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On Oct 15, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Dave Long <dave.l...@bluewin.ch> wrote: >> ... it would only inflame passions to point out that it should be a chukkah, >> played for 7 1/2 minutes, on old regimental polo grounds ... > > In the spirit of distinguishing chassepôt rifles from javelins, a bit of > pedantry: > > 7 1/2, unless it's the last chukka (and unless a penalty has been awarded > within the last 5 seconds of the last chukka) > > Polo? inflame passions? Never. (what, never?) Well, hardly ever... > > -Dave > > cf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlHb3NOhEE8 (but only if you wish to wait > almost 3 minutes to actually see some polo, compared to the argies > http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=1434118&cc=7586 > who manage to get the action going in about 45 seconds) > But of course, Dave. It's a pity those two old buzzards never did one on polo, although Joe Shearer had started CPC in 1861, and they started their musicals ten years after that. I suppose the closest they got was a thoroughly modern Major General; Joe was a Major General, after all.
