But, though we were in misery over what was happening, there was not one of us, gasping for breath and choking on rain, who wasn't somehow secretly proud that the Colonel's inspired whim was testing our endurance to the breaking point.
I am not claiming that lack of representation is something to be ignored, but what I am arguing is that the idea that since we don't have a gaggle of out black celebs, we are somehow a less proud people, is false.
A somehow seemingly even prouder, wooden black and white cow -- now majestically bearing the American flag.
Somehow I feel damned proud".
It wasn't pretty, but it was there, proud and somehow reassuringly alive.
When the Australians lined up to face the Dutch, their faces were something like those buildings: proud but somehow withdrawn.
But did they get the world apple crunching record? Anyway, somehow I feel really proud to be a crippled squirrel tonight.
"For as long as I can remember, I have always just wanted to make my parents proud, to somehow distract them from losing Julian," she has said.
We move off, proud to have somehow resisted giving her anything, and we find ourselves moving with a crowd towards tents pitched up in the middle of the street... we have found our way to the Australian Beer Festival, and, with tiny taster cups in hand, we get talking to a small group of locals.
"She had been taught -- somehow -- to be both proud and ashamed of what she came from...
