How British Are You? (A Different Quiz)

[saucycobblers]

I dare you to make that announcement over the microphone, to a stadium full of at-home Aussie supporters, at the the next Ashes cricket test! I daaaare you!!!        

  Nicky (full of bravado and trying to stop her pommy ass from shaking...):

Yeah, I'll take y'all on!! Your precious VB is little more than fizzy gnat's water (dunno if that saying translates or not) and y'all wouldn't know a real ale if it came and bit y'all on the ass!!

(Nicky surveys the crowd...)

Sheeeeeeit!!!!!!

(Nicky looks hurriedly for the nearest exit...)

[saucycobblers]

The who at the what during the what?

Alex where are you? I need a translation!

Ya'll got my yankee ass CONFUSED!!! 

  

Good grief David! Have you yanks never heard of the Ashes Series in cricket?? For your delight and delectation, my dearest...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_Cricket_Test

I guess it's the cricket equivalent of the Superbowl or something like that? (Nicky waits to get shot down in flames after that one... )

[Kerry]

Nicky (full of bravado and trying to stop her pommy ass from shaking...):

Yeah, I'll take y'all on!! Your precious VB is little more than fizzy gnat's water (dunno if that saying translates or not) and y'all wouldn't know a real ale if it came and bit y'all on the ass!!

(Nicky surveys the crowd...)

Sheeeeeeit!!!!!!

(Nicky looks hurriedly for the nearest exit...)

Yee-Haw! You go girl! That's the spirit that made the Empire great!  

Having said that, however, I fear you may be suffering from some kinda death wish, Nicky! If I were you, I'd demurely resume my seat and quietly sip on my warm beer (through a straw!), trying not to bring attention to myself.  

An Aussie cricket crowd, baying for Pommie blood, ain't a pretty site!  

Hey Nicky, when are your lot going to let us Aussies keep the Ashes? I mean, we won it! How come you've got it?  

Sorry David, I've probably just lost you again!      

[saucycobblers]

Yee-Haw! You go girl! That's the spirit that made the Empire great!  

Having said that, however, I fear you may be suffering from some kinda death wish, Nicky! If I were you, I'd demurely resume my seat and quietly sip on my warm beer (through a straw!), trying not to bring attention to myself.  

hahahahahahahahaHAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Seriously, Kerry, you do make me LMAO 

Hey Nicky, when are your lot going to let us Aussies keep the Ashes? I mean, we won it! How come you've got it?  

That's the Empire spirit at work again I fear. We're apt not to let things go until they're wrestled from our sticky little loser fingers, usually well after the appointed time and when the rest of the world has already moved swiftly on 

Seriously, have we not given it back yet?? That's outrageous!! And the English are supposed to be such good sportsmen too!

[Kerry]

Seriously, have we not given it back yet?? That's outrageous!! And the English are supposed to be such good sportsmen too!

   Sad but true, Nicky. Ricky Ponting and his mighty band of Immortals thrashed the English tourists in every single game of the Ashes Series, and yet the urn still returned to England in the end.         

[Kerry]

As well as playing the world's best cricket, we Aussies also have the world's cutest cricketers!     

Here's our Captain, Ricky Ponting:

I rest my case! 

[David In Indy]

Alex played Rugby for a number of years. Not professionally though. He really got banged up playing that game! 

[Kerry]

Alex played Rugby for a number of years. Not professionally though. He really got banged up playing that game! 

One of my brothers (I've got 3) used to play first grade Rugby League here in New South Wales. He even captained a touring team once. He used to get really beat-up on the field. When I was a little boy, I remember seeing him all covered in mud and blood, after a "game." It's a tough game, and that's for sure.

[David In Indy]

One of my brothers (I've got 3) used to play first grade Rugby League here in New South Wales. He even captained a touring team once. He used to get really beat-up on the field. When I was a little boy, I remember seeing him all covered in mud and blood, after a "game." It's a tough game, and that's for sure.

Rugby makes American Football look like Barbie dolls. I hate to say it but it's true. Alex has told me horror stories of what happened to him when he played Rugby.

Not again. He won't play it again, as long as I have something to say about it. 

[Kerry]

Rugby makes American Football look like Barbie dolls. I hate to say it but it's true. Alex has told me horror stories of what happened to him when he played Rugby.

Not again. He won't play it again, as long as I have something to say about it. 

Broadly speaking, David, there are two types of Rugby. They play Rugby Union in the UK, and Rugby League in the eastern states of Australia. Rugby Union is also played internationally by the Australian team, the Wallabies. Both are pretty rough-house games, but IMO Rugby League is rougher than Rugby Union. It was Rugby League that my brother played. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage in his early 40s. Whether or not it was as a result of all the biffo he was subjected to when he played Rugby, will never be known for sure.