Re: I watched the Superbowl!

Colette Reap <colette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> carol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Carol Hague) wrote:
> 
> 
> >I can't remember where it comes from but didn't someone once say "rugby
> >is a game for thugs, played by gentlemen and football [1] is a game for
> >gentlemen, played by thugs" or something like that?
> 
> IIRC ithe saying goes:
> 
> Cricket is a game played for gentlemen by gentlemen 
> Rugby is a game played for gentlemen by hooligans 
> Football is a game played for hooligans by hooligans 

The BBC rugby webpage seems closer to my version :-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/s****t1/low/funny_old_game/1505683.stm

but like so many things, it probably varies according to geography and
which way the wind's blowing :-)

-- 
Carol
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