Re: I watched the Superbowl!

In article <1ibu6xy.1yr8pvfl8b64vN%carol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, carol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Carol Hague) wrote:

> It was a joke based on the fact that rugby players do the same 
> stuff but without the padding.  Presumably old rugby players have 
> similar problems - and quite a few die of broken necks IIRC.

Seem to recall they have problems with collapsing scrums doing that.

They don't have scrums in American football, but I'm reminded of a
comedy sketch which I think was done on Comic Relief a few years ago.
Nineteenth century public schoolboys (in the UK meaning of the term).
One of them has just come back from visiting a friend at Rugby School,
and wants to show his school this new game they are playing at rugby.

"So you chaps line up there and bend over.  You chaps line up behind
them and bend over and stick your heads between the legs of the fellows
in front of you."

"What did you say this game is called?"

"Rugger."

"Never were hot on spelling at Rugby."