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Err ... yeah ... that'll be Aussie Rules, then.

Rugby is a gentlemen's game played by thugs; Football is a worker's game played by millionaires; Aussie Rules is a thugs' game played by thugs - survival is all that matters.
 
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Birkenhead Drill

Despite the Birkenhead Drill 'Women and children first' a recent study of shipping disasters of the 20th Century has shown that women are much more likely to die than men when a ship sinks.

Why? Various suggestions - unsuitable clothing (too much or too little); fitness; superior strength of men fighting to get off the ship; and chivalry is dead...

The Birkenhead Drill is remembered because it was so unusual.

Edited for PS: There was no evidence that women travelling on British ships had a better chance of survival. On some British ships their survival rate was even worse than the norm.
 
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Birkenhead Drill

Despite the Birkenhead Drill 'Women and children first' a recent study of shipping disasters of the 20th Century has shown that women are much more likely to die than men when a ship sinks.

Why? Various suggestions - unsuitable clothing (too much or too little); fitness; superior strength of men fighting to get off the ship; and chivalry is dead...

The Birkenhead Drill is remembered because it was so unusual.

Edited for PS: There was no evidence that women travelling on British ships had a better chance of survival. On some British ships their survival rate was even worse than the norm.

Interesting stuff..you are a walking encyclopedia mate.:)

but I thought of Black and Decker when I read Birkenhead Drills. Good old DIY.
 
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