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Cleats by Bill Hinds for February 22, 2025
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Transcript:
Abby's dad: Jerry, stop being so concerned about the accents of our opponents' coaches. Father: I will if you can name an accent that doesn't have more soccer experience than an American accent. Abby's dad: Fenwickian brogue. Spoken by the subjects of the duchy of Grand Fenwick. Man: They don't have enough land for a soccer pitch.
Reference to the book (and later movie) “The Mouse That Roared”, 1950s tale of a ridiculously tiny country that declares war on the United States with the intent of losing and being showered with foreign aid. Sequels had the Grand Fenwickians embarrassing America and Russia by getting to the moon first, and accidentally disrupting the world economy while trying to dispose of an inconvenient influx of cash.