Ok, I should say that I don't fully understand cricket, but I am truly trying to make an effort to get it. I have been bringing a couple beers to the park and watching amateurs play to try and understand it. One of the things that threw me off at first is the guy out there with a lab coat. A coworker explained that this is the referee/umpire? I think I am going to need a good long day at the pub when a test is on and find someone to explain everything to me. I am also hoping to get to some sort of proper live match at some point in time.
Anyway, I came in here to post this article. I am sorry that it is not wholly ashes related, but I can't think of a better place to post it. It cracks me up, the highlights:
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Candace Sutton, a News Limited columnist, warned that British pride is "swelling to dangerous proportions".
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Sutton provided a list of 10 ways for Australians to "take the swagger out of their [the Britons'] stride", including the weather, the beaches, the food and beer. She also noted that Australia's economy was in stronger shape and that Britain was a "nation divided".
"They may come together to rejoice their victories and in times of great celebration, like the birth of a royal grandchild, but British people make a national sport out of hating each other," she wrote. "The north and the south of England hate each other, the Scottish hate the English, the Welsh hate the English, the English hate everyone, and everyone hates the Welsh."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ians-warn.html