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Monday, January 05, 2009

The essence of rugby

Rugby football is a game I can't claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the broad, general principles, of course. I mean to say, I know that the main scheme is to work the ball down the field somehow and deposit it over the line at the other end, and that, in order to squelch this programme, each side is allowed a certain amount of assault and battery and do things to its fellow-man which, if done elsewhere, would result in fourteen days without the option, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench.

P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves, 1930

4 comments:

Nursedude said...

Leave it to PG Wodehouse and his beloved Butler, Jeeves.

Bruce Ross said...

Truly a master wordsmith, ND

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jonathan said...

I wonder how playing rugby feels like. We don't have rugby in my country.