Sniffle XXIX
The Daily Telegraph - Protecting precious parody. By Philip Ruddock (the Aussie Attorney General)
Given the way the first Test went, the series may be over by then. Either way patriotic Australians will be free to mock the British team without the threat of lawsuits.
Now, why don’t we ever get Alberto Gonzales putting bills before the Senate seeking to enshrine the right of patriotic Americans to mock the French?
December 1st, 2006 at 1:13 am
Yeh, we’re a little slow. I think it was originally tacked on to your first ammendment to the Constitution, wasn’t it? … “, but Congress Shall make Law, from Time to Time, and As Required, that shall Mock The French, forsooth.” but George got voted down.
December 1st, 2006 at 1:29 am
If the few lyrics I’ve heard from The Fanatics they need all the legal protection they can get.
Of course but for the French helping out during the Unfortunate Unpleasantness you guys would all still be playing cricket and drinking tea. (Says he, carefully forgetting, if only for a moment, a whole load of subsequent history.)
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:47 am
I may advise moneypockets Steinbrenner to look to the island to his East the next time he wants to import a player. Gotta figure a good batsman could do well in baseball. Hit safely 1/3 of the time and you’re a superstar. Game usually lasts only 2.5 hours, boss buys the food and pays you several million dollars (American). Translators are provided if your Cornish.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:55 am
There was a Cambridge Blue and Middlesex batsman called Ed Smith who a few years ago had a go at becoming a baseball player. Wrote a book about it, which I haven’t read. He also wrote about cricket in the USA: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1517174,00.html