Someone suggested that Morris Dancing should become an Olympic event; then, it was said, Britain might actually win a gold.
A letter in today's Times begs to differ: "Please spare us," it says. "After some initial success we will find our team lagging to those of former colonies with year-long summer weather and superior orchards..... Surely the only way to preserve our primacy at this activity is never ever to compete with anyone else at it."
Yesterday's Times had a letter from someone who had "invited my new French neighbours to come and see morris dancing at the nearby pub. While driving there they asked 'Who is Maurice?' "
I am reminded of what Sir Thomas Beecham once said: "One should try everything once - except incest and morris dancing."
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