Author: MartinSMartinS Date: Oct 9, 2007 15:07
"Kiwi Gill" wrote:
> "Derek White" talktalk.net> wrote
>> Is it true that New Zealand is taking its Rugby World Cup defeat
>> pretty badly over there?
>
> First of all, let me state that hubby and I both lack an essential
> 'kiwi' gene - we couldn't care less about rugby (or any sport for that
> matter). That makes us somewhat non-experts on the overall matter of
> the Rugby World Cup.
>
> But......... yes, yes, yes - the country is practically in official
> mourning because of the defeat. For two days solid, you couldn't pick
> up a paper, turn on the telly news or the radio without hearing about
> you-know-what. The post-mortem on who should have done what when will
> now go on for *months*.
Well, not years like Princess Di's.
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Martin S.
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