By the time you read this, we will be will on our way to Cardiff... if all has gone well. You never know with air travel. We will be draped in these:
I mean, as national flags go, there are way worse, right?
Here's what else you need to know about Wales:
- a country that is part of the United Kingdom
- bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west
- bordered by England to the east
- population: 3.16 million
- size: 8,000 square miles (roughly the size of New Jersey)
- Languages: Welsh and English
- Food: Welsh rarebit, lots of lamb dishes
Famous people from Wales:
- Richard Burton
- Dylan Thomas
- T. E. Lawrence
- Anthony Hopkins
- Terry Jones
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Henry Morton Stanley
- Christian Bale
- Laura Ashley
- Henry (Captain) Morgan
- Rob Brydon
- Timothy Dalton
- Desmond Llewelyn
- Jonathan Pryce
- Matthew Rhys
- Charles Rolls
- Ian Woosnam
- Gareth Bale
And, relevantly...
Sir Gareth Owen Edwards CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey". Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Swansea, Wales.
Generally speaking: Wales is a poor, coal-mining country, the Welsh loathe the English, and they didn't quite understand why Yanks would bother to come see their rugby team when I was there (2000).
How about music?
Iechyd Da!
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Tom Jones makes the playlist but not the list of famous people from Wales?
ReplyDeleteI'm mostly Irish but there's a little bit of Welch in there. Would love to visit one day. Likely after I'm done attending volleyball and softball games.
ReplyDeleteday one highlight: fogtb bruce woke himself up in the bathtub by accidentally turning on the shower with his foot. top notch hijinks.
ReplyDeleteIf you're going to blog about singing Welshman, you should include a Welshman singing in Welsh.
ReplyDeleteI might add JPR Williams and Phil Bennett. Both of which were involved in the greatest international try of all time. Barbarians v All Blacks (google it’s insane). Scored by your man on list Gareth Edwards. Enjoy lads, doesn’t get any better than Welsh anthem in the Millennium. Will be watching.
ReplyDeleteI’m not saying todays SEC semifinals are the greatest pair of conference semifinals ever but it’s got to be in the discussion.
ReplyDeleteRoyals in the house! Kate and William as well.
ReplyDeleteI’ll be listening on the beeb. Doubt I’ll hear the lads picked up on mic, but my ears are open.
ReplyDeleteCome on you Welshmen!
ReplyDeleteThe blokes on the commentary suggest that the Welsh have not come on, unless you're deploying some sort of wanking metaphor.
ReplyDeletewales were not up to the moment. at all. howevah, the welsh folk are aces. 10/10, would be. and mark, that semifinal quartet is damn neat certainly the best ever. i eagerly await obxdave’s more informed research on the topic.
ReplyDeleteyour tribe ladies hoopers play campbell in the caa tournament final this afternoon. never won the league. big day.
ReplyDeleteAfter cursory college hoops research, here goes: I think SEC tournament is first in which all four semifinal teams ranked in top 10; so yeah, maybe best ever in terms of matchups, though No. 4 Gators dusted No. 5 Bama.
ReplyDelete1985 Big East tournament: Three ranked in semis. No. 1 Georgetown beat No. 13 Syracuse in one semi. No. 2 St. John's beat unranked Villanova in other semi. No. 1 Hoyas beat No. 2 Johnnies in final. Georgetown, St. John's, Nova all went to Final Four, and Nova beat Hoyas in title game.
1986 Big East tournament: Three ranked in semis. No. 5 St. John's beat unranked Nova, No. 8 Syracuse beat No. 14 Georgetown. Johnnies beat 'Cuse in final.
1974 ACC tournament: Three ranked in semis. No. 1 NC State beat unranked Virginia, No. 4 Maryland beat No. 6 Carolina. No. 1 State beat Maryland 103-100 in OT in what many regard as greatest ACC game ever and some say best college game ever. Pre-expanded NCAA Tournament era, so only NC State went to NCAAs. That game pushed NCAA to expand field to include multiple teams from same conference. State went on to beat seven-time defending champ UCLA in overtime in national semis, then won title against Marquette.
I dare say that some of those teams in older conferences semis might have been better ranked in this day and age. The amount of subjectivity in the old polls was crazy. SEC rankings this year are deserved, but are definitely supported by analytics vs coaches voting for names just because.
ReplyDeleteFlorida is playing an away game today.
ReplyDeleteTribe were down by 14 early on. 4th quarter, 6:40 to play, they take lead for first time 56-55!!
ReplyDeleteWowza! Makin’ a game of it
They did it! W&M to the dance for the women! OMDL
ReplyDeleteWE’RE GOING DANCING!!!
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