Here's an English cricket T-shirt for all fans of England and English cricket;this is an ideal England cricket T-shirt for members of the Barmy Army as they follow England during the 2009 Ashes series against Australia.
THE ASHES AND THEY'RE ORIGIN.
The term 'Ashes' was first used after England lost to Australia, for the first time on home soil at The Oval cricket ground on August 29th,1882. One day later, the Sporting Times produced a mock obituary to English cricket which concluded that: "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". The concept caught the imagination of the sporting public. A few weeks later, an English team, captained by the Hon.Ivo Bligh [later Lord Darnley], set off to tour Australia, with Bligh vowing to return with "the ashes"; WL Murdoch,his Australian counterpart, at the same time vowed to defend them,and so the contest known as "the ashes" was born.
As well as playing 3 scheduled matches against the Australian national side, Bligh and the amateur players in his team participated in many social matches. It was after one such match, at the Rupertswood Estate outside Melbourne on Christmas Eve 1882, that Bligh was given the small terracotta urn as a symbol of the ashes that he had travelled to Australia to regain. On the same occasion, he met his future wife, Florence Morphy .
In February 1884, Bligh married Florence. Shortly afterwards, they returned to England, taking the urn, which Bligh always regarded as a personal gift ,with them. It stayed on the mantelpiece at the Bligh family home, Cobham Hall, near Rochester in Kent, until Bligh died, 43 years later. At the request of Bligh, Florence bequeathed the urn to MCC. Today, the tiny, delicate and irreplaceable artefact resides in the MCC Museum at Lord's.
In the 1990s, recognising the two teams' desire to compete for an actual trophy, MCC commissioned, after discussions with the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia,an urn-shaped Waterford Crystal trophy.
This was first presented to Mark Taylor after his Australian side emerged triumphant in the 1998-99 Test series against England. Since then, the trophy has been presented to the winning captain at the end of each Test series between Australia and England.Since 1998,only once, in 2005, has it been presented to an English captain, Michael Vaughan. Most recently, it was presented to Ricky Ponting after his Australian side's 5-0 victory over England in the 2006-07 Ashes series.
So.do you think Obama's been kissing the butts of politicians like Putin recently? If you're anti Obama in your views these anti Obama bumper stickers and T-shirts are for you.
And how's this for a cool anti Obama,anti Socialism T-shirt
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If you're the proud parent of a US Marine here's a USMC T-shirt to advertise the fact
And here are some more cool US Marines themed T-shirts for you to enjoy,Semper Fi
Now not a lot of people know this,but the mighty US Marines were founded on Nov 10th 1775,and as a humorous tribute here's a funny USMC T-shirt;check out the squirrel manning,or shoudld that be squirreling the machine gun on the M1 Abrams MBT.
Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps-Nov 10th 1775
During the American Revolution, the Congress passes a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by the soon to be U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps,aka the USMC
Serving America on both land and at sea, the original USMC distinguished themselves in a number of important operations during the Revolutionary War. The first Marine landing on a hostile shore occurred when a force of Marines under Captain Samuel Nicholas captured New Province Island in the Bahamas from the British in March 1776. Nicholas was the first commissioned officer in the Continental Marines and is celebrated as the first Marine commandant. After American independence was achieved in 1783, the Continental Navy was demobilized and its Marines disbanded.
In the next decade, however, increasing conflict at sea with Revolutionary France led the U.S. Congress to establish formally the U.S. Navy in May 1798. Two months later, on July 11, President John Adams signed the bill establishing the U.S. Marine Corps as a permanent military force under the jurisdiction of the Department of Navy. U.S. Marines saw action in the so-called Quasi-War with France and then fought against the Barbary pirates of North Africa during the first years of the 19th century. Since then, Marines have participated in all the wars of the United States and in most cases were the first soldiers to fight. In all, Marines have executed more than 300 landings on foreign shores.
Today, more than 200,000 active-duty and reserve Marines, divided into three divisions stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; and Okinawa, Japan.US Marines expeditionary units are self-sufficient, with their own tanks, artillery, and air forces. The motto of the USMC Devil Dogs is Semper Fidelis, which in Latin means,"always faithful"
If you go down to the woods to-day you're in for a big surpise,so this is what Goldilocks really got upto with the 3 bears
For those who carve the real story of Goldilocks here it is,ain't I good to you!
The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. She went for a walk in the forest. Pretty soon, she came upon a house. She knocked and, when no one answered, she walked right in.
At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl.
"This porridge is too hot!" she exclaimed.
So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl.
"This porridge is too cold," she said
So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.
"Ahhh, this porridge is just right," she said happily and she ate it all up.
After she'd eaten the three bears' breakfasts she decided she was feeling a little tired. So, she walked into the living room where she saw three chairs. Goldilocks sat in the first chair to rest her feet.
"This chair is too big!" she exclaimed.
So she sat in the second chair.
"This chair is too big, too!" she whined.
So she tried the last and smallest chair.
"Ahhh, this chair is just right," she sighed. But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into pieces!
Goldilocks was very tired by this time, so she went upstairs to the bedroom. She lay down in the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down in the third bed and it was just right. Goldilocks fell asleep.
As she was sleeping, the three bears came home.
"Someone's been eating my porridge," growled the Papa bear.
"Someone's been eating my porridge," said the Mama bear.
"Someone's been eating my porridge and they ate it all up!" cried the Baby bear.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair," growled the Papa bear.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair," said the Mama bear.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair and they've broken it all to pieces," cried the Baby bear.
They decided to look around some more and when they got upstairs to the bedroom, Papa bear growled, "Someone's been sleeping in my bed,"
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed, too" said the Mama bear
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed and she's still there!" exclaimed Baby bear.
Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears. She screamed, "Help!" And she jumped up and ran out of the room. Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran away into the forest. And she never returned to the home of the three bears.
THE END
Ok,now you've read that do still think all Bears are nice? Well think again,some bears are Gangsters and some are godless killing machines.Don't believe me here's the proof
That Gangster Bear reminds me of somebody but who?
