the ashes
since we have been here england has manged to reclaim the ashes. even if i hadn't known this myself, thre is no way i could have escaped the fact, because it has been pointed out to me by just about every single english/irish/welsh person i have met since it happened.
a few days ago, getting on a bus:#
us: how much is it?
him:; 2 pound 20
us: do we need to have the right money?
him: no, whatever you've got
us: we've got everything we just don't recognise it yet
him: (looking at the coins in our hands) well you don't have everything: you don't have the ashes.
yesterday; we were speaking to a taxi driver about the best way to get to Aberystwyth (this is where muriel's mum was born and we thought we might be able to catch a bus there and back in the same day-it's about 200 miles away).
him: you want to go there and back in a day?
us: well yes
him: let me ask a question; do you think australians are generally very upset about losing the ashes?
us: oh, not really. why?
him: well it just seems like you must have lost your mind if you want to spend a day travelling to somewhere just to say you were ther. hoe about i draw you a picture in stead?
last night:
us (to a man on the street walking his dog): excuse me, can you point us back to the university? we seem to be lost
him: oh yeah. Australians are you?
us: yes
him: you seem to be losing a lot of things lately. first the ashes. now the university. becoming a big of a habit.
so incase you are wondering. the ashes win is BIG BIG BIG news here.
a few days ago, getting on a bus:#
us: how much is it?
him:; 2 pound 20
us: do we need to have the right money?
him: no, whatever you've got
us: we've got everything we just don't recognise it yet
him: (looking at the coins in our hands) well you don't have everything: you don't have the ashes.
yesterday; we were speaking to a taxi driver about the best way to get to Aberystwyth (this is where muriel's mum was born and we thought we might be able to catch a bus there and back in the same day-it's about 200 miles away).
him: you want to go there and back in a day?
us: well yes
him: let me ask a question; do you think australians are generally very upset about losing the ashes?
us: oh, not really. why?
him: well it just seems like you must have lost your mind if you want to spend a day travelling to somewhere just to say you were ther. hoe about i draw you a picture in stead?
last night:
us (to a man on the street walking his dog): excuse me, can you point us back to the university? we seem to be lost
him: oh yeah. Australians are you?
us: yes
him: you seem to be losing a lot of things lately. first the ashes. now the university. becoming a big of a habit.
so incase you are wondering. the ashes win is BIG BIG BIG news here.
posted by Leonie +
comments: 3
At 6:56 pm,
Anonymous said…
they may need to have explained what the ashes are ashes of.... or wonder innocently how come they have been lost for the last 16 years... or that was just to make the next series out here interesting.... but hey ... they need a bit of joy living on a god forsaken rock where the appearance of the sun can be a cause for celebration and the notion of a beach is akin to a pebbly quarry or am I being mean?
At 7:07 pm,
Leonie said…
yes i generally just let them have their fun. kind of my charity work for the moment. on one occasion i did ask them if they thought anyone in england could actually remember the last time they HAD won and that Australian's being rather bored with the world championship thing are turning to other sports like hurling and base jumping for a big of excitement.
At 7:13 pm,
Anonymous said…
you are...bad... and that is always cool.....
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