Apollo is undoubtably the mascot of choice; nothin' like a little flaming bird to set off fireworks for us!
I nominate Brunai, the only other country in the world who uses the Foot/Pound/Mile measurement system as the venue for this great tournament. And we can have it on the 29th of Febuary, 2001. Oh, wait, I'm busy that day...
Why the hell didn't they give february 30 days, and the extra one can go on to make it 31 occasionally?
I mean, seriously, neither december or january needs the extra 1!