🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <lduo8vk31ta6nqkdj...@4ax.com>, 
br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:31:57 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >In article <ce6o8vcdolg8n6mb4...@4ax.com>, 
> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
> >> On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 02:21:29 GMT, "Bill Huffman"
> >> <bhuf...@REMOVE-THISsan.rr.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >"Brad Martin" <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> >news:1lam8vgv0cm7pt23hfbb0t1u8rdlepc0nb@4ax.com...
> >> >
> >> >> I'm in that blissful cocoon of anticipation,
> >> >> the one that always gets smeared under the grinding boot of reality.
> >> >
> >> >I don't really have anything to say except I thought this most wonderful
> >> >sentence deserved further reflection and admiration.
> >> 
> >> Nice of you to say so  Bill, but in fact, I was talking out of my
> >> arse, because the boot overstepped and a strikingly beautiful,
> >> gossamer winged butterfly emerged.
> >> 
> >> England won 2 - 0.
> >
> >I have watched several hours of this "sport" and have never actually 
> >witnessed a goal being scored.  
> 
> We've been over this "Bret". I'm sorry if Football is a sport in which
> the spectators actually require some knowledge of the nuances of the
> game to fully appreciate the joys

Question: is a line of men with their hands covering their crotches a 
joy or a nuance?

> and disappointments, rather than
> just glancing up at the scoreboard to find out if they are enjoying
> themselves.

Does cricket fall into this category?  I rather enjoy cricket.

> >Of course, until now I had completely 
> >neglected to consider that scoring goals had anything whatsoever to do 
> >with lepidoptera.  I shall pay more attention in the future.
> 
> I don't think you would ever learn to like it. Save yourself the
> ennui.

Hey, you took walk in the melon patch, so I figure it's only fair.  
Besides, it's not so bad when I compare it to, say, chickenpox.  Or oral 
surgery.

> That all came out rather tretchily, so in the interest of
> international relations, and coalition co-operation, i'd like to
> finish like this:
> 
> ;-)

8|8 (This is a butterfly, symbolizing my new-found respect for your 
national sport).

Bret