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[challenge entry] Ooo Arr Cantona!
Ooo Arr Cantona!

Since taking up farming after his retirement from professional football, Eric still enjoyed a kickabout.

As a player he was always outstanding in his field

From the All the fun of the Farmyard challenge. See all 292 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:32, archived)
# I wish I understood that
but i don't even know what this week's challenge is
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:41, archived)
# It's about Farmers
I don't mean cockney rhyming slang (Farmers=Farmer Giles=Piles), but the actual countryside-dwelling, crop-growing, get off my land Farmers.

When Eric Cantona played professional football, "ooh ahh Cantona" was often shouted from the terraces due to the fact that a) it contains his name, and b) it rhymes [possibly also c) football fans are easily amused].

A stereotype of the farming community, made popular by The Wurzels is that Farmers say "Ooo Arr" a lot.

I challenge anyone to name a song by the Wurzels other than Combine Harvester...
(I helped save b3ta! Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:47, archived)
# Rock around the A38
#Go go, let the cider flow
(I helped save b3ta! Sattamassagana, the LEGO-man needs to change his username's relevancy, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:49, archived)
# Nice to see
Someone who has gone beyond the stereotype.

The Wurzels did actually record some great songs, albeit an unusually high proportion of them were about Cider in one way or another.
(I helped save b3ta! Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:53, archived)
# Blackbird
Wi' a bloody big stick I'll 'ammer 'e, blackbird I'll 'ave 'e!
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sat 22 May 2004, 6:53, archived)