not any more than any other stereotype.

Dana

Salut/Hi st.helier,

le/on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:39:38 +1200, tu disais/you said:-

>Mr. Boutel - You must be Cantabrian - pretty good at cricket?
>
>Are you talking about NZers?

Took the words out of my mouth.

On the other hand You make some pleasant wines. A far more serious form of
sportt than hitting a leather wrapped ball of cord with a bizarrely shaped
piece of willow.

Mind you, it's no more obscure than Australian rules football which has far
more in common with mountain climbing that the noble game of "Soccer".
--
All the Best
Ian Hoare
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