You forgot the second verse!
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And give us ever cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.
No way, man! You grew 'em, you keep 'em.
Well I’ve given it a go and although watching a group of rather heavy-set chaps running into each other while wearing polished motorcycle helmets is undoubtedly diverting, so far only two of them appear to have used their feet.
Have they perhaps misunderstood the point of the game?
No, that’s not sung until Black Friday, at the top of our lungs as we* invade your* border towns for cheap electronic goods.
*This is a wee bit over-the-top, since I’m dual, but I did honestly forget that it was American Thanksgiving today.
Oh that was fun. I don’t get all the nickelback hate. I like them.
Well, when you don’t have access to football, all the upper padding on the dudes in handegg makes their butts look cute!
"To ANACREON in Heav’n, where he sat in full Glee,
A few Sons of Harmony sent a Petition,
That He their Inspirer and Patron wou’d be;
When this Answer arriv’d from the JOLLY OLD GRECIAN
"Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,
"No longer be mute,
"I’ll lend you my Name and inspire you to boot,
"And, besides, I’ll instruct you like me, to intwine
"The Myrtle of VENUS with BACCHUS’s Vine. "
Wonder if anyone will be able to recycle this old tune into some sort of anthem? 
Have a great Thanksgiving Day, Americans. 
I love American Thanksgiving! While our company is in the Great White North, most of our clients are in the states. I have spent the whole day doing all the things I haven’t had time for in weeks. I have closed off so many things, my boss’ head will probably explode.
Tomorrow is likely to be more of the same. Whoo-hoo!
The one day of the year the oil rich nations of the Earth can rest easy. 
Thats why I brought a rugby ball. 
Man City or Man United? 
Shouldn’t that be 453 gm sand?
If you unpack that crate over there with the redbacks and funnelwebs, I’ll get this crate with the brown snakes and taipan’s, and the sloshing sound is the tanks with the blue ringed octopi, Great Whites, and Box Jellyfish.
That’ll make this place feel much more like home! I hope the turkey doesn’t weigh the USAian’s down too much when they get back and have to run from the DropBears. 
And the Rugby League prop’s will be along shortly to demonstrate the tackling techniques of our local ‘real’ football. Sorry but we don’t use pads in League!
Sorry about that one box of funnelwebs; I knocked it over while wrangling the snow snakes. They’ll turn up eventually; they always do. (Snow snakes are notoriously cranky if woken up before the snow is on the ground. And they always know, even in a windowless room.)
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OK. Gotta hand it to you there. I watched the All Blacks win the championship, and, yes, that’s some fierce, manly shit.
George Will once wrote, “Football combines two of the least pleasant aspects of American culture: violence and committee meetings.”
Happy (Day After American) Thanksgiving, everyone!
Is it safe to come out of lurderdom?
JK - we love youse guys, or, we love all y’all, or something.
I’m going to go for a drive, and I’ll be doing it in my little Skoda at 55mpg. And I’ll fill the tank with petrol.
We don’t get much use out of the following verse north of Gretna.
Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the King.
An American football is vaguely egg-shaped and is thrown by the quarterback or carried by a runner the majority of the time. It is only kicked during specific situations, such as kicking off to the opposing team or trying to score points by kicking it over the goal post. Therefore, “handegg” seems to be a more appropriate name for the game.
