Coming over here
repressing us with their leeks and choirs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:34, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I lived in Wales for 4 years
and went out with a Welsh girl for 2 and a half of them. I have actual reasons for mocking them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:37, Reply)

What are those reasons? She dump you?

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:40, Reply)

surprisingly not
on the whole they are splendid people, but they are the worst losers, and even worse when they win.

My ex was fluent in Welsh as well, and her dad used to call her at like 7am on a Saturday and I'd got woken up to high speed, high pitched welsh.

It's not right I tells you.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:43, Reply)

bad losers?
what?
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:44, Reply)

i'm starting to think you've never actually been to wales,
being bad at sports is our national pastime.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:44, Reply)

or are you just sensitive to what we call taking the piss?
because that is also our national passtime. so sorry about that.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

I am aware of that.
which made it more surprising when they took it so badly.

I have fond memories of being sat huddled near the door to a pub as England beat Wales 50:10 with the crowd in the pub roaring "always shit on the English side of the bridge" and "I'd rather wear a turban than a rose"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:46, Reply)

those are fairly standard chants,
seems you got sensitive about the piss taking! soz lol.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:48, Reply)

bear in mind in this discussion
that i am english
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:49, Reply)

the "rather wear a turban than a rose" is particularly offensive because it is not only anti-english,
but it implies (or infers?) that there is something inherently wrong with being sikh as well.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:51, Reply)

It implies.
The person hearing it infers.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:53, Reply)

cheers,
i never get that right.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:54, Reply)

I was at uni when England were actually good at rugby
and regularly gave them a sound thrashing. They tended not to take it well.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

yeh, you often hear about rugby riots and fights

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:46, Reply)

did I mention fights?
I'm leaving now. Think about what you've done.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:47, Reply)

oh were you just talking about crowds reactions when they lose the match?
because i think that happens in all sports, with all fans.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:47, Reply)

I saw the aftermath of England beating Wales in the 2000-ish Five Nations.
There were ambulances and broken windows and blood. Lots of blood.
( Kroney, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:50, Reply)

AND THAT WAS JUST DURING THE MATCH!!!!

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:51, Reply)

broken glass is more cricket these days...

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

i was at a glamorgan match when the ball went through the window of a commentary box,
in 1997, i think that it happens quite a lot, but this was the first time it was on the bbc website and spread around the internet on twitter etc and that and this and the guy in that clip is a regular at my local, hurrah i'm famous
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:56, Reply)

is that the one where you can find the recording of it online?
It's quite amusing - it actually hit the guy commentating, didn't it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

edward bevan, yes.
steve james was also in the commentary box, he used to open the batting for glamorgan, and england briefly, i see him a lot, he eats a lot.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:59, Reply)

This is brilliant.
We're NOT bad losers!

*stamps feet*

We're NOT! We're NOT! We're NOT!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:50, Reply)

um...
ok. so if someone says something that is not true, you either stay silent on the matter, or if you reply you are just proving that they are right? k.

also i'm english, so it should be "They're not bad losers" rather than "we're not bad losers", i hope this helps.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:51, Reply)

I grew up within pissing distance of wales
I had to stand at the bottom of the garden with a stick and poke them back over the border.

Also, I got bottled at a Stereophonics gig at Morfa. Valley dwelling sub-neanderthals.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:41, Reply)

Well that serves you fucking right for going to see the Ste-reo-pho-nekkks.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 17:31, Reply)

Whereabouts?
I was in Pontypridd for 4 years. That was a right fucking trial.
( Kroney, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:41, Reply)

was at uni in Cardiff
so Wales-lite.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:43, Reply)

not even people from pontypridd stay in pontypridd for 4 years,
what the hell is wrong with you?
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:43, Reply)

I went to Pontyclun and some woman got raped by her boyfriend the weekend I was there.
In the caravan they lived in.

There's Wales For You.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:46, Reply)

i'm pretty sure people get raped in caravans in england too,
and if not i can soon sort it out.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:48, Reply)

if only there was some kind of national database
of raping-in-mobile-accomodation statistics. My money's on the Cornish.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:50, Reply)

Hahahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 17:31, Reply)

NEVAH.
The only people that live in caravans in England are Pikeys and they are Irish.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:52, Reply)

stupid welsh always making fun of the english eh

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:53, Reply)

Irish, actually.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:54, Reply)

i don't think they make fun of the irish

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

Why not?
The Irish have a whole genre of humour all for themselves.

In contrast I have rarely heard a Welsh joke.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

i think they just did dirty sanchez and let people deal with it.

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 17:00, Reply)

"all fun and games until somebody loses a bollock"

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 17:01, Reply)

My parents said that when they picked me up to go home for the last time
I was pacing like a caged animal.
( Kroney, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 16:48, Reply)