I love England
Thinking and planning to live in another country in a few years has made me realise how much i like living in england. And yesterday's events at the cricket only me be more fond.
Now i love cricket but only in england would the main news bulletin of the day carry a story about an inconsequential, given that england have already won the series, cricket match being stopped by pakistan refusing to come out after tea. cricket in crisis was the somewhat dramatic headline. it featured umpre daryll hair's - probably the only time in history that a person called daryll will make headline news - accusing pakistan of tampering with the ball and the pakistanis refusing to come out to play. all this was put in perspective when the second item was about the war in iraq and the possible meltdown facing the world this week when iran refuse to stop their nuclear programme.
but brilliant. what a country to care so much about a sport where you play for five days and break for tea! this got me thinking about 10 reasons why england is the best country in the world
1) boris johnson - can you imagine any other country in the world where boris might actually one day be part of a ruling cabinet?
2) fish and chips - an obvious choice but still can anything beat fish and chips sitting on the beach?
3) national parks - just big and dramatic enought without making a walk into a life and death venture
4) the queen - not the monarchy but the queen - all that is best about british reserve, duty and stiff upper lip
5) the globe theatre - shakespeare for a fiver, unbeatable on a hot summer day
6) irony - god bless ricky gervais.
7) underdogs - i love that we instinctively go for the underdog, witness franck bruno or eddie the eagle
8) green things - if you open your eyes, everything here is green and i like green
9) public libraries - not having been to many libraries elsewhere this may not be the most balanaced judgement but english libraries have a great community feel
10) ridiculous sporting optimism - a peculiarly english disease that hits every couple of years, without fail.
Now i love cricket but only in england would the main news bulletin of the day carry a story about an inconsequential, given that england have already won the series, cricket match being stopped by pakistan refusing to come out after tea. cricket in crisis was the somewhat dramatic headline. it featured umpre daryll hair's - probably the only time in history that a person called daryll will make headline news - accusing pakistan of tampering with the ball and the pakistanis refusing to come out to play. all this was put in perspective when the second item was about the war in iraq and the possible meltdown facing the world this week when iran refuse to stop their nuclear programme.
but brilliant. what a country to care so much about a sport where you play for five days and break for tea! this got me thinking about 10 reasons why england is the best country in the world
1) boris johnson - can you imagine any other country in the world where boris might actually one day be part of a ruling cabinet?
2) fish and chips - an obvious choice but still can anything beat fish and chips sitting on the beach?
3) national parks - just big and dramatic enought without making a walk into a life and death venture
4) the queen - not the monarchy but the queen - all that is best about british reserve, duty and stiff upper lip
5) the globe theatre - shakespeare for a fiver, unbeatable on a hot summer day
6) irony - god bless ricky gervais.
7) underdogs - i love that we instinctively go for the underdog, witness franck bruno or eddie the eagle
8) green things - if you open your eyes, everything here is green and i like green
9) public libraries - not having been to many libraries elsewhere this may not be the most balanaced judgement but english libraries have a great community feel
10) ridiculous sporting optimism - a peculiarly english disease that hits every couple of years, without fail.
posted by chris at 12:04 PM
2 Comments:
I concur!
England Rules!
thanks for dropping by on my homage to the mother land boys. hope you are both well. cracking to see you currey... is there a weblink for the fantasy football?
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