Fiction or humility

[Robert Spenger]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:55:11 -0000, Ed <ed_maddenaLINEONE.NET> wrote:

>Who would ever speak like that at a meeting at work, or to their kids or to
>their mates in the pub or at a footie match or whatever.  That way of
>talking is totally bizarre!!
>
>I hope I never meet anyone who speaks like that on the Camino!!
>
>Ed

Ed,

The expression "their mates in a pub" suggests to me that you might be
Australian, but I have never heard the term "footie match" before. What the
hell is it?

Bob Spenger