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March 28, 2010
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
How England's government plans to fix football
posted by boredom_08 at 06:09 PM on March 28, 2010
Dear Sir
I have spotted a small but significant error in your headline. 'England*' doesn't have a government. You might be referring to Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Yours sincerely
A. Pedant
*But, on the other hand, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do have governments of their own. Weird, huh?
posted by owlhouse at 07:14 PM on March 28, 2010
Apologies. Silly mistake on my part. Should've thought of that.
posted by boredom_08 at 07:43 PM on March 28, 2010
How many Australian Prime Ministers can you name? Not many, if you're an AFL footballer, apparently.
Americans will appreciate the 51st State reference at around the 1:20 mark.
posted by owlhouse at 01:47 AM on March 29, 2010
The thing that confuses me the most is this: which section of the British Parliament is most responsible for those quaint melodious moments on the floor when the speaker at the podium has to outshout the barnyard and decorum seems to be hanging by the barest of threads?
Is the House of Growls or the House of Murmurs?
posted by beaverboard at 08:04 AM on March 29, 2010
Dwyane Wade edges Andy Roddick in H-O-R-S-E