What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us

[travelling_gerry]

Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yes.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return? (he pauses smugly)
Xerxes: The aqueduct?
Reg: What?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Commando: And the sanitation!
Stan: Oh yes ... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done ...
Matthias: And the roads ...
Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads ... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads ...
Another Masked Commando: Irrigation ...
Other Masked Voices: Medicine ... Education ... Health
Reg: Yes ... all right, fair enough ...
Commando Nearer The Front: And the wine ...
General Audience: Oh yes! True!
Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
Masked Commando At Back: Public baths!
Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order ... (general nodding) ... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this. (more general murmurs of agreement)
Reg: All right ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what have the Romans done for us?
Xerxes: Brought peace!
Reg: (very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh ... (scornfully) Peace, yes ... shut up!
[From MontyPython's LifeOfBrian]


Now this may come over as a joke....but I'm starting to get sick of the press going on about how much trouble Australian Rugby is......and the words "with the exception of the Western Force" seem to be spewing out of the mouths of the commentators....

So I ask.... "What has the Western Force ever done for us?"

Besides the ....

Crowds
Cameron Shepherd
a genuine finals contendor
exciting attacking
some fast running props
some exciting flankers
wins at altitude
100% winning trips to the republic
John Mitchell
Giteau playing all over the backline
Ryan Cross
stability at the line outs
outstanding defence

anyone else?

What has Western Force done for us?

[slomo]

[B]RegSo I ask.... "What has the Western Force ever done for us?"

Besides the ....

Crowds
Cameron Shepherd
a genuine finals contendor
exciting attacking
some fast running props
some exciting flankers
wins at altitude
100% winning trips to the republic
John Mitchell
Giteau playing all over the backline
Ryan Cross
stability at the line outs
outstanding defence

anyone else?

What has Western Force done for us?

given super 14 the best fans in australia
the bundy bar

[Jess]

hehe... I like the way Cameron Shepherd is the 2nd thing on the list.

oh they gave us a wooden spoon! But we won't add that to the list.

[The EnForcer]

The best crowd in the competition that even Tanu could not believe.

[Flamethrower]

The Western Force got one crazy punter so excited that he built a web site so that a whole bunch of like minded nutters could debate all things Rugby and some stuff that has nothing to do with Rugby at all.

What more do you want?????????????

[Ecky]

A supporter family that's just crying out to be called The Force Kin

[fulvio sammut]

Back to topic. What have the Romans done for you? (shrugs modestly) Well, I'm here aren't I?

[Ecky]

That was back to topic?

I know: The Romans surely gave us Rudi Vedelago. Couldn't get much more Roman than that name (except if your name was Fulvio) and that nose is surely Roman...

[The EnForcer]

We haven't got them yet but The Western Force will give us hot, young, nubile, scantily clad cheerleaders.

[.X.]

Without wanting to burst a bubble - We have lost in South Africa. Last year

[Jess]

jesus enforcer...

2 cheerleader threads not enough for you???

[fulvio sammut]

Exile have you had those moles checked out?

No not those, the young nubile ones TEF is talking about.

[Darren]

Without wanting to burst a bubble - We have lost in South Africa. Last year

Enforcer was correct - every trip to Soth Africa has resulted in at least one win

[travelling_gerry]

Without wanting to burst a bubble - We have lost in South Africa. Last year

This year Exile...this year..

[The Lone Hydrangea]

Exile have you had those moles checked out?

No not those, the young nubile ones TEF is talking about.

FS you win the prize,that is gold.