Been asking around a bit about whether folks have heard of Neil Best - the rugby player, that is. Despite our own Mr. Best's repeated attempts at self-aggrandizement over the success of his blog, Londoners have never heard of our Watchdog.
But there is a Neil Best who has dabbled in rugby in these parts, and he's had a solid career. Just not sure he's in the stratosphere of the world's rugby elite.
... by the way, they showed some rugby highlights on the flight over, and these guys are absolutely phenomenal. It's essentially tackle football in shorts and a t-shirt. Makes you wonder whether the Brits will ever truly respect the NFL, because their lads are playing a similar game with almost no equipment. A couple guys wear headgear to ward off the cauliflower ear, but that's it.
It's full speed, in-your-face, run-you-over tackle football.
... not much outcry here about Eric Mangini sticking with Chad Pennington.
... ok, I really need to sleep now.
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Tell the "other" Neil Best I said hello. I once spent a week in London in the late summer of 1994. The bathroom was down the hall at the hotel. If there is one observation that stuck with me after my first and so far only visit to Europe (I went to several other countries on that trip) it is that they have no clue how to do bathrooms/showers properly.
Holy cow, Best. I can't believe you just wrote that.
Not that there's anything wrong with it. Just that I was thinking the exact same thing this morning. These people do not know plumbing at all.
I don't know, the 'water closet' idea (a separate room for each toilet) sounds pretty good when you're next to someone with - ah - issues.