Ah bollocks

[TheEarl]

England have just kicked Australia's arse in the 3rd cricket test and yet have somehow failed to secure the win. We've been on top every single day and Australia have somehow managed to survive to get a draw by the very slenderest of margins.

Bloody Manchester weather.

The Earl

 

[English Lady]

Bloody Manchester weather.

Tell me about it. I live very close to Manchester now, it's been rainy most of the day, but it was bright sunshiny through the late afternoon!*L*


*hugs*

 

[Boxlicker101]

England have just kicked Australia's arse in the 3rd cricket test and yet have somehow failed to secure the win. We've been on top every single day and Australia have somehow managed to survive to get a draw by the very slenderest of margins.

Bloody Manchester weather.

The Earl

I'm puzzled by the sentence "We've been on top every single day and Australia have somehow managed to survive to get a draw by the very slenderest of margins."

If it's a draw, that means both teams have the same score. That means there is no margin. I suppose, you don't get any more slender than nonexistent.

 

[matriarch]

I'm puzzled by the sentence "We've been on top every single day and Australia have somehow managed to survive to get a draw by the very slenderest of margins."

If it's a draw, that means both teams have the same score. That means there is no margin. I suppose, you don't get any more slender than nonexistent.

No, Box, they didn't have the same score. It all came down to England not managing to take all of Australia's wickets, and Australia failing to match England's score.

Cricket is nothing if not complicated.

But hell, it was exciting!!

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Cricket? That's an insect, right? How do you compete in a game of insects?


Just how funny was that HP-joke NOW, huh, Earl?

 

[Liar]

Cricket? That's an insect, right? How do you compete in a game of insects?

Sig line worthy.

 

[rgraham666]

I'm not going to drag out my line about a sport with positions entitled 'Silly'.

No, not at all.

 

[wildsweetone]

Resorting to blaming the weather Earl?

tut tut

 

[Guest]

England have just kicked Australia's arse in the 3rd cricket test and yet have somehow failed to secure the win. We've been on top every single day and Australia have somehow managed to survive to get a draw by the very slenderest of margins.

Bloody Manchester weather.

The Earl

You should record an audio file of this post, Earl. I would love to hear you speak it.

Makes me smile - so very NOT American.

 

[logophile]

You should record an audio file of this post, Earl. I would love to hear you speak it.

Makes me smile - so very NOT American.

I agree, Sarahhh...
I came back to the computer just to say... Earl - you are so deliciously brit*ish!
Thanks for brightening up my fantasy world.

 

[minsue]

No, Box, they didn't have the same score. It all came down to England not managing to take all of Australia's wickets, and Australia failing to match England's score.

Cricket is nothing if not complicated.

But hell, it was exciting!!

Is it one of those games that actually makes more sense if you're drinking?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Cricket? That's an insect, right? How do you compete in a game of insects?


Just how funny was that HP-joke NOW, huh, Earl?

Then a cricket bat is something you use to kill crickets.

 

[wishfulthinking]

Resorting to blaming the weather Earl?

tut tut

I'm with the Kiwi on this one, Earl



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[oggbashan]

It makes a change from England playing for a draw or supporters performing a rain dance to save England's embarrassment.

If it had been the England team who saved the draw, the commentators would have been saying what a wonderful effort had been achieved by the late order batsmen. As it was Australia who stopped England winning then the English fans complain.

So far it is all square in the Ashes series and everything to play for. (Australia won one match; England won one match and now the teams have drawn in the third.) Cricket between England and Australia hasn't been so interesting (or exciting) for YEARS.

Og (who has played cricket in England AND Australia - badly - despite coaching by a former Captain of Australia)

 

[Liar]

Then a cricket bat is something you use to kill crickets.

Or a really bad genetic mishap.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Or a really bad genetic mishap.

Hmmm, I don't know - a creature with a huge dick, who can't say anything but chirp, chirp. Sounds like a dreambeau to me...

 

[Liar]

Hmmm, I don't know - a creature with a huge dick, who can't say anything but chirp, chirp. Sounds like a dreambeau to me...

Since when did bats have huge... oh. Dirty minded girl.

BUt still... chirp, chirp all the time?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Hmmm, I don't know - a creature with a huge dick, who can't say anything but chirp, chirp. Sounds like a dreambeau to me...

If he had such a huge dick, I doubt he could rub his legs together to make that chirping sound.

 

[matriarch]

Phillistines !!!!!!!!

Cricket is sancrosanct.

And no, Min, it does not make more sense when drunk. It makes perfect sense when sober.

I assume cricket makes as much sense to you, as American Football makes to me.

 

[Liar]

Phillistines !!!!!!!!

Cricket is sancrosanct.

And no, Min, it does not make more sense when drunk. It makes perfect sense when sober.

I assume cricket makes as much sense to you, as American Football makes to me.

Hehe, even I understand the main idea of American Football. Just like Rugby, it's pretty easy:

1. Grab ball
2. Run to the end of the field
3. Avoid getting maimed

Then some smartass decided to insert a few hundred million different rules to make it complicated. But it's still the same base premises.

 

[matriarch]

Hehe, even I understand the main idea of American Football. Just like Rugby, it's pretty easy:

1. Grab ball
2. Run to the end of the field
3. Avoid getting maimed

Then some smartass decided to insert a few hundred million different rules to make it complicated. But it's still the same base premises.

Indeed.
That's why it takes them a whole afternoon to play 60 minutes of football.

I'd rather watch cricket. At least I understand it, enjoy it, and can even play it. I'm a pretty mean, slow right arm over......taken a few wickets in my time.

 

[Liar]

Indeed.
That's why it takes them a whole afternoon to play 60 minutes of football.

Lost of mean looking people in the way who try to kill you. That kind of tends to slow things down.

I'd rather watch cricket. At least I understand it, enjoy it, and can even play it. I'm a pretty mean, slow right arm over......taken a few wickets in my time.

Yeah, you'd probably whoop my behind. Since I don't know what the hell you just said.

 

[TheEarl]

Indeed.
That's why it takes them a whole afternoon to play 60 minutes of football.

I'd rather watch cricket. At least I understand it, enjoy it, and can even play it. I'm a pretty mean, slow right arm over......taken a few wickets in my time.

Just so we can confuse the Americans completely, I tend to bowl medium-fast seam over or off spin around the wicket. Maybe we should organise a Lit cricket team?

AS soon as my mike is up and working again, I'll record this post orally.

The Earl

 

[impressive]

Maybe we should organise a Lit cricket team?

If there's a topless cheerleading team, I volunteer.

 

[matriarch]

Just so we can confuse the Americans completely, I tend to bowl medium-fast seam over or off spin around the wicket. Maybe we should organise a Lit cricket team?

AS soon as my mike is up and working again, I'll record this post orally.

The Earl

*laughing*.........we should post an exceprt from a John Arlot commentary.

That would leave them speechless.



p.s. My slow right arm over tends to bias towards a leg off spin.