Howzattt!!

[rgraham666]

Rob, its as easy for you to understand as baseball is to me.........

Raphy's explanation was a wind up......but not far from the truth. Its far easier explained DURING a game......then it all makes complete sense.

Trust me. I'm English.

Last time I did that I bought a bridge I had no use for.

Don't ask me to explain about baseball, or hockey, or football, or lacrosse, or NASCAR or any North American sport.

I have about as much interest in sport as I do in bungee jumping.

 

[matriarch]

Last time I did that I bought a bridge I had no use for.

Don't ask me to explain about baseball, or hockey, or football, or lacrosse, or NASCAR or any North American sport.

I have about as much interest in sport as I do in bungee jumping.

Wise man...........but cricket isn't just a sport.....its' a cultural heritage.

 

[raphy]

Rob, its as easy for you to understand as baseball is to me.........

Raphy's explanation was a wind up......but not far from the truth. Its far easier explained DURING a game......then it all makes complete sense.

Trust me. I'm English.

*grins*

Well, my explanation was accurate, it's just worded in an intentionally confusing way.

 

[gauchecritic]

Once all 11 are out, England go in.

Lou

When ten are out.

Unless they're playing last man stand, but if they did that then the Aussies would claim any wicket.

And then you'd get jaffas and no sloggers and peggy chance.

 

[matriarch]

ING-E-LAND
ING-E-LAND
ING-E-LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We won, we won, we won, we won, we won...........

FLINTOFF FOR PRESIDENT
FLINTOFF FOR POPE
FLINTOFF FOR KING..............

Oh, I'm sorry. Don't you realise?

England won back the Ashes!

 

[impressive]

WTF are you talking about ... and why would anyone WANT ashes?

 

[sophia jane]

WTF are you talking about ... and why would anyone WANT ashes?

I you.

 

[Dar~]

They are probably the ashes of some favourite cricket playing wicket stealer.

 

[TheEarl]

HOWZAAAAAT!!!

They are probably the ashes of some favourite cricket playing wicket stealer.

The Ashes were the biggest international "Fuck you" since France commissioned the Statue of Liberty. And now they're ours!

The Earl

 

[matriarch]

HOWZAAAAAT!!!



The Ashes were the biggest international "Fuck you" since France commissioned the Statue of Liberty. And now they're ours!

The Earl

I've had a bottle of bubbly chilling for weeks.
Care to join me in a glass or two, sweetheart?

A toast to 'the lads' and the awesome spectacle they have provided us this summer.

 

[matriarch]

WTF are you talking about ... and why would anyone WANT ashes?

CRICKET.
Talking about that most regal of sports..CRICKET!!

We won, we beat the Aussies for the first time in 18 years, and regained the Ashes.


"In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, RIP. NB The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia."

Australia’s first victory on English soil over the full strength of England, on August 29, 1882, inspired a young London journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, to write this mock “obituary’’. It appeared in the Sporting Times.

Before England’s defeat at The Oval, by seven runs, arrangements had already been made for the Hon. Ivo Bligh, afterwards Lord Darnley, to lead a team to Australia. Three weeks later they set out, now with the popular objective of recovering the Ashes. In the event, Australia won the First Test by nine wickets, but with England winning the next two it became generally accepted that they brought back the Ashes.

It was long believed that the real Ashes – a small urn thought to contain the ashes of a bail used in the third match – were presented to Bligh by a group of Melbourne women. In 1998, Lord Darnley’s 82-year-old daughter-in-law said they were the remains of her mother-in-law’s veil, not a bail. Other evidence suggests a ball. The certain origin of the Ashes, therefore, is the subject of some dispute.

After Lord Darnley’s death in 1927, the urn was given to MCC by Lord Darnley’s Australianborn widow, Florence. It can be seen in the cricket museum at Lord’s, together with a red and gold velvet bag, made specially for it, and the scorecard of the 1882 match.

 

[TheEarl]

I've had a bottle of bubbly chilling for weeks.
Care to join me in a glass or two, sweetheart?

A toast to 'the lads' and the awesome spectacle they have provided us this summer.

Just come back from a fantastic couple of hours at the pub, where I revelled in victory with my four new best friends, whose names I didn't get, singing Jerusalem at the top of my voice. Now listening to Mambo no 5!

Close to November 2003. And not a lot of thinks do get even close to that.

The Earl

 

[matriarch]

Just come back from a fantastic couple of hours at the pub, where I revelled in victory with my four new best friends, whose names I didn't get, singing Jerusalem at the top of my voice. Now listening to Mambo no 5!

Close to November 2003. And not a lot of thinks do get even close to that.

The Earl

*lifting my glass*.

Cheers!!

Well done the lads.

 

[gauchecritic]

Just come back from a fantastic couple of hours at the pub, where I revelled in victory with my four new best friends, whose names I didn't get, singing Jerusalem at the top of my voice. Now listening to Mambo no 5!

Close to November 2003. And not a lot of thinks do get even close to that.

The Earl

You sure you were singing Jerusalem and not 'And did those feet'?

(I have this arguement at least once a month with my brother)

Jerusalem (or The Holy City) goes:

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, lift up your heart and sing
Hosannah in the highest, hosanna to our king.

The one you probably sang goes:

And did those feet, in ancient times
walk upon England's mountains green.

You know the one, the one with 'among those dark satanic mills'.

They're different songs. The second is a hymn (well, a Blake poem set to music anyway). Hymns don't have titles, they're known by their first line.


But apart from all that. POOR SHANE. Missing an easy catch like that. And nice going K Pieterson. Woohoo.

"He hit seven sixes and 15 fours, faced 187 balls and batted for four and three-quarter hours, helping to put on 60 for the sixth wicket with Paul Collingwood and 109 for the seventh with Ashley Giles who made 59."

 

[TheEarl]

You sure you were singing Jerusalem and not 'And did those feet'?

(I have this arguement at least once a month with my brother)

Jerusalem (or The Holy City) goes:

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, lift up your heart and sing
Hosannah in the highest, hosanna to our king.

The one you probably sang goes:

And did those feet, in ancient times
walk upon England's mountains green.

You know the one, the one with 'among those dark satanic mills'.

They're different songs. The second is a hymn (well, a Blake poem set to music anyway). Hymns don't have titles, they're known by their first line.


But apart from all that. POOR SHANE. Missing an easy catch like that. And nice going K Pieterson. Woohoo.

"He hit seven sixes and 15 fours, faced 187 balls and batted for four and three-quarter hours, helping to put on 60 for the sixth wicket with Paul Collingwood and 109 for the seventh with Ashley Giles who made 59."

Apologies Gauche, I bow to your knowledge of hymns (well, poems set to hymns).

But Goddamn was that fun! I love sports ability to bring people together. I've had four new best friends for the best part of 2 hours watching that game down the pub. Don't know their names and will almost certainly never see them again, but for two hours, united by a common cause, four blokes of different ages, different backgrounds and different professions were all brothers.

The Earl

 

[minsue]

ING-E-LAND
ING-E-LAND
ING-E-LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We won, we won, we won, we won, we won...........

FLINTOFF FOR PRESIDENT
FLINTOFF FOR POPE
FLINTOFF FOR KING..............

Oh, I'm sorry. Don't you realise?

England won back the Ashes!

Yay!!

 

[elfin_odalisque]

It's a sexy sport.

(You should see what they get up to after tea. )

And behind the sightscreens!

Not only an Arsenal supporter but also a cricket fan. Is it for real what scrumptious Shane Warne seems to tuck in his pants?

 

[Liar]

"In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, RIP. NB The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia."

Australia’s first victory on English soil over the full strength of England, on August 29, 1882, inspired a young London journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, to write this mock “obituary’’. It appeared in the Sporting Times.

Before England’s defeat at The Oval, by seven runs, arrangements had already been made for the Hon. Ivo Bligh, afterwards Lord Darnley, to lead a team to Australia. Three weeks later they set out, now with the popular objective of recovering the Ashes. In the event, Australia won the First Test by nine wickets, but with England winning the next two it became generally accepted that they brought back the Ashes.

It was long believed that the real Ashes – a small urn thought to contain the ashes of a bail used in the third match – were presented to Bligh by a group of Melbourne women. In 1998, Lord Darnley’s 82-year-old daughter-in-law said they were the remains of her mother-in-law’s veil, not a bail. Other evidence suggests a ball. The certain origin of the Ashes, therefore, is the subject of some dispute.

After Lord Darnley’s death in 1927, the urn was given to MCC by Lord Darnley’s Australianborn widow, Florence. It can be seen in the cricket museum at Lord’s, together with a red and gold velvet bag, made specially for it, and the scorecard of the 1882 match.

Goddammit you Englismen are a loony breed. I can't imagine how boring the world would be without you.

 

[matriarch]

Goddammit you Englismen are a loony breed. I can't imagine how boring the world would be without you.

I am NOT an Englishman!!

I'm an EnglishWOMan!!



I'm so delighted that we amuse you.

 

[TheEarl]

And behind the sightscreens!

Not only an Arsenal supporter but also a cricket fan. Is it for real what scrumptious Shane Warne seems to tuck in his pants?

No, that's just his ego.

The Earl

 

[The_Darkness]

Okay, I've never understood Cricket, and now I think I'm more lost than ever.

I think I'll stick with boxing.....the winner is usually a little more decisive in that, especially these days....last man standing wins.

 

[BlackShanglan]

For those of you who don't follow cricket, Australia are the best side in the world.

Were.

 

[wishfulthinking]

Were.

*Sniff sniff*

I'm ok now. Channel 7 had a psychologist on the brekkie show discussing how to deal with losing.

I blame it on all the death threats our team members received - put em off their game.


(sore loser)

 

[Liar]

Guys and gals (yes, Mat. EnglishWOmen too)...

It's just a game, yannow.


*ducks, runs and hides*

 

[minsue]

*Sniff sniff*

I'm ok now. Channel 7 had a psychologist on the brekkie show discussing how to deal with losing.


I blame it on all the death threats our team members received - put em off their game.


(sore loser)

Really hoping you're joking, terrified that you might not be....