Why I follow the Ashes (even though nobody else in Singapore cares):

[tristella]

1) Because I figured out most of the rules of the game through simple watch-and-inference, with help from Aaron in 2005. In the process, I got sucked into caring

Comments

[burbur]

hehe i sorta understand how the game is played but not the scoring. it's always amusing to watch the white people go on with "white face paint".

[tristella]

Yeah the sunblock looks like some bizarre war paint right? *grin* It always makes me laugh.

[adrianli1]

jonny wilks win was in 2003, lah

[tristella]

huh. I stand corrected. For some reason I remembered it as 3rd year summer. Turns out it's 3rd year winter, but there you have it.

[adrianli1]

actually, i bet the expat crowd (Aussies and English) would pay attention...

to be fair, the English have blown a 14-3 lead in the Rugby Union international with the last 10 min of the first half to go in trailing by 14-16