Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Part 3: Grating Expectations https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address LegBreak https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=21098#post21098 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=21098#post21098 Looks like Braces is back...

Oh no...

]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:22:28 +1200 Rich https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=10087#post10087 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=10087#post10087 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:07:47 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9963#post9963 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9963#post9963

or whenever Tony Veitch opens his mouth

Always a good time to pretend to be from somewhere else ...

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:02:07 +1300 reece palmer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9962#post9962 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9962#post9962

When I saw the title of the piece, I expected to see a reasoned analysis of the England cricket team's capability, not a racist rant against all things English. Suggest you stick to the cricket rather than displaying your xenophobic tendencies to all and sundry

with that he retired hurt,…

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:31:36 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9950#post9950 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9950#post9950 Being intermittently English myself (i.e. during the Ashes, or whenever Tony Veitch opens his mouth), I thought it was quite funny and pretty obviously tongue-in-cheek.

No sense of humour, the English.

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:47:50 +1300 Rich https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9927#post9927 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9927#post9927 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:57:25 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9924#post9924 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9924#post9924 We (putting my English hat on) *did* invent cricket.

We don't, however, have any expectation of winning the world cup. Beating Australia in the tri-series will do..

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:53:58 +1300 dc_red https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9758#post9758 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9758#post9758

He's not English at all though. He is cricket's Zola Budd. He's South African.

Now that's a little unfair ... or at least unwise. New Zealanders don't tend to like it too much when some people (i.e., the English) suggest that the All Blacks are really made up of Pacific…

]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:41:25 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9757#post9757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-part-3-grating-expectations/?p=9757#post9757 Discussion from blog post.

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