CRICKET

[igi]

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Some people don't need an excuse to drink beer. Others like myself enjoy A beer with certain foods or just when we desire "a taste" (in my case the desire ends when the beer gets warm or I get halfway through it). Sorry, watching Cricket is not going to change my intake level of one once or twice a month. But to each his own brand of entertainment.

Hi

there is a cardinal SIN in your article you leave half unfinished beer,

O.M.G

[prntrfxr]

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please refer to beeer drinking time

Some people don't need an excuse to drink beer. Others like myself enjoy A beer with certain foods or just when we desire "a taste" (in my case the desire ends when the beer gets warm or I get halfway through it). Sorry, watching Cricket is not going to change my intake level of one once or twice a month. But to each his own brand of entertainment.

[igi]

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Well, that sure cleared up a lot...???????????????????????????

please refer to beeer drinking time

[fixthecopier]

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Hi all
i will try to explain what cricket is all about from the fans point of view
every ball is potentialy a wicket falling or 6-runs,you dont know which one
but the intecipation is incredible. last ball of the game 1-wicket standing
2-runs required to win,no finger nails left to choo,thats what i am talking about
once you been druged by cricket you will never let go of the best game ever invented

cheers

Well, that sure cleared up a lot...???????????????????????????

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its the only game where you can fall asleep and not not miss anything

...or a Ricky Ponting innings - [ZING]

[igi]

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Hi all
i will try to explain what cricket is all about from the fans point of view
every ball is potentialy a wicket falling or 6-runs,you dont know which one
but the intecipation is incredible. last ball of the game 1-wicket standing
2-runs required to win,no finger nails left to choo,thats what i am talking about
once you been druged by cricket you will never let go of the best game ever invented

cheers

[prntrfxr]

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Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

I never quite understood all the running in and out and stick breaking involved in Cricket. Baseball is more fun playing it than watching it. World Series is usually worth watching, if your team is playing. American football is only great going to the game, not the same as watching it on TV and college bowl is better than NFL. Basketball is more exciting, but it's missing something. I guess I agree with Fixthecopier, I feel the same way about sports. There are folks here that talk about it everyday and those who discuss soap operas. Both types of people are the same to me. Soccer is played on too big a field. Takes too long for them to run from one end to the other. You can fall asleep in between the "goaaals". The type of sports I like to watch. Type "funny fishing videos bill dance" in google and enjoy. Just make sure you're not driving if you decide to watch these on your android phone or you'll end up in a ditch.

As far as the crickets that get in your house. I would love to see someone from Australia or New Zealand see a Camel cricket for the first time. It should happen like it did to my mom. She was in the living room of a friend's house and one jumped out of nowhere into the middle of the room. She said, "What kind of bug is..." She never finished, because it turned and jumped from the middle of the room clear over her head and landed somewhere behind her. It was the first time she had ever seen one (we're from the north). My dad ran in from outside to find my mom in the middle of the room screaming and jumping up and down. The other two ladies in the room (southerners) were laughing so hard they were crying.

[igi]

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its the only game where you can fall asleep and not not miss anything

exept beeer drinking time

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its the only game where you can fall asleep and not not miss anything

[igi]

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No offense to a game that you all love, but I have a short attention span, and I have heard that cricket is a little more exciting than watching grass grow. I have very little patience for watching sports on tv. NASCAR is just driving in a circle, and I can watch all the crashes and highlights in 3 minutes on the news. American baseball is a real bore. Your football is worse than our Baseball, and our football is maybe worth watching 1 out of every 10 or 12 games. I just never got into spending hours watching rich men play games on tv. And when I worked in a factory and had to listen to grown men spend all day on Monday talking about what they had seen and the rest of the week trying to predict what will happen next week, ugg, drives me nuts. Now there are movies that I saw once, a long time ago, that I could tell you about if you ask. But if I were to ask a fan about a random sports match up that happened a year ago , odds are he can't remember anything, or only a minute or two of some highlight if it was some historic game. And yet some folks will spend 30 to 40 hours a week watching games that other people play. More power to you and much love from me if you are doing what you like. ....And by the way, I meant what I said, those things are a bitch to get out of your house once they get in....Oh yes, I will admit there is one sport that catches my eye and draws me in, and that is woman's beach volleyball, I don't know why, wait, yes I do, never mind.

Hi Fixthecopier

do you still dont get it?

what better exquse to drink beeer for 5 days

[igi]

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I'm glad I didnt go to the Gabba now, I thought the Kiwis would have put up a better fight then that. C'mon Kiwis, you can do better then that!

Hi

in the end you missed a hamdinger,with cricket you never know

cricket is like a box of chocolat

cheers

[fixthecopier]

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Oh dear, Fixthecopier, if you want drag yourself out of your cultural isolation and join the rest of the civilised world in the appreciation of the greatest game ever played I suggest you aquaint yourself with some of the rules. Here is some to start with.

Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Next week, a comprehensive explanation of the Leg Before Wicket rule in under 5000 words and a pictorial history of the greatest catches taken by a Silly Mid-On

No offense to a game that you all love, but I have a short attention span, and I have heard that cricket is a little more exciting than watching grass grow. I have very little patience for watching sports on tv. NASCAR is just driving in a circle, and I can watch all the crashes and highlights in 3 minutes on the news. American baseball is a real bore. Your football is worse than our Baseball, and our football is maybe worth watching 1 out of every 10 or 12 games. I just never got into spending hours watching rich men play games on tv. And when I worked in a factory and had to listen to grown men spend all day on Monday talking about what they had seen and the rest of the week trying to predict what will happen next week, ugg, drives me nuts. Now there are movies that I saw once, a long time ago, that I could tell you about if you ask. But if I were to ask a fan about a random sports match up that happened a year ago , odds are he can't remember anything, or only a minute or two of some highlight if it was some historic game. And yet some folks will spend 30 to 40 hours a week watching games that other people play. More power to you and much love from me if you are doing what you like. ....And by the way, I meant what I said, those things are a bitch to get out of your house once they get in....Oh yes, I will admit there is one sport that catches my eye and draws me in, and that is woman's beach volleyball, I don't know why, wait, yes I do, never mind.

[Tricky]

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Oh dear, Fixthecopier, if you want drag yourself out of your cultural isolation and join the rest of the civilised world in the appreciation of the greatest game ever played I suggest you aquaint yourself with some of the rules. Here is some to start with.

Why should Fixthecopier, drag himself out of his "cultural isolation" its his prerogative and mine also. For the record I don't like Cricket, its probably the most boring, tedious, dragged out game ever invented. As for the 16th Century English, afternoon tea and cake munching aristocrats that invented the game, it puzzles me after inventing such a boring game why should they decide some games last five days?

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

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This description sounds like something completely different to me...

Oh dear, Fixthecopier, if you want drag yourself out of your cultural isolation and join the rest of the civilised world in the appreciation of the greatest game ever played I suggest you aquaint yourself with some of the rules. Here is some to start with.

Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Next week, a comprehensive explanation of the Leg Before Wicket rule in under 5000 words and a pictorial history of the greatest catches taken by a Silly Mid-On

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I,m serious, he would do ok