On the day after Aussie battler Lleyton Hewitt was dismantled like an IKEA bookshelf by Roger Federer, and Aussie fighter Sam(antha) Stosur was crushed like just another moth that had settled unwisely on the Plexicushion surface by Serena Williams, two Brits still wave the Union Flag. Or do they?
At 4.45pm Hong Kong-time, the Flower of Scotland (what a dirge that song is compared to the stirring "Scotland the Brave") Andy Murray will tee off against Rafael Nadal, while tomorrow Laura Robson (who turned 16 just last week) will play in the third round of the women's doubles.
Born in Melbourne to Australian parents, Robbo moved to England when she was six, but the English will claim anyone as their own in their attempt to find at least one person from a population of 50 million who can match the conveyor belt of talent that rolls off the Balkan production line.
While on the Caledonian theme, here's an excellent and totally politically incorrect parody of “Scotland the Brave” by the fellows who inflicted “Flower of Scotland” upon us:
At 4.45pm Hong Kong-time, the Flower of Scotland (what a dirge that song is compared to the stirring "Scotland the Brave") Andy Murray will tee off against Rafael Nadal, while tomorrow Laura Robson (who turned 16 just last week) will play in the third round of the women's doubles.
Born in Melbourne to Australian parents, Robbo moved to England when she was six, but the English will claim anyone as their own in their attempt to find at least one person from a population of 50 million who can match the conveyor belt of talent that rolls off the Balkan production line.
While on the Caledonian theme, here's an excellent and totally politically incorrect parody of “Scotland the Brave” by the fellows who inflicted “Flower of Scotland” upon us:
3 comments:
Is that really 'fat Jews' I'm hearing?
Indeed. It's a fascinating clip, which will be of great interest to historians and sociologists in years to come. For the first minute or so, you could've have heard a pin drop, as the Corries' satire on the Scots gets more and more biting, culminating in:
Land that is full of stinkers
Wee fat Jews and V.P.* drinkers
Whisky put a lot o’ stinkers
Into Scottish graves
* VP is, I believe, near 100% pure grain alcohol
It's only when they get to the end and use the "I" word (independence) that they win the Scottish audience over. And how! Was the atmosphere in a Bavarian Bierkeller like this, I wonder?
Never heard that before, that is truly awful. Scotland is heading inevitably to independence, I will be leaving Glasgow and moving to Carlisle, only an hour and a half commuting each day.
50% tax is bad enough under Labour imagine what the SNP would charge!!
Rule Brittania, now that is a magnificent song!
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