@the-gipper said:

So,  we are one of "the Few". 

My cousin was one of the real  "Few",    as in  "Never in the course of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so Few"

RAF  fighter pilot during Dunkirk and  The Battle of Britain.   He was portrayed by  Tom Hardy in Dunkirk.

Here they are together:

So this was Gipper's last post. Talking about where Buthan is and the "Few" of the Battle of Britain. 

I just found out this morning and I'm still shocked. 

@hoorta said:

LOL, you do have a point there.   

I said "few" not "only".   

So,  we are one of "the Few". 

My cousin was one of the real  "Few",    as in  "Never in the course of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so Few"

RAF  fighter pilot during Dunkirk and  The Battle of Britain.   He was portrayed by  Tom Hardy in Dunkirk.

Here they are together:

@ballpeen said:

That isn't much of a spectator sport.

LOL, you do have a point there.   

@the-gipper said:

I know where Bhutan is.  Not far from Kathmandu. (Nepal)

I said "few" not "only".   

@hoorta said:

Ha, I'm probably one of the few folks who knows where Bhutan is without looking it up.... Major sport archery? Not mountain climbing?    

I know where Bhutan is.  Not far from Kathmandu. (Nepal)

@ibleedbrown said:

I spent far too much time trying to identify the country in which archery is the biggest sport. That would be Bhutan. 

Ha, I'm probably one of the few folks who knows where Bhutan is without looking it up.... Major sport archery? Not mountain climbing?    

@londonbrown said:

Ha football (soccer) is an obsession in Turkey.  They’re very intense. 
 

England and Turkey has had a lot of problems between each other over the years. Two English fans from the club Leeds got stabbed to death out there before a European cup game and it’s been hate on both sides ever since. 

Well google “Turkey National Sport” 

I didn’t know this type of wrestling existed expect for the movie “Old School”.

Turkey is very formidable at the Olympics when it comes to freestyle and Greco wrestling.  

@londonbrown said:

What a day this was 

I don't think anyone here has a clue what just went on there.   I mean, it looks like a guy caught  what we would call a foul ball. 

@the-gipper said:

Like I said,  that is a surprise.   I knew that Rugby was big there,  and of course there is Australian football.    But cricket? Never knew. 

What a day this was 

@sdbacker80 said:

Very surprised that Countries like Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran that Wrestling isn’t the most popular.

Ha football (soccer) is an obsession in Turkey.  They’re very intense. 
 

England and Turkey has had a lot of problems between each other over the years. Two English fans from the club Leeds got stabbed to death out there before a European cup game and it’s been hate on both sides ever since. 

@nero said:

Almost pure North.

I was almost pure Spaniard until I discovered my grandparents 5 generations back were pure Cherokee Indians. My niece doing family genealogy research ruined it for me with that news after I thought I actually knew where my straight black hair came from through DNA research. So now it must be from both I guess.?

@texasag1969 said:

?

Northeast?

Almost pure North.

@nero said:

Northern* Spain

Northeast?

@texasag1969 said:

I'm pretty sure they missed a blip out there in eastern Spain.?

Northern* Spain

@gumby73 said:

You don't live here... and I do! ?

Duke-UNC posts lowest rating, audience, in at least 14 years Last Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina men’s college basketball game averaged a 1.1 rating and 1.87 million viewers on ESPN, marking the lowest rated and least-watched game between the rivals since at least 2007.

Plus: NASCAR Clash, Tuesday’s NASCAR “Clash” from Daytona averaged 1.58 million viewers on FS1, marking the event’s smallest audience since at least 2002. Viewership fell 36% from last year, when the race aired on a Sunday (2.46M)

apparently.... 3oo thousand, Wine & cheese'rs...  say I was wrong ?

Take a Look at these, F'n Golf ratings...

Phoenix Open final round up double-digits.. Final round coverage of the PGA Tour Phoenix Open averaged a 2.1 rating and 3.69 million viewers on NBC Super Bowl Sunday, up 20% in ratings and 29% in viewership from last year (1.75, 2.87M)

THAT'S INSANE !

Golf is up in part because of the pandemic, I see it on the course myself.  A lot of the younger kids came out to learn during the social distancing.

@londonbrown said:

Cricket is absolutely huge in Australia, the biggest sporting event in that country is the Ashes cricket series against England which takes place every few years 

Like I said,  that is a surprise.   I knew that Rugby was big there,  and of course there is Australian football.    But cricket? Never knew. 

@the-gipper said:

What would that be?

Why that would be Nero of course. Our Browns fan in eastern Spain.?

@the-gipper said:

Most popular sport in each country.   By "Football"  they of course mean soccer. 

The one major surprise to me is that the favorite sport in Australia is cricket. I am just not sure I buy that.   

The other thing they do is break it down by each state in the US. 

Cricket is absolutely huge in Australia, the biggest sporting event in that country is the Ashes cricket series against England which takes place every few years 

@the-gipper said:

I think it does. Even with that basketball is still more popular 

You don't live here... and I do! ?

Duke-UNC posts lowest rating, audience, in at least 14 years Last Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina men’s college basketball game averaged a 1.1 rating and 1.87 million viewers on ESPN, marking the lowest rated and least-watched game between the rivals since at least 2007.

Plus: NASCAR Clash, Tuesday’s NASCAR “Clash” from Daytona averaged 1.58 million viewers on FS1, marking the event’s smallest audience since at least 2002. Viewership fell 36% from last year, when the race aired on a Sunday (2.46M)

apparently.... 3oo thousand, Wine & cheese'rs...  say I was wrong ?

Take a Look at these, F'n Golf ratings...

Phoenix Open final round up double-digits.. Final round coverage of the PGA Tour Phoenix Open averaged a 2.1 rating and 3.69 million viewers on NBC Super Bowl Sunday, up 20% in ratings and 29% in viewership from last year (1.75, 2.87M)

THAT'S INSANE !

@texasag1969 said:

I'm pretty sure they missed a blip out there in eastern Spain.?

What would that be?

@gumby73 said:

That would surprise me.... if the survey included...... NASCAR ?

I think it does. Even with that basketball is still more popular