# Well done USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940 "2003-10-28T00:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Splutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Splutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splutter)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/1 "2003-10-28T00:39:36Z")
for your first ever win at the Rugby World Cup. Now if you stop playing that ridiculous American Football and start concentrating on Rugby, you should make the quarter finals in 2007. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby\_union/rugby\_world\_cup/3214023.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3214023.stm) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/2 "2003-10-28T01:09:12Z")
Well done, you blokes šŸ˜ƒ At least your second win, by the look of that link. Now howā€™s your cricket coming along? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/3 "2003-10-28T01:39:16Z")
We have a Rugby team? Wow, cool!šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/4 "2003-10-28T02:30:48Z")
I havenā€™t seen our cricket since he was in Pinocchio. Has Disney retired Jiminy? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/5 "2003-10-28T04:49:38Z")
I guess I was asking for that one. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/6 "2003-10-28T11:32:08Z")
and the crowd goes wild! yes rugby mania is sweeping the country, reminscent of the frenzy when team usa managed to win a few in the soccer world cup! you wouldnā€™t believe the celebrations in every sleepy little burg from coast to coast. its unbelievable! every house is decorated with the red white and blue and every small child wants to wear rugby gear for halloween! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/7 "2003-10-28T11:34:32Z")
Kinda like ā€œWorld Seriesā€ baseball, eh? ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/8 "2003-10-28T12:12:02Z")
If by some bizarre turn of events they beat France on Friday I bet it will be headline news. Or has the whole anti-France thing died away? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/9 "2003-10-28T13:20:16Z")
Iā€™m not even sure the average American knows what Rugby is. Is there some sort of ball involved or something? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/10 "2003-10-28T13:39:52Z")
Wooo! We beat Japan. Isnā€™t that like beating Girl Scouts? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/11 "2003-10-28T14:05:23Z")
Forget it. Iā€™ll not follow any sport that doesnā€™t encourage drinking prodigious quantities of beer. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/12 "2003-10-28T14:46:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*Kinda like ā€œWorld Seriesā€ baseball, eh? \*\* Considering how a number of Central and South American countries as well as Japan were represented by players in the World Series, I think thatā€™s a perfectly legitimate name. And Go Eagles! ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/13 "2003-10-28T14:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > Iā€™m not even sure the average American knows what Rugby is. Is there some sort of ball involved or something? šŸ™‚ Rugby, like American Football, is a game played by gentlemen with oddly shaped balls. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/14 "2003-10-28T16:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Forget it. Iā€™ll not follow any sport that doesnā€™t encourage drinking prodigious quantities of beer. \*\* Rugby fans, correct me if Iā€™m wrong, but isnā€™t that an important part of watching the game? I mean, the game just seems to call out for it! As opposed to cricket which calls out for, oh, I donā€™t know ā€¦ quaaludes? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/15 "2003-10-28T17:47:03Z")
I like rugby. Like football, only more vicious and with less padding. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/16 "2003-10-28T17:59:17Z")
And to think I opened this thread expecting a sarcastic slam at the US, based simply on the thread title. We won a rugby match? This is just more evidence that the terrorists hate the idea of a free society and will do anything to undermine it. Give me some time and Iā€™ll put enough spin on this to make it sound plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/17 "2003-10-28T18:30:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*At least your second win, by the look of that link. Now howā€™s your cricket coming along? \*\* 12th place in the last ICC Trophy competition. There was a distressing lack of quality slow bowling. _waves frantically at the selection committee_ Ah, on second thought, Iā€™m far too young to make the US national cricket team. I think Iā€™m going to have to wait until Iā€™m 50. (I joke only slightly. The US captain, Faoud Bacchusā€“yep, the same man who used to play for the West Indiesā€“is over 50 himself.) Still, hope springs eternal for the US cricket team. Wait a minute, what am I saying? The US national cricket selection committee is so riven by racial politics and personal animosity Iā€™d be surprised they could pick a team to beat the South Western Yorkshire 2nd One-Legged XI. You can read all about the whole sorry tale [here](http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ICC_MEMBERS/USA/USACA_INFO.html#Letters). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/18 "2003-10-28T18:34:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*Wooo! We beat Japan. Isnā€™t that like beating Girl Scouts? \*\* More like one group of Girl Scouts beating another group of Girl Scouts. šŸ˜‰ Seriously though, I must add my hearty congratulations. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/19 "2003-10-28T18:54:07Z")
I saw exactly one rugby match back in college. A guy I was dating took me to the Med Students vs. the Law Students match. I have no idea who won, but Iā€™m still traumatized at the sight of them scrumming, or slumming, or whatever it was they were doing. It resembled a caterpillar in the final throes of a syphilitic death. GO USA! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940/20 "2003-10-28T19:06:54Z")
Back in my college days, there was a bumper sticker popular among the rugby players/fans which said ā€œRUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEADā€. Some early PC dweeb wrote a letter to the college paper complaining that the bumper sticker was potentially offensive to the survivors of the Andes crash (which was about that time), and so should not be displayed. Sheesh! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-usa/209940.md?page=2)