tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post3226884062978311805..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Hitler’s plants grow this high [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-58948658438415699502009-07-15T15:07:57.827+12:002009-07-15T15:07:57.827+12:00I remember that match -- and that final delivery -...I remember that match -- and that final delivery -- as if it was yesterday, with Brian McKechnie throwing down his bat in disgust straight afterwards. Greg Chappell has since said he's rued the decision ever since.<br /><br />You know, not much can head off the Aussie yellow for most crapful sporting gear, but that beige & brown might just do it. After all these years, it remains a shocker! :)<br /><br />And re the '36 soccer pic, Berlin hosted the Olympics that year and, so I once read, the US team created a stir when it refused to lower its flag for Hitler at the opening ceremony.<br /><br />The only country to do so, I believe, although I stand corrected.<br /><br />I don't think it was necessarily thumbing its nose at the Vile One, per se; it refused to lower its flag for any other country in those days.<br /><br />Obama, on the other hand, wouldn't want to run the risk of upsetting the despots who run Pyongyang ...Susnoreply@blogger.com