Tangent 21 - The Ashes

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Sydney

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01:01
Aug 13 2005

The Ashes

So....

The series is tied 1-1 thus far and England have put in a blinding performance at Old Trafford since Thursday morning. Vaughn has found his form again and the ozzies seem to be falling apart at the crease. Its within reason that they may have to follow on tomorrow morning and i'm ridiculously excited about the prospect (and mightily pissed off i couldn't get tickets)

Am I alone in my cricket enthusiasum or are there any other closet fans out there? Coz we all know that cricket and F1 are better than football

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Teresa "So I can come inside of your kiss and just leave you on your knees"

You'd have thought the trophy would be a bit bigger or am I missing something

Why is it so tiny? I know nothing about cricket and have no interest either.

Posted: 09:44 Sep 13 2005

DJ Billy You can't really dust for vomit.

by Teresa
You'd have thought the trophy would be a bit bigger or am I missing something Why is it so tiny? I know nothing about cricket and have no interest either.

The story goes that on the first occasion that Australia beat Engalnd they burnt one of the bails (the little thigs that sit on top of the stumps) to mark the death of English cricket and then put the ashes in a little urn. That little trophey is a replica and is played for every time the two teams meet

Posted: 11:57 Sep 13 2005

Kate "Have you been gargling with bong water?!"

by Teresa
You'd have thought the trophy would be a bit bigger or am I missing something Why is it so tiny? I know nothing about cricket and have no interest either.

It's tiny because it really is "the Ashes". About a million years ago when cricketers sported beards large enough to serve as camouflage for small children, we played a test series against the Aussies. Back then, everyone reeked at the game except us, although they were learning - hail glorious Imperialism!

Long story short - we lost.

Cue a great wailing and gnashing of teeth (a bit like when we're crap at football) and the bails were burned and placed in a small urn to mark "the death of English cricket".

That's what the little crappy brown pot is. A reminder that we're useless. Just in case we needed one.

Thank goodness for colonialism, or we'd never win ... *looks shiftily at our Zimbabwean coach and South African match-winner*

*looks up*

Bugger! Posted at the same time...

(Edited by Kate 13/09/2005 12:05)

Posted: 12:03 Sep 13 2005

Whistler "I wonder wonder why the wonder falls. I wonder why the wonder falls on me. I wonder wonder why the wonder falls, with everything I touch and hear and see."

I might just have to watch Hampshire play next season seeing as we have both Shane Warne and Kevin Pieterson and the Rose Bowl is just down the road from me.

LOL. Just watching the victory parade and Flintoff looks well plastered on the bus.