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So, we're moving, and while going through some books in the process of packing, we found some notes Rebecca took so we'd properly remember one of the momentous moments of our living-in-England experience.
England marches to a different drummer when it comes to sports (excuse me, "sport"). It is ALL about entertaining the spectator. Oh, forget it -- me trying to explain it is completely inadequate. It must be experienced.
So, during the 2004 Masters tournament, these are a selection from the BBC commentary:
"He hit that from his belly button."
"He hit that in the dingly dell."
"...as opposed to those aggressive shared-ball sports -- the worst you can do here is niggle your opponent's brainbox."
and the one that made us decide we needed to record them:
"He has a roly-poly walk, a just back from the sea walk, as opposed to Mickelson, who looks like he's going for a totter in the lower acres to see how the lambing is going."
2 comments:
That is AWESOME. Now I want to see these walks.
LOL! That's insane. I definitely do not want my brainbox niggled nor my dingly dell hit. I don't remember such colorful commentary while watching that cricket tournament you were so in love with. I would comment more, but I have to go for a totter in the lower acre to see how the lambing is going. Meanwhile, I shall work these sayings into my everyday phrasebook post haste.
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