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Liverpool isn't boring! Remember that drive-by last week?

I'll do it.

I thought you wanted to join as a farmer not a goat . I think pets need surnames, because we had to give one for our cat when we registered it.

What other rock in the middle of a desert can change colours?

Not they're not. I like Stonehenge

If SeB wins by one vote

Oh yeah? Well Stonehenge is a lot of rocks.... in the middle of a field! You have to go there to experience it. It's not just a rock or an ordinary mountain, photographs don't do it justice. It changes colour at various points of the day, for one thing. Beyond that, it's the centre of culture for quite a few Aboriginal tribes around the area.

If you want to come here you have to see this place! http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulu%E1%B9%9Fu

Here is our fearless leader, Julia Gillard, at work:

Yes It's night now in western Sydney and the temperature has fallen to 9 degrees. Like KOF said it is deceptively cold, the thermometer says 9 but it feels like 5..

Have you ever been to Singapore? Count yourself lucky. It's insanely humid there. I've visited the Old Countries several times (India and Sri Lanka, where my parents respectively come from) and they don't compare at all.

Well, first of all you need a stupidly long surname. 12 letters is the minimum level of acceptance I think you're in for a disappointment, though. My grandfather's parents were the last in the farming business. As for my grandfather himself, he worked as a labourer on railways, his children have all become middle class professionals. No more goats . I spent some time there when I was about 2-3 years old and that was the last I saw of the goats.

Brilliant SeB has been great, as he usually is. Post more often! I had to vote for him though I feel really bad for BluesMaster. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. This is like his 4th or 5th nomination and he's never won one.

This is from New Zealand but they're practically just another state of Australia () so we're claiming this as our own: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nek-minnit

He dares wear the famous Number 21? And more to the point, the club lets someone wear the famous Number 21? BLASPHEMY! That was reserved for either Dame N'Doye or Gylfi Sigurdsson, and since neither are arriving this window should be retired until one of them come to claim it.

South Africa on paper should destroy everyone, the trouble is they're all fragile Boers longing for the good old days of Hansie Cronje. England are the real deal, its quite an achievement to beat Australia in Australia. Cook is one of the best openers in the world, Anderson is just behind Steyn as the 2nd best quick in the world and Swann is the best non-sub continental spinner. Number 6 in the order is a trouble spot for them, Prior think's he's Adam Gilchrist (which he's not, more of a Romesh Kaluwitharana than a Gilchrist), and playing against sub continental teams in the sub continent is a massive problem for them. Sri Lanka and India are headed for the doldrums compared to how good they have been for the last 10-15 years. Pakistan are always likely to blow up, though they have possibly the best captain in the world in Misbah (Clarke, Sammy and Jayawardene run him close). As for Australia, the batting quality is woeful apart from the Hussey Bro's. and Michael Clarke. David Warner is a walking wicket. Ed Cowan is someone I'm excited about but he's not a matchwinner, more like the strong type who can provide resistance. Clarke is 30 and with his back problems has 5-6 year left at best, and the Hussey Bro's are approaching their use-by date. Australia do possess the best young pace battery in the world (Cummins, Pattinson and Starc) but they get injured every time they get out of bed. And Australian spinners are hilariously incompetent, to the point that Michael Clarke is still the best spinner in the country.

I'm not. Where's my ''?

Agreed

Really, I think we (Sri Lanka) have already become rubbish. Take out Herath and none of our test bowlers would make it into even the Australian reserve squad. About all thats keeping us competitive at this time are those three batsmen. That and visitors don't know how to stop Mahela smacking 200 every time he feels like it in Galle/Colombo/Kandy.

The state of world cricket at this moment is this: England: Very good team, but not deserving of number 1 ranking in the three formats (impossible for a few months anyway). South Africa: The best team in the world, and will be for the next 3-5 years as long as they can avoid their traditional wobbles against top teams. Australia: Inconsistent but improving, slowly. 5 years away from again becoming the best team in the world. India: Shit, and when Sachin calls it quits, they're going to plunge into a long period in the darkness. Sri Lanka: Sadly, we're going to become very shit, very soon. There are no replacements lined up for Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene, and despite the best efforts of Herath we've never really replaced Muralitharan. Sri Lankan cricket sustained its success from 1996 to 2012 through a batting spine of Jayasuriya, Attapattu and Tillakaratne, who's roles were inherited by Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene. Having the greatest bowler of all time in Muralitharan present for 15 of those years certainly helped as well, and barring Australia we were probably the most consistent team over that 15 year period. New Zealand: Lol. West Indies: They're getting better but won't cause anyone too many troubles. Bangladesh: Fast improving, still not quite cut out to mix it with the big boys. Pakistan: When Ajmal leaves, then what? Zimbabwe: It's over for the short-to-medium term, but their team from the late 90s to early 2000s was wonderful, very competitive and even though they lacked skills they punched above their weight a lot. Others: Afghanistan: Lol Bermuda: Where has that fat bloke got to? Wasn't he called Leverkusen or something? Canada: Lol Kenya: ICC fucked them over, could have been a pretty decent outfit by now. Ireland: Lol. Scotland: Lol. USA: Lol. This is how I think the test rankings will look like in 5 years time: 1. Australia 2. South Africa 3. England 4. India 5. Pakistan 6. Sri Lanka ( ) 7. West Indies 8. Bangladesh 9. New Zealand 10. Zimbabwe The top 3 will be so far ahead of the rest, it'll be like La Liga except there's a third team as good as the top two and the other 7 are on the skill level of Real Zaragoza.

I don't think so, the South Africans are coming for you.

In summary, all England has on Australia is: A fucking huge empire, that fell apart some 70 years ago. While Australia has: Better weather Significantly better sporting pedigree Better names for cities/places (Harrow and Emu Plains great examples of the differences). Me.

On the subject of Australia vs. England Michael Slater's cackle at 0:45 is just hilarious!

We have a better one, coming from our 3-1 victory over England in London. "EVEN TONY, EVEN TONY, EVEN TONY POPOVIC SCORED." And another one for cricket: "COME BACK WHEN YOU WIN 5-0, COME BACK WHEN YOU WIN 5-0."

Anyway lets list the nations achievements: England/UK: 1966 FIFA World Cup, 2003 Rugby World Cup. Australia: Sir Donald Bradman, the man who dominated his sport so much that no one in any sport can claim to be that good. 1920 5-0 win over England in cricket 2006/07 5-0 win over England in cricket 8 consecutive wins over England in cricket (1989-2005). COME BACK WHEN YOU WIN 5-0.