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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/23/rice.straw.reut/index.html

He tried to explain cricket?
To schoolchildren?
Is'nt that an act of war?

He tried to explain cricket?
To schoolchildren?
Is'nt that an act of war?
Alabaman schoolchildren, no less.

Straw called American football "rugby with commercials"





Indeed.

Straw called American football "rugby with commercials"





Indeed.
That's being quite generous.

five days? And I thought baseball games were too long

Hrm. Methinks that the UK needs a new foreign minister, as their current man apparently has a rather lackluster presence. They messed up the name 'Straw,' they kept calling him the Secretary of State of the UK, and he tried to explain British sports to Americans. This indicates to me that he's a rather plain, easy-to-forget, and downright boring man; this may not be the ideal description of the foreign minister of one of the world's most powerful nations.

"When he told them that it took five days, there was just stunned silence."

Haha.

Cricket, uniting the non-commonwealth nations in catatonia.

Actually the US has a cricket team. it's just rubbish.

BLACKBURN!!!!! I'M FROM NEAR BLACKBURN!!!!!

Plus, my Dad knew Jack Straw a bit from when he was head of the NUS back in the day. Says he was a completely incompetent tit then and hasn't changed much since.

Hrm. Methinks that the UK needs a new foreign minister, as their current man apparently has a rather lackluster presence. They messed up the name 'Straw,' they kept calling him the Secretary of State of the UK, and he tried to explain British sports to Americans. This indicates to me that he's a rather plain, easy-to-forget, and downright boring man; this may not be the ideal description of the foreign minister of one of the world's most powerful nations.
They messed up his name and title, most likely because they thought it wasn't worth their time to learn them. Not Mr. Straw's fault.
And there's nothing wrong with trying to explain British sports to Americans. There might be something wrong with trying to explain British sports to a group of insular people who would be hard pushed to name 10 other states of their own country...oh, hang on...:p

My dad's from Burnley, and as such, dislikes Jack Straw. No, I don't expect any Americans to understand that statement.

"You're the English guy," Joyce Delahoussaye said as she shook hands with the foreign minister of America's closest ally.

"I've seen you on TV, and they said you were from England."

"He's Mr. England," she said, introducing Straw to her son, Randy, as the two diplomats met displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina in Pelham.
:mad: That's the last STRAW! :mad:
(:p)

:p i needed a laugh!

Hah! Trying to explain cricket to American kids. That's really asking to be bombarded with stupidity. That's cool, though, Americans don't deserve cricket. Damn rebels.

Hah! Trying to explain cricket to American kids. That's really asking to be bombarded with stupidity. That's cool, though, Americans don't deserve cricket. Damn rebels.
We don't want cricket. Why do you think we rebelled?

But local newspaper The Tuscaloosa News questioned whether Straw was just on a junket to help shore up the Bush administration image.
Interesting logic - "If we count people this dull amongst our friends, we can't be evil" (Evil people are never dull.)

Still, it's always good to explain cricket to the foreigners - "You play for seven hours a day for five days, and quite often there isn't a result" - I think it says more about the British mentality than anything else.

Cricket has lunch GUARANTEED in the rules, I thought Americans would lap that up, oh well....

We don't want cricket. Why do you think we rebelled?

Ahhh, you rebelled because of your terrible taste in sport. Now it becomes clear! :p

It's for the best though. Who knows how far that traversty you call "football" could have spread if you'd stayed in the Empire.

Cricket has lunch GUARANTEED in the rules, I thought Americans would lap that up, oh well....
Yeah, but there's only 40 minutes for it...and they'd probably complain the servings were too small...

I can just picture Laila Freiwalds, our Foreign Affairs Minister, speaking to a group of shoolchildren how socialism works(the national sport of Sweden). Then she'd show them a picture of Göran Persson and they'd all be frightened. :D

http://www.greenpeace.se/files/2400-2499/file_2439.jpg

Alabaman schoolchildren, no less.

ye, but aren't allabama schoolchildren the ones that speak "amuricin" not english?