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Dr Adequate
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Message 160 of 356 (594435)
12-03-2010 12:32 PM
Reply to: Message 154 by Straggler
12-03-2010 11:24 AM


Re: The Ashes Returns
That's the first time I've heard the phrase "diamond duck".

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Message 162 of 356 (594441)
12-03-2010 12:36 PM
Reply to: Message 159 by Straggler
12-03-2010 12:29 PM


Re: The Ashes Returns
Dogger b. Fisher c. Rockall ...

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Message 163 of 356 (594443)
12-03-2010 12:37 PM
Reply to: Message 161 by Theodoric
12-03-2010 12:32 PM


Re: The Ashes Returns
I think I shot one of them last time I went duck hunting.
You shot a googly? Sir, you are a cad.
As every gentleman knows, a googly should be hunted with hounds.

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Message 169 of 356 (594467)
12-03-2010 2:08 PM
Reply to: Message 167 by Blue Jay
12-03-2010 1:33 PM


Re: British and Cricket
I would just like to step in and say that y'all have never sounded quite as British as you do now, while talking about cricket.
British???
English.

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Message 188 of 356 (642445)
11-28-2011 11:08 PM
Reply to: Message 187 by Boof
11-28-2011 8:10 PM


Re: End of times
Test cricket.
Cheese rolling.
I think that's it.
Dwile-flonking.

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Message 215 of 356 (642844)
12-02-2011 6:32 AM
Reply to: Message 214 by Chuck77
12-02-2011 5:55 AM


Re: Cricket, pudding, bangers & mash
Seriously? Well, then I don't either. I have a good friend who is english and he's the one who told me about "puddin singing in the copper". Apperantly it's pudding cooking on the stove in a copper pan or something.
You never heard of "bangers and mash"?
ABE: Ok, I found something:
"That famous plum pudding that Mrs. Cratchit crowns the Cratchit Christmas dinner with was not made of plums, but raisins.
The 'copper' used to boil the pudding was used the rest of the year for the Cratchit family laundry thus the Cratchit children help Tiny Tim to the wash-house 'that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper'."
Something to do with plum pudding I guess.
Reference:http://www.murfreesboropost.com/...e-the-civil-war-cms-14455
And about bangers and mash:
"Bangers and mash, also known as sausages and mash, is a traditional English dish made of mashed potatoes and sausages, the latter of which may be one of a variety of flavoured sausage made of pork or beef or a Cumberland sausage.
The dish is sometimes served with a rich onion gravy. It can also often be found served with fried onions.
This dish may, even when cooked at home, be thought of as an example of pub grub relatively quick and easy to make in large quantities as well as being tasty and satisfying. More up-market varieties, with exotic sausages and mashes, are sold in gastropubs, as well as less exotic alternatives being available in regular public houses."
Bangers and mash - Wikipedia
Come on man, you live in london! You should know all this. You ever hear of Baker Street?
So maybe you can cork up the scratchings, but you haven't got the knuckle for a twist of Mary Sue ... you chicken-and-a-ha'penny man.

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Message 272 of 356 (703386)
07-20-2013 12:33 PM
Reply to: Message 268 by ringo
07-20-2013 11:47 AM


Re: Chirp
What's a Pimm? And how many can you get in a jug?
A Pimm is a sort of cheerful cockney chimney sweep, and it depends on the size of the jug.

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Message 274 of 356 (703388)
07-20-2013 12:47 PM


So, fun fact, Root has now faced more balls this innings than the entire Australian team.

  
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Message 275 of 356 (703389)
07-20-2013 12:51 PM
Reply to: Message 273 by bluegenes
07-20-2013 12:38 PM


Re: Surprise
Pub quiz question for all:
Which two countries played the first ever cricket international?
Carthage v. the Roman Republic, 47 B.C. Game abandoned due to elephants on the pitch. In vengeance, the Romans would sow the field with salt and decapitate the Phoenician XI during the Third Punic War.

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Dr Adequate
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Message 319 of 356 (714876)
12-28-2013 11:58 PM


Have you noticed how no-one plays international cricket any more? Apparently all the major cricketing nations got together and decided that as England is clearly the best, there's really no point in playing against them. And that's why there's no need for anyone to post anything on this thread ever again.

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