[SOC] Sport

[Ian C. Purdie]

Paul Bartlett wrote:

> I see England secured the World Conkers championship yesterday.
>
> This undoes the humiliation of being beaten by Germany last Autumn.
>
> It's good to know that we can still excel in the sports that really matter.

Well, it should be a great comfort for you to know that England is highly
regarded for its prospects to win the Rugby World Cup.

An series of events I find boring as well as messy but at least a truly
international event. Japan scared the pants off Scotland.

Of course the shrewd money is betting that England will cough it up at the last
hurdle and go down in flames as per usual.

Australia played very ordinary against Argentina and will have to improve to
remain in contention.

> It's a shame that the annual cheese-rolling competition was cancelled due to
> the inability to obtain liability insurance for fear of litigation.

I see you have the same affliction we have. Events cancelled because of lack of
insurance or prohibitive premiums.

Ian