1) No - we appreciate good "piss-takers" in this country, so your threads are smiled at rather than creating any froth.
2) Why not - because we know the best way to annoy a pom (other than to give him a bath) is to smile indulgently when they are really tryin to annoy the crap out of you
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You might have won the rugby, but we won the soccer and the cricket. Our biggest rivals in the rugby are the Kiwi's, so in beating them we achieved our main goal at the World Cup. We feel that we beat the best side in the world, hence we have nothing more to prove
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