On 30 May 2005 03:52:48 -0700, "Uncle Dave" <davidcovey@t-online.de> wrote:
My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and>the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of>the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir>Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his>title.
Presumably this means he will carry the can for the multi-million upgrades required to increase Eden Park's capacity for the 2011 RWC?
"Uncle Dave" <davidcovey@t-online.de> wrote in message news:1117450368.769127.103850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...> My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and> the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of> the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir> Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his> title.>
Lord Woody slayer of Blacks, bamboozler of Strines and general> all-round good egg.>
and soon to be coach of that powerhouse soccer team - Southampton -
"Brent Hadley" <the_1aser@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:i5tl91t3mfosla5snjhqer24vd5tai4ov0@4ax.com...> On 30 May 2005 03:52:48 -0700, "Uncle Dave" <davidcovey@t-online.de> wrote:>
My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and> >the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of> >the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir> >Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his> >title.>
Presumably this means he will carry the can for the multi-million upgrades> required to increase Eden Park's capacity for the 2011 RWC?
Perhaps it will cause plans for the bulldozing of the ground to be brought forward.
Uncle Dave wrote:> My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and> the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of> the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir> Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his> title.
Do they name English peers after the place where they're buried?
My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and>> the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of>> the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir>> Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his>> title.>
Do they name English peers after the place where they're buried?>
-- rick boyd
Just as they don't name Maoris after that : Imagine what ManLure's title would be.
On Mon, 30 May 2005 19:20:36 +0800, "Bollocks" <nospam_pcs_jg@hotmail.com> wrote:
"Uncle Dave" <davidcovey@t-online.de> wrote in message>news:1117450368.769127.103850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>> My bet is, that after the inevitable whitewashing of the All Blacks and>> the equally inevitable bestowing by Her Gracious Majesty (also ruler of>> the Comonwealth and oddities such as New Zealand) of a Peerage on Sir>> Clive, he will choose "Eden Park" rather than "Twickenham" for his>> title.>>
Lord Woody slayer of Blacks, bamboozler of Strines and general>> all-round good egg.>>
and soon to be coach of that powerhouse soccer team - Southampton -