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Originally posted by Steven L. Sheff
On 10/08/2003 04:04 PM, in article [email protected], "Ewoud
Dronkert" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:09:55 -0700, Sonarrat wrote:
>> "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:17:13 +0100, Steve McGinty wrote:
>>>> Why are they predominantly blue?
>>>
>>> Maybe the black, yellow, red combination is universally regarded as ugly.
>>
>> Or maybe it's because the German TEAM JERSEY is not the same thing as the German NATIONAL
>> CHAMPION JERSEY
>
> I had that figured out, thanks. And I didn't really think "ugly flag" was a valid reason. Still,
> the national team jerseys all(?) have some design related to the nation, most often inspired by
> the national flag and its colours. One exception is Holland with predominantly orange outfits
> (after our royal House of Orange, and, conveniently, sponsor Rabobank). So what significance does
> the blue have for Belgium and Germany?
Australia's national flag is red, white and blue ... So why are their national champion and national
team jerseys green and gold????
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