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  • Totally OT. Red roses versus the USA

    From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 22 20:17:17 2025
    ...women's Rugby football. I have to say that USA's girls - for a
    country that doesn't normally play Rugby, let alone women's Rugby - are
    doing damn well.

    Pick it up online if you can. They probably wont win, but they are no pushovers...

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    Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
    more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
    their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
    battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
    that they are dead.
    Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Aug 23 04:28:55 2025
    On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:17:17 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    ...women's Rugby football. I have to say that USA's girls - for a
    country that doesn't normally play Rugby, let alone women's Rugby - are doing damn well.

    Certainly we play rugby.

    https://www.maggots.org/


    For real men there is the Thomas Meagher Hurling Club. What good's a sport
    that doesn't allow you to carry a deadly weapon?

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sat Aug 23 11:27:47 2025
    On 23/08/2025 05:28, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:17:17 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    ...women's Rugby football. I have to say that USA's girls - for a
    country that doesn't normally play Rugby, let alone women's Rugby - are
    doing damn well.

    Certainly we play rugby.

    https://www.maggots.org/

    Wonderful, but those are all blokes.
    The team I saw last night were all women. To of them, the commentator
    informed me, are 'engaged'

    One of the England girls with hair to die for is the worlds No 1
    player. Runs like a bloody deer in the headlights


    For real men there is the Thomas Meagher Hurling Club. What good's a sport that doesn't allow you to carry a deadly weapon?

    Aha., But that's Oirish, is it not?

    In England, hurling is what you do after the 10th pint of beer, on a
    Saturday night


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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sat Aug 23 20:04:16 2025
    On 23/08/2025 19:48, rbowman wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:27:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    For real men there is the Thomas Meagher Hurling Club. What good's a
    sport that doesn't allow you to carry a deadly weapon?

    Aha., But that's Oirish, is it not?

    In England, hurling is what you do after the 10th pint of beer, on a
    Saturday night

    Definitely. A hurley is a short stick used to beat Sassenachs. Sometimes
    it is used in hurling.

    Sassenachs are what the Scots call the English, Not the Irish.

    And that's a (short stick used to beat the English) shillelagh not a
    hurley...

    A true Scotsman stabs them in the back with his 'sgain dubh'


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_(stick)


    as your link makes clear...


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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Aug 23 18:48:09 2025
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:27:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    For real men there is the Thomas Meagher Hurling Club. What good's a
    sport that doesn't allow you to carry a deadly weapon?

    Aha., But that's Oirish, is it not?

    In England, hurling is what you do after the 10th pint of beer, on a
    Saturday night

    Definitely. A hurley is a short stick used to beat Sassenachs. Sometimes
    it is used in hurling.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_(stick)

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sun Aug 24 04:00:31 2025
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 20:04:16 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    Sassenachs are what the Scots call the English, Not the Irish.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sassenach

    You obviously know more Scots than Irish. True, it's politer than some
    Irish terminology for Brits.


    And that's a (short stick used to beat the English) shillelagh not a hurley...

    Any club will do although an Armalite is much preferred.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8blA7Olf34A


    A true Scotsman stabs them in the back with his 'sgain dubh'

    Well, you'd better be carrying a knife if you insist on wearing a skirt in public.

    The Fáilte Irish Festival is 9/5 and the Celtic Dragon Pipe Band will show
    up. The Presbyterian pipe puffers do their best but most Irish music
    requires more than one octave. Even with careful selection of material
    they wind up trying to fake the notes they can't hit.

    Interesting the word comes across as in Dubh Linn (Black Pool) and Roisin
    Dubh. (Dark Rose).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agZH-kzwMRo

    Nobody would even try to play that on the great pipes.

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