On 30/11/2004, at 7:18 PM, GeeBee wrote:
>> Yes, of course, but important things first G.
>> Do you prefer Owen to Brooke?
>> AndrewF
> It would have to be Owen. Whether with Liverpool, England or Real
> Madrid his
> ability to conjure a goal is awesome. I never heard of Brooke. Who
> does he
> play for?
Welsh Fusilliers (sp?) as i remember - so alongside Giggs.
> p.s. It was a terrible weekend here. We Brits were finally all set to
> beat
> Australia at both rugby codes. Better than that we were going to do it
> on
> the same day but you pipped us at Union and thrashed us at League. I
> was
> gutted. On the poetry thing I prefer John Betjeman but his anthology
> was the
> wrong colour :-)
Lulled you into a false sense of security - it's different when you
actually have to score a try, right?
Betjeman? Zounds! Nothing transcends Owen for war poetry in that
period, except some Sassoon.
A
(...once more the lie/Dulce et decorem est.... how apposite)
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