You know you've been in England too long when...

[Squeak]

Heck, you know you've been in England too long when you know what rugby and cricket are! :?

You do know that Cricket is the worlds biggest sport, in terms of people watching and following it?

 

[jvd]

Don't worry I got my everlast chasity belt on ,

What about knee pads?

I dunno if l-b needs um !

 

[Natoma]

Heck, you know you've been in England too long when you know what rugby and cricket are! :?

You do know that Cricket is the worlds biggest sport, in terms of people watching and following it?

Err, Soccer? Oops sorry. Futbol.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Heck, you know you've been in England too long when you know what rugby and cricket are! :?

You do know that Cricket is the worlds biggest sport, in terms of people watching and following it?

Did I ever tell ya me thoughts on the general population of the world's intelligence level? :|

 

[jvd]

Heck, you know you've been in England too long when you know what rugby and cricket are! :?

You do know that Cricket is the worlds biggest sport, in terms of people watching and following it?

Err, Soccer? Oops sorry. Futbol.

Yea i would have to say soccer /futbol too , can u give numbers to back this up ? In all the places i've been to (except the usa ) soccer is much more popular than cricket . Hell even in the usa the following of soccer has to be 3 or 4 times bigger!

 

[nutball]

Heck, you know you've been in England too long when you know what rugby and cricket are! :?

You do know that Cricket is the worlds biggest sport, in terms of people watching and following it?

Err, Soccer? Oops sorry. Futbol.

Yea i would have to say soccer /futbol too , can u give numbers to back this up ? In all the places i've been to (except the usa ) soccer is much more popular than cricket . Hell even in the usa the following of soccer has to be 3 or 4 times bigger!

I can't give you hard numbers, but cricket is very (read: *very* very) popular on the Indian sub-continent (both India and Pakistan).

I'll let you do the maths from there

 

[jvd]

Yes but is that big enough to counter soccers popularity basicly every where else in the world ?

 

[Deepak]

I can't give you hard numbers, but cricket is very (read: *very* very) popular on the Indian sub-continent (both India and Pakistan).

I'll let you do the maths from there

The kind of performance our team is displaying against Aussies currently it will soon not be....anyway I think if you remove China from Football list, Cricket will be most popular sport on earth.

 

[PatrickL]

You mean if you remove all non british colonies in the world, and i am not sure than most of them are looking at cricket. USA and Canada have a cricket team ?

 

[London Geezer]

Well, all the ex Brit colonies make up for A LOT of people. Especially when you think that cricket is pretty much the national game in India & Friends (term used loosely here). Add Aussie, South Africa... Funny enough, all those countries have pretty much ZERO football following (though they might have national teams, i think every country has a football national team...).

So, yeah it wouldn't surprise me. It's a either/or kind of deal, either football or cricket/rugby it seems...

 

[nutball]

either football or cricket/rugby it seems...

Except in England of course, where we're equally bad at all three

 

[Simon F]

You mean if you remove all non british colonies in the world, and i am not sure than most of them are looking at cricket. USA and Canada have a cricket team ?

I seem to recall they had teams at the cricket world cup. They definitely had teams at the rugby world cup - in fact, IIRC, the USA played quite well.

 

[London Geezer]

either football or cricket/rugby it seems...

Except in England of course, where we're equally bad at all three

Well yeah...

 

[Deepak]

You mean if you remove all non british colonies in the world, and i am not sure than most of them are looking at cricket. USA and Canada have a cricket team ?

I thought England was a US colony... <j/k>

 

[London Geezer]

You mean if you remove all non british colonies in the world, and i am not sure than most of them are looking at cricket. USA and Canada have a cricket team ?

I thought England was a US colony... <j/k>

No, England is just America's colon.

 

[Mariner]

Add Aussie, South Africa... Funny enough, all those countries have pretty much ZERO football following (though they might have national teams, i think every country has a football national team...).

I think that Football is actually the biggest sport in South Africa and is watched by the majority of the black population (the national team is known as "Bafana Bafana" i.e. "The Boys"). Cricket and Rugby are the more elitist sports played mainly by the white population who are in the vast minority.

 

[London Geezer]

I think that Football is actually the biggest sport in South Africa and is watched by the majority of the black population (the national team is known as "Bafana Bafana" i.e. "The Boys"). Cricket and Rugby are the more elitist sports played mainly by the white population who are in the vast minority.

oh yes.

 

[ChryZ]

I was always wondering about Marmite. Are there really people, who are enjoying that stuff?!

I've tried it once, it was the horror. How can anyone possible like it?

 

[Mariner]

I was always wondering about Marmite. Are there really people, who are enjoying that stuff?!

Only perverts.

I think some people took it up after self-flagellation went out of fashion.

 

[Hanners]

How else do you think I ended up marrying an American?

I thought it was your rugged good looks and generally friendly demeanor that did it? :|

If only...