The Ashes are here!

[Beery]

Originally Posted by Damo1977

You lot always have the Ashes, you never ever allow us to take them home when we win a series. But we are so thankful that you English 'allow' us to have a replica to take home.......

Boo-hoo! Grab a tissue and have a good cry about it.

Surely Australia is free of the colonial yoke by now. I mean you got your independence ages ago. Surely you play with the big boys these days, and surely there's no 'allow' about it. Adults make agreements, and England is no longer the world's playground bully, so if Australia only gets a copy of the urn/trophy thingy, the Aussies must have agreed to that. If Australia was a child among the nations of the world you might have a point, but otherwise this part of your post just sounds petulant. I thought we poms were supposed to be the whingers. I mean in 18 months, when you Australians win the Ashes back, if I come on here with a similar attitude to the above quote, I'd never hear the end of it, and deservedly so.