So England loses again.

[Jon Miller]

this thread was not suppose to be about one of the rare times the English were good at some sport..

JM

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Pekka
that's significant though.. I mean basketball goes to US, hockey to Canada etc etc.. basically if you invented it, it means you should dominate it. It looks like the rosbifs are making an exception here

Basketball was invented by a Canadian.

And if I remember correctly, Ice Hockey was invented somewhere in Europe.

[KrazyHorse]

No, it was invented by a Canadian and first played in montreal

[KrazyHorse]

http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/Ice_Hockey.htm

[Ninot]

The rules of ice hockey were devised in Canada by a Canadian, i'll give you that.

But i'm pretty sure I have a book at home that states the concept of Hockey on a sheet of ice (although without propper rules) started in Europe.

I'll check when I get home.

[Ninot]

read this for now

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Pekka
I think not.. they have these weird sports .. this cricket.. rugby? Who even plays those games? OH THAT'S RIGHT! Those who can't SKIJUMP!

[alva]

Originally posted by Winston

He never really practiced much, because he was scared ****less every time he had to jump, so he just tried the best he could during competition, such as the 1988 Olympics.

Loved that guy!!!!


Great combination though, being ****less and ski-jumping.

[Alex]

Originally posted by Pekka
basically if you invented it, it means you should dominate it.

We didn't invent football (that's soccer for you USers) but we dominate it.

[Winston]

That's just because you have such a high ratio of Brazilians.

[alva]

Those poor undeveloped countries have all the luck.