We gave ourselves a fair pat on the back for the reception God Save The Queen got at Croke Park. Rightly so, given that that long-time Irish nationalist, Kevin Myers, has pointed out that God Save the Queen is booed at almost every venue in the planet. And not just on account of it's crapness.
But, we didn't go quite as far as these Toronto Maple Leafs fans.
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Canadian singer Michelle Madeira was getting stuck into the Star Spangled Banner when the sound system started to falter badly. Did they cheer and jeer and revel in this development.
No, they took up the baton and belted out the American national anthem, in a way that no small nation next to a big nation ever has.
