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Originally posted by Yorick:
Historical context. Surely the Irish should understand that.
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Obviously I've touched on a bit of a raw nerve here.
Yorick, you are basing your assumption about my heritage on the basis of my current location.
The Duke of Wellington is quoted as saying 'Just because you are born in a stable, it doesn't make you a donkey'
There is a piece of advice that my father gave me about meeting Irishmen selling fruit and veg. I can't quite bring it to mind at the moment.
Memnoch - do you keep those archive Fleet Street newspapers from the last time England failed to win a series. They must be worth a few dollars by now
Leonis - let battle commence. I reply with:
'Nasser Hussein's Barmy Army, Nasser Hussein's Barmy Army'
All joking aside, isn't fair to say that the reason that it is so important to Australians that they beat England is that you are still a young nation with a very old inferiority complex?