Some Reasons for a Scotsman to Represent England at Curling
1. not good enough for Scotland;
2. someone has to;
3. deep cover;
4. it annoys the hell out of my brother-in-law;
5. Jerusalem is a good song and you can whistle theme from "The Great Escape" [mind you "Swing Low" urgh!]
6. charity;
7. sabotage;
8. 18 years of missionary work among English population deserves a reward;
9 er, that's it
Alternative and Better List
1. England is home now and this is the best curling possible from England;
2. Playing a leadership role in developing curling in England;
3. Hopefully we will leave it in a better place than we find it;
4. Team reflects multi-cultural society in England;
5. old enmities should be amusing not serious in 21st century.
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Well there were 2 Scots, a German and a Canadian who went in for a curling competition ...
ReplyDeleteSeriously all the best to Team England this week - hope all goes well and I look forward to all the blogs