Canaries and U-Bends
Sometimes it’s great to be first. You make history. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Edmund Hillary was the first man to conquer Everest. Christopher Columbus discovered America (albeit a thousands years behind the Native Americans). Barack Obama was the first black president, while Margaret Thatcher was the first woman prime minister. And Thomas Crapper invented the U-bend in toilets. Making history and finishing first in the sports world is vastly important, too. In sporting occasions, it’s the same. England won their first – and only - World Cup in 1966. Tom Brady became the first quarterback to reach 200 regular season wins, and the first quarterback to six Super Bowl victories. Wayne Gretzky was the first person to 1,851 points (assists and goals) in the NHL. Arsenal recorded the first-ever unbeaten season in the Premier League. And for the winners, there’s the following and the adulation – even Mr Crapper, had a word derived...