Thailand Needs Cricket

[harrry]

I would like to +2 too to please the two of you

Does that = 5 or 6.....

If you have a rope all the way around the world and you want to raise that rope 1 meter above the ground, how much longer will the rope need to be?

(if, at the age of 18, I had not known the answer to this university interview question, life may have been a struggle)

of course today you do not have to remember that........just ask google....think of the brain cells that frees up.

[brit1984]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

An insightful, interesting an aesthetically-pleasing dichotomy.

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[kevjohn]

I would like to +2 too to please the two of you

Does that = 5 or 6.....

If you have a rope all the way around the world and you want to raise that rope 1 meter above the ground, how much longer will the rope need to be?

(if, at the age of 18, I had not known the answer to this university interview question, life may have been a struggle)

of course today you do not have to remember that........just ask google....think of the brain cells that frees up.

Hey Yeah...but the Boss thinks that you and me came down in the last shower of rain.....see, we prove him wrong..

[kevjohn]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

An insightful, interesting an aesthetically-pleasing dichotomy.

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

Boss...I know how long the rope is but....dickotomy sorry, you said dichotomy...my mistake.

[kevjohn]

I would like to +2 too to please the two of you

Does that = 5 or 6.....

If you have a rope all the way around the world and you want to raise that rope 1 meter above the ground, how much longer will the rope need to be?

(if, at the age of 18, I had not known the answer to this university interview question, life may have been a struggle)

of course today you do not have to remember that........just ask google....think of the brain cells that frees up.

Harry, I didn't want to say anything in post #1713 but, I've been told I don't have any brain cells...can you vouch for that?

[brit1984]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

An insightful, interesting an aesthetically-pleasing dichotomy.

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

Boss...I know how long the rope is but....dickotomy sorry, you said dichotomy...my mistake.

Sorry I don't know how to "like" using the iPhone app...

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[kevjohn]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

An insightful, interesting an aesthetically-pleasing dichotomy.

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

Boss...I know how long the rope is but....dickotomy sorry, you said dichotomy...my mistake.

Sorry I don't know how to "like" using the iPhone app...

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

[brit1984]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

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[kevjohn]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

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+6

[harrry]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

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I prefer saying....ahhhhh women

[kevjohn]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

My dear team member

If I may be so bold to ask.....do you mind taking both, Phuturatica and myself, very slowly through these basics of our noble game.

As with Phuturatica. I have, over the last 3 weeks or so, developed a keen interest in this noble game and do wish to learn all that there is to learn, over and above the cheer leaders squad, if you know what I mean.

[brit1984]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

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I prefer saying....ahhhhh women

Indeed, I know exactly what you mean

God could indeed be a female

Why would a bloke create daisies?

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[kevjohn]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

I prefer saying....ahhhhh women

Indeed, I know exactly what you mean

God could indeed be a female

Why would a bloke create daisies?

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To make a daisy chain.... I'm a bloke and I make daisy chains.....

[StreetCowboy]

Just ask George ...He answers all those questions ...except the ones I ask..

Maybe you forgot to say ahmen...

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

I prefer saying....ahhhhh women

Indeed, I know exactly what you mean

God could indeed be a female

Why would a bloke create daisies?

So's he knew when to mow the outfield

SC

TV Cricket - Know when to roll 'em, know when to mow

[kevjohn]

So long as he doesn't mow my daisies

[brit1984]

So long as he doesn't mow my daisies

Does anyone else think the long queue to see the (slowly) rotting corpse of Chairman Mow (I mean Mao) is a waste of time?

[harrry]

well he isn't pushing up daisies.

[kevjohn]

So long as he doesn't mow my daisies

Does anyone else think the long queue to see the (slowly) rotting corpse of Chairman Mow (I mean Mao) is a waste of time?

This is going to be a long drawn out answer.

[David48]

Just to add more 'Likes"

+3

+4

+5

What is next?

Last Ball and end of the Over!

You leave the grown men to play for just one day ... one day without supervision and what do we get ... frigging Daisy Chains ...

[David48]

Excuse my ignorance....but what or were is "Oxford"..

Oxford is the first, and still the best, university in the English speaking world.

By the way, I used to eat my breakfast beneath a painting of Bob Hawke (in the college dining hall)

The reason that you saw our ex-Prime Minister at Oxford University was because he was a Rhodes Scholar

[brit1984]

Just to add more 'Likes"

+3

+4

+5

What is next?

Last Ball and end of the Over!

You leave the grown men to play for just one day ... one day without supervision and what do we get ... frigging Daisy Chains ...

A brilliant answer; well worth the bolding

Admittedly, this discussion of daisies is slightly off-topic

The outfield should, of course, be covered only by grass

(as well as the fielders and the square leg umpire of course)

[kevjohn]

Just to add more 'Likes"

+3

+4

+5

What is next?

Last Ball and end of the Over!

You leave the grown men to play for just one day ... one day without supervision and what do we get ... frigging Daisy Chains ...

Didn't want to get to far in front of you so I haven't brought up the pansies yet...

[brit1984]

Excuse my ignorance....but what or were is "Oxford"..

Oxford is the first, and still the best, university in the English speaking world.

By the way, I used to eat my breakfast beneath a painting of Bob Hawke (in the college dining hall)

The reason that you saw our ex-Prime Minister at Oxford University was because he was a Rhodes Scholar

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school)

[David48]

+5

What is next?

Last Ball and end of the Over!

You leave the grown men to play for just one day ... one day without supervision and what do we get ... frigging Daisy Chains ...

A brilliant answer; well worth the bolding

Admittedly, this discussion of daisies is slightly off-topic

The outfield should, of course, be covered only by grass

(as well as the fielders and the square leg umpire of course)

Just an example of where you could have had fun and stayed in the Cricketing theme is where to hit the Ball?

Well, if you batting in Australia ... hit it to where the Seagulls are ... theres nary a fielder down that part of the oval.

kevjohn could have used the 12th man, sustituted the Seagulls for Pigeons ... and Bob's your Rhodes Scholar,

[brit1984]

+5

What is next?

Last Ball and end of the Over!

You leave the grown men to play for just one day ... one day without supervision and what do we get ... frigging Daisy Chains ...

A brilliant answer; well worth the bolding

Admittedly, this discussion of daisies is slightly off-topic

The outfield should, of course, be covered only by grass

(as well as the fielders and the square leg umpire of course)

Just an example of where you could have had fun and stayed in the Cricketing theme is where to hit the Ball?

Well, if you batting in Australia ... hit it to where the Seagulls are ... theres nary a fielder down that part of the oval.

kevjohn could have used the 12th man, sustituted the Seagulls for Pigeons ... and Bob's your Rhodes Scholar,

Brilliant, just brilliant

Straight over the pavilion

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[kevjohn]

brit1984 said

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school

Well Boss

Did you know that kevjonh went to school out the back of Burke, under the shade of a Gum tree, and not far from a creek. eh

[brit1984]

brit1984 said

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school

Well Boss

Did you know that kevjonh went to school out the back of Burke, under the shade of a Gum tree, and not far from a creek. eh

I know now

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[kevjohn]

brit1984 said

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school

Well Boss

Did you know that kevjonh went to school out the back of Burke, under the shade of a Gum tree, and not far from a creek. eh

I know now

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Good....

[harrry]

brit1984 said

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school

Well Boss

Did you know that kevjonh went to school out the back of Burke, under the shade of a Gum tree, and not far from a creek. eh

and spent most of his time sitting on the black stump when he should have been in school?

[David48]

Slowly dragging this back on Topic ... christ it feels like the QE II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rxDQLRPRQ