# Thanks to England, Australia, and Others

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 20, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738 "2003-03-20T05:01:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738/61 "2003-03-21T12:37:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by woolly \*  
> This is a payback for the thread on the HMS Nottingham ain’t it. 😃

**Sheep Meister** - Certainly not ! Much. And wait ‘til I get started for your shower playing in Harare … 😉

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**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738/62 "2003-03-21T12:59:14Z")

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Better make it quick then cobber because the playing in Johannesburg is where it’s at.

Just two former colonies, playing your game with the winner taking the silverware. Not surprising really … weren’t there six former colonies in the Super Sixes? 😉

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738/63 "2003-03-21T13:06:51Z")

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Jesus, don’t get me started on that bloody competition…

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-england-australia-and-others/162738/64 "2003-03-21T13:37:00Z")

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I think that this thread has gotten off-topic and ugly.  
Per request of the op-Lockdown.

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