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SO put his lucky rugby shirt on, and I did my duty by running into the kitchen every time Johnny Wilkinson went for a kick (I put him off with my incessant chanting of, 'oh, no, he's going to miss, he's going to miss, no, oh no')

Well, I'm confused. He puts his lucky rugby shirt on and then Jackie asks whether this is soccer...and Faldage on another thread asks a question tongue-in-cheek that I took to be a fun thread, but still one to develop, but it was just Faldage's being tongue-in-cheek...

All that said:

It sounds like rugby to me, but then there's Jackie and her soccer question, and she knew Fadage's tongue was in his cheek...so I'm confused. Still sounds like rugby to me, so if it isn't, please show me what Jackie saw that I didn't...

Edit PS: Oh, Dody, congratulations on your rubgy World Cup or soccer World Cup. I wait to be enlightened.