I see Afghanistan and Bangladesh are competing in the 'Backwards Third-World Dump'

[Burney]

sub-branch of the Cricket World Cup today.

Still, it gives Scotland a break, I suppose.

[Pokster]

sub-branch of the Cricket World Cup today.

Still, it gives Scotland a break, I suppose.

That's Bangladesh who wil be 1 point off 4th place if they win (as expected) today?

[Burney]

That's Bangladesh who wil be 1 point off 4th place if they win (as expected) today?

Yes. You still wouldn't want to live there, though, would you?

[Ash]

Yes. You still wouldn't want to live there, though, would you?

I like the way their fans wave large toy tigers.

[Sir C]

Yes. You still wouldn't want to live there, though, would you?

Often dreadfully wet, Bangladesh.

[Burney]

Often dreadfully wet, Bangladesh.

To the point of drowning, in fact.

[barrybueno]

Often dreadfully wet, Bangladesh.

India's floodplain innit? Imagine having that as part of your history.

[Pokster]

Yes. You still wouldn't want to live there, though, would you?

i worked in Bradford for a while......

[Ash]

I hadn't realised that India struggled against Afghanistan until my India-supporting colleague mentioned it this morning.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

sub-branch of the Cricket World Cup today.

Still, it gives Scotland a break, I suppose.

Remind me again, how many of the Tory toffs managed to get back from Kabul in 1842? They went in in 1839 with a pack of fox hounds and two camels carrying the officers' cigars, so I'm sure they must have had the backward 3rd world dump well under manners 3 years later.

Also, the capital of Bengal, before the 1905 partition, was Calcutta whose uni let in totty about a decade before Oxford or Cambridge did. So definitely more enlightened.

And how many holy rivers flow through Croydon?