Am I the only one who doesn't care about the World Cup?

[RealLifePixel]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.

[GepperRankins]

i'm engerlish and i dun care much

[peat moss]

It's a sport that grows on you . I know JP will insert some reference to my boys playing the game but its like chess on grass ? Some people well never get it but to the few that do , beautiful sport .

Sorry my reference was meant for the North American sport fan .

[Seedler]

Soccer in the US isn't that big.

[lee551]

i have the same sentiment as you. in the united states soccer just isn't popular for some reason. playing fifa is fun though. :)

[thewizeard]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.

Look, you take our sports..like football.. and call it soccer, you take our game of rugby and call it football..you take out game of rounders and call it baseball.. so, if you haven't anything useful to say, then STFU... ;)

nah...just kidding m8..you have your right to freedom of expression, just use it criticising your own sports..oh but you can't, as you haven't invented any of your own yet...:P

[Chewie]

...your own sports..oh but you can't, as you haven't invented any of your own yet...:P
Dodgeball?

[thewizeard]

.. I was forgetting the dodge ball, your goal keeper plays that I believe.. ;)

Edit: PS. I don't really "care" about the world cup, ReaLifePixel...

[Cheese]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.

You don't have to like it. If you don't like it don't watch it. Or, better yet, go to the effort of making a thread on an interweb forum to express your apathy of it.

[Agrajag]

It's a sport that grows on you . I know JP will insert some reference to my boys playing the game but its like chess on grass ? Some people well never get it but to the few that do , beautiful sport .

Sorry my reference was meant for the North American sport fan .
1. It is absolutely nothing like chess on grass. Chess is a batle simulation, where players each take a turn to move a piece and pieces are removed from the board as they are "taken". That is one of the worst analogies I have ever heard.

2. "to the few that do" what the fuck does that mean. Football is the World's sport and is played and watched by hundreds of millions of viewers, all over the World. Over a billion people will watch the World cup final. How in the name of fuck is that "the few that do".

You Americans are so parochial it sickens everyone else. Association football is a much bigger game than any of the sports, specifically designed to be advert friendly, that you play / watch.

[DorisInsinuate]

RealLifePixel could care less.

Nil-nil draws are boring, part of the excitement is the deadlock being broken.

[Cheese]

There is certain amount of irony in someone blatantly advertising a website where the idea is to watch a basically static image in the hopes that something changes whining that 0-0 draws are boring.

It's like a train spotter calling a bus spotter a geek.

[Busyman™]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.

Look, you take our sports..like football.. and call it soccer, you take our game of rugby and call it football..you take out game of rounders and call it baseball.. so, if you haven't anything useful to say, then STFU... ;)

nah...just kidding m8..you have your right to freedom of expression, just use it criticising your own sports..oh but you can't, as you haven't invented any of your own yet...:P
No you STFU.

1. We don't play rugby it is a different game, quite obviously.

2. The same goes for rounders.

3. You called the game, soccer, first.

4. Basketball was invented here.

Mmk?

[Busyman™]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.
And you won't. I don't like the game as much either but I am a sports fan and can watch it..sometimes. As a matter of fact, I think I like it better than baseball.

To me, both games kinda suck. You just don't know whether you'll get an exciting game or not. I've seen baseball games where there'd be high score like 15 -13 but all the fucking scoring came after the 6th inning. Wtf?

I'll keep mainly watching my football and basketball 'cause I know there'll be excitement throughout the game. I think in soccer, because there is a lack a of scoring, when someone finally does score, it's a damn fireworks display for the fans. Most of the matches I watch though lead to disappointment.

To your title, I say World Cup Schmorld Cup. I'm watching the NBA Finals.

Btw isn't it odd that we are almost in July and the Finals are still goin' on?:blink:

[Proper Bo]

is it baseball where you merkins have the world series even though it's just american teams?:unsure:

[Skiz]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.
And you won't. I don't like the game as much either but I am a sports fan and can watch it..sometimes. As a matter of fact, I think I like it better than baseball.

To me, both games kinda suck. You just don't know whether you'll get an exciting game or not. I've baseball games where there's be high score like 15 -13 but all the fucking scoring came after the 6th inning. Wtf?

I'll keep mainly watching my football and basketball 'cause I know there'll be excitement throughout the game. I think in soccer, because there is a lack a of scoring, when someone finally does score, it's a damn fireworks display for the fans. Most of the matches I watch though lead to disappointment.

To your title, I say World Schmorld Cup. I'm watching the NBA Finals.

Btw isn't it odd that we are almost in July and the Finals still goin' on?:blink:

Agree. :mellow:

I also think that before TV became a household item, that we had several other sports in the USA that had become quite popular. ie - football/baseball. When TV came about, they started televising those sports instead of soccer, and so started the separation of interest and it's been exponential ever since.

[DorisInsinuate]

is it baseball where you merkins have the world series even though it's just american teams?:unsure:
No, I think New Mexico have a team.

[GepperRankins]

Look, you take our sports..like football.. and call it soccer, you take our game of rugby and call it football..you take out game of rounders and call it baseball.. so, if you haven't anything useful to say, then STFU... ;)

nah...just kidding m8..you have your right to freedom of expression, just use it criticising your own sports..oh but you can't, as you haven't invented any of your own yet...:P
No you STFU.

1. We don't play rugby it is a different game, quite obviously.

2. The same goes for rounders.

3. You called the game, soccer, first.

4. Basketball was invented here.

Mmk?
basketball is a girls game in engerland lololololololololololol

[Chewie]

No you STFU.

1. We don't play rugby it is a different game, quite obviously.

2. The same goes for rounders.

3. You called the game, soccer, first.

4. Basketball was invented here.

Mmk?
basketball is a girls game in engerland lololololololololololol
Baseball, too.

[Skiz]

is it baseball where you merkins have the world series even though it's just american teams?:unsure:

Some teams are Canadian.

[peat moss]

I don't think of myself as an ignorant American, but when it comes to the World Cup though, man, I have a hard time faking concern. I don't care. And I think it is an ugly trophy too. And come on! How can any sport with a score of nothing/nothing be considered entertaining? I just don't get it.
And you won't. I don't like the game as much either but I am a sports fan and can watch it..sometimes. As a matter of fact, I think I like it better than baseball.

To me, both games kinda suck. You just don't know whether you'll get an exciting game or not. I've baseball games where there's be high score like 15 -13 but all the fucking scoring came after the 6th inning. Wtf?

I'll keep mainly watching my football and basketball 'cause I know there'll be excitement throughout the game. I think in soccer, because there is a lack a of scoring, when someone finally does score, it's a damn fireworks display for the fans. Most of the matches I watch though lead to disappointment.

To your title, I say World Schmorld Cup. I'm watching the NBA Finals.

Btw isn't it odd that we are almost in July and the Finals still goin' on?:blink:


NHL Hockey still to be wrapped up too . I like watching most sports if its the finals all the better. ;)

[Mr JP Fugley]

Look, you take our sports..like football.. and call it soccer, you take our game of rugby and call it football..you take out game of rounders and call it baseball.. so, if you haven't anything useful to say, then STFU... ;)

nah...just kidding m8..you have your right to freedom of expression, just use it criticising your own sports..oh but you can't, as you haven't invented any of your own yet...:P


We don't play rugby it is a different game, quite obviously.



You really ought to tell the US Rugby Team that, they're going to feel such fools when they find out

[j2k4]

You Americans are so parochial it sickens everyone else.

Yes, and you all look daft with puke dribbling off your chins, you broad-brush wielding prick.

[Mr JP Fugley]

You Americans are so parochial it sickens everyone else.

Yes, and you all look daft with puke dribbling off your chins, you broad-brush wielding prick.
I couldn't agree more. When we have puke dribbling from our chins we do indeed look daft. Thankfully it happens infrequently, unlike the parochial mentality, which is a way of life.

[j2k4]

Yes, and you all look daft with puke dribbling off your chins, you broad-brush wielding prick.
I couldn't agree more. When we have puke dribbling from our chins we do indeed look daft. Thankfully it happens infrequently, unlike the parochial mentality, which is a way of life.

...and in the morning, you'll be sober, is that it? :P

Okay, there-

I've just doffed my parochial jacket so as not to continually offend, and am ready to join the world community.

Which channel's the World Cup? :huh:

[Busyman™]

Baseball, too.
I didn't know they played baseball at all in bratland. Women play softball here. Oh well I've seen quite a vids of men playing basketball in bratland. They were pretty good too.

It'd be nice to one day to see an NBA draftee from Britain.:lol: :lol:

[Busyman™]

...and in the morning, you'll be sober, is that it? :P

Okay, there-

I've just doffed my parochial jacket so as not to continually offend, and am ready to join the world community.

Which channel's the World Cup? :huh:
ESPN2

[Cheese]

There's something a bit suspect about people who don't like soccer.

[GepperRankins]

There's something a bit suspect about people who don't like soccer.
fear those who don't take part in mass procrastination and bandwagoning :shifty:

[GepperRankins]

ps. i know what you're saying, but the "watching 22 men in shorts getting muddy" is becoming old

[peat moss]

There's something a bit suspect about people who don't like soccer.


Yep and if they watched the Ghana and Czech's game today , mabye change their tune . :)

[Mr JP Fugley]

I couldn't agree more. When we have puke dribbling from our chins we do indeed look daft. Thankfully it happens infrequently, unlike the parochial mentality, which is a way of life.

...and in the morning, you'll be sober, is that it? :P

Okay, there-

I've just doffed my parochial jacket so as not to continually offend, and am ready to join the world community.

Which channel's the World Cup? :huh:
Don't you quote WC at me, Laddie.

[j2k4]

...and in the morning, you'll be sober, is that it? :P


Don't you quote WC at me, Laddie.

...and I'm still an 'ugly' American?

Talk about parochial...

[Cheese]

Don't you quote WC at me, Laddie.
...and I'm still an 'ugly' American?

Talk about parochial...

Oi, stop posting nonsense in this thread and go and watch your national team perhaps humble one of the top teams of Europe. It's on ESPN2 apparently.

[Chewie]

Baseball, too.
I didn't know they played baseball at all in bratland. Women play softball here. Oh well I've seen quite a vids of men playing basketball in bratland. They were pretty good too.

It'd be nice to one day to see an NBA draftee from Britain.:lol: :lol:
He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.

[Mr JP Fugley]

I didn't know they played baseball at all in bratland. Women play softball here. Oh well I've seen quite a vids of men playing basketball in bratland. They were pretty good too.

It'd be nice to one day to see an NBA draftee from Britain.:lol: :lol:
He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.
Cricketers think it's too poofey, what with them not being able to spin it off the ground, or use bouncers. Just basically throwing it.

Hoying a cricket ball at the other chaps head is an acceptable tactic in cricket. Or right into their ribs, that's another good one.

[peat moss]

He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.
Cricketers think it's too poofey, what with them not being able to spin it off the ground, or use bouncers. Just basically throwing it.

Hoying a cricket ball at the other chaps head is an acceptable tactic in cricket. Or right into their ribs, that's another good one.

In Baseball its called a bean ball when you hit a batter . Well named I always thought . :D

[Mr JP Fugley]

Cricketers think it's too poofey, what with them not being able to spin it off the ground, or use bouncers. Just basically throwing it.

Hoying a cricket ball at the other chaps head is an acceptable tactic in cricket. Or right into their ribs, that's another good one.

In Baseball its called a bean ball when you hit a batter . Well named I always thought . :D
In cricket it's a beamer, you probably just mis-heard.

[peat moss]

In Baseball its called a bean ball when you hit a batter . Well named I always thought . :D
In cricket it's a beamer, you probably just mis-heard.


Nope :

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/b/b0133500.html

Bean = head

Whats really funny is that's my wife's nickname . Her name is Sabine which to be honest does not seem to = head anymore . :(

[Mr JP Fugley]

In cricket it's a beamer, you probably just mis-heard.


Nope :

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/b/b0133500.html

Bean = head
I meant you (plural).

[Busyman™]

I didn't know they played baseball at all in bratland. Women play softball here. Oh well I've seen quite a vids of men playing basketball in bratland. They were pretty good too.

It'd be nice to one day to see an NBA draftee from Britain.:lol: :lol:
He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.
Same here and no amount of steroids can improve that. I'll stick to the few times my job has softball on the DC Mall.

No one there is throwing at 90mph, that's for sure.

I didn't really get that humor nor was I offended. I mean soccer was THE first sport I learned to play as youngster 'cause it was the easiest to pick up. Basketball involved mechanics that I could not easily pick up and that's partly why I didn't start playing 'till I was leaving high school.

Either way, I can't downplay soccer 'cause I played as a youngster or am teaching my 5 year-old girl some basics for play.

[peat moss]

Nope :

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/b/b0133500.html

Bean = head
I meant you (plural).


Oh I got it , have watched Cricket a few times at our park down the street .
I like the way the ball is thrown on the run , must be hard to hit it . In baseball you stand on a mound before delivery so its all in the wind up .

[Mr JP Fugley]

I meant you (plural).


Oh I got it , have watched Cricket a few times at our park down the street .
I like the way the ball is thrown on the run , must be hard to hit it . In baseball you stand on a mound before delivery so its all in the wind up .
Can you explain the "wind up"?

[peat moss]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1148037274/Baseball_Player_Fakes_Getting_Hit_by_a_Pitch

[Mr JP Fugley]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1148037274/Baseball_Player_Fakes_Getting_Hit_by_a_Pitch
Thanks for that.

[peat moss]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1148037274/Baseball_Player_Fakes_Getting_Hit_by_a_Pitch
Thanks for that.

No thank you , I didn't know you could hit a batter in cricket thats insane .

Make for some good fights tho ?

[Mr JP Fugley]

Thanks for that.

No thank you , I didn't know you could hit a batter in cricket thats insane .

Make for some good fights tho ?
Never.

The umpire will allow a certain number of beamers but won't let a bowler do it constantly. He will have to put in some "normal" balls as well. It's considered poor form just to kill the batsman without giving him a fair chance.

A few into the ribs, or head at ninety odd miles an hour certainly gets the Batsman thinking what's going on.

[scribblec]

i cant beleive a nation which watches nascar can think football is boring ;\

[Seedler]

WC sux, only billions of ppl watch it. Jeez, it's just a fad and it's gonna go away like next week.:dry:

[lee551]

i cant beleive a nation which watches nascar can think football is boring ;\

with nascar races you do always have a good chance there will be some sort of horrific crash. on the other hand, you do have the chance of soccer riots. i'm not really sure what i want anymore.

[Seedler]

Soccer riots>nascar crashes. Fact.

[lee551]

Soccer riots>nascar crashes. Fact.

probably true, but i think there's at leat one crash in every nascar race. soccer riots only happen ever so often not?

[Seedler]

True, but weak pussy crashes aren't that exciting anyways, they just bump into each other and the race cars slowly disintegrate. You only get the car flipping exploding action once so often as well.

[Cheese]

Soccer riots>nascar crashes. Fact.
probably true, but i think there's at leat one crash in every nascar race. soccer riots only happen ever so often not?

Maybe in the World Cup they are less frequent but we have them here all the time, you can't move for a soccer riot breaking out. In fact, I'm in one now.

[DorisInsinuate]

The World Cup has plenty of car crashes with blood and intestines falling out, though.

[Cheese]

What sort of sad bastard watches a sport to see somebody crash a car or for a riot to break out? Did the 1989 FA Cup Semi Final really do it for them? :unsure:

[DorisInsinuate]

Obviously the same sad bastards that don't appriciate sports for the fun factor.

[Seedler]

Obviously the same sad bastards that don't appriciate sports for the fun factor.

You just commented about how there are nasty crashes and blood falling out in nascar crashes...implying that you like it better?:huh:

[Agrajag]

Obviously the same sad bastards that don't appriciate sports for the fun factor.

You just commented about how there are nasty crashes and blood falling out in nascar crashes...implying that you like it better?:huh:
Do you read other people's posts?

"The World Cup has plenty of car crashes with blood and intestines falling out, though"

[Seedler]

You just commented about how there are nasty crashes and blood falling out in nascar crashes...implying that you like it better?:huh:
Do you read other people's posts?



Uh no, I'm kinda illiterate.:cool:

[Cheese]

Do you read other people's posts?


Uh no, I'm kinda illiterate.:cool:

And a twat.

[Seedler]

See, I don't even know the meaning of that.:lookaroun

Here, I just gave you the chance to pwn me some more:whistling

[manker]

No thank you , I didn't know you could hit a batter in cricket thats insane .

Make for some good fights tho ?
Never.

The umpire will allow a certain number of beamers but won't let a bowler do it constantly. He will have to put in some "normal" balls as well. It's considered poor form just to kill the batsman without giving him a fair chance.

A few into the ribs, or head at ninety odd miles an hour certainly gets the Batsman thinking what's going on.You're not allowed to bowl beamers.

A beamer is when a ball is aimed at a batsman above stump level and is strictly forbidden, a full toss is where the ball is aimed is below stump level and is allowed but hardly practiced because any batsman worth his salt would dispatch it for four runs.

Bouncers, where the ball hits the pitch before twatting a batsman in the heid, are fine and subject to no restrictions at test level but you can only do one per over in one-day games.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Never.

The umpire will allow a certain number of beamers but won't let a bowler do it constantly. He will have to put in some "normal" balls as well. It's considered poor form just to kill the batsman without giving him a fair chance.

A few into the ribs, or head at ninety odd miles an hour certainly gets the Batsman thinking what's going on.You're not allowed to bowl beamers.

A beamer is when a ball is aimed at a batsman above stump level and is strictly forbidden, a full toss is where the ball is aimed is below stump level and is allowed but hardly practiced because any batsman worth his salt would dispatch it for four runs.

Bouncers, where the ball hits the pitch before twatting a batsman in the heid, are fine and subject to no restrictions at test level but you can only do one per over in one-day games.

Cricket has rarely made me this happy. Fact.

In addition to getting a man to explain what a "Wind up" was. This my be my most fave thread ever.

[manker]

I don't think you knew :snooty:

[Mr JP Fugley]

I don't think you knew :snooty:
I think we both know that, twixt my knowledge and the corroboration of the interweb, I did. Dont we, eh, don't we?

[manker]

I don't think you knew :snooty:
I think we both know that, twixt my knowledge and the corroboration of the interweb, I did. Dont we, eh, don't we?That's very much tempered by the good reason as to why there is no silent 'S' in ECB.

I mean, if a Yemeni national made a bold statement declaring this World Cup to be a resounding success from an African standpoint, I'd have to take it at face value.

It's only polite.

[Mr JP Fugley]

I think we both know that, twixt my knowledge and the corroboration of the interweb, I did. Dont we, eh, don't we?That's very much tempered by the good reason as to why there is no silent 'S' in ECB.

I mean, if a Yemeni national made a bold statement declaring this World Cup to be a resounding success from an African standpoint, I'd have to take it at face value.

It's only polite.
And if you're one thing it's someone who takes things at face value and is polite to a fault.

[manker]

It's a burden.

[Mr JP Fugley]

It's a burden.
You have broad shoulders and a firm butt. You can coap.

[j2k4]

A beamer is when a ball is aimed at a batsman above stump level and is strictly forbidden, a full toss is where the ball is aimed is below stump level and is allowed but hardly practiced because any batsman worth his salt would dispatch it for four runs.

Bouncers, where the ball hits the pitch before twatting a batsman in the heid, are fine and subject to no restrictions at test level but you can only do one per over in one-day games.

Oh. :huh:

[asafisraeli123]

dammet pepole ! I've been waiting for four years for this moment !

[calm2chaos]

He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.
Cricketers think it's too poofey, what with them not being able to spin it off the ground, or use bouncers. Just basically throwing it.

Hoying a cricket ball at the other chaps head is an acceptable tactic in cricket. Or right into their ribs, that's another good one.

Curious.... How fast does a cricket ball travel when thrown or pitched or whatever the delivery is called?

[Proper Bo]

bowled at 378.5mph

[calm2chaos]

bowled at 378.5mph

Ya.. if it was delivered with a Mark II rocket strapped to it

[Proper Bo]

Who is this Mark the second you speak of?

[j2k4]

bowled at 378.5mph

That's just silly.

Everyone knows you cricketeers can only throw in KPH. :dry:

[Proper Bo]

I don't play cricket, i'm not posh enough:snooty:

[j2k4]

I don't play cricket, i'm not posh enough:snooty:

Perhaps a thick coat of make-up?

[Mr JP Fugley]

bowled at 378.5mph

That's just silly.

Everyone knows you cricketeers can only throw in KPH. :dry:
Where do you Americans get this silly idea we use KPH, or MPL. It's just daft, whilst admittedly kinda cute.

[Leeson]

the only sports I watch on tv are the x-games, snooker and womens tennis, but thats more softcore porn

btw... the fastest bowl in test cricket registered 100.4mph (161kph) on a speed gun... amazingly its almost the same fastest speed in baseball which was 100.9mph

http://www.rediff.com/wc2003/2003/feb/22shoaib.htm
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_guin.shtml

personaly I havent played cricket scince school when I bowled a ball at a girl that was anoying me, I did intend to miss her, but it hit her in the middle of her forehead... she was unconsious for about 4 hours and when she came to she had a bruise half the size of the ball... looked funny though... but I was only 9 at the time which explains my bad aiming skills.

[Mr JP Fugley]

the only sports I watch on tv are the x-games, snooker and womens tennis, but thats more softcore porn

btw... the fastest bowl in test cricket registered 100.4mph (161kph) on a speed gun... amazingly its almost the same fastest speed in baseball which was 100.9 mph

http://www.rediff.com/wc2003/2003/feb/22shoaib.htm
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_guin.shtml

personaly I havent played cricket scince school when I bowled a ball at a girl that was anoying me, I did intend to miss her, but it hit her in the middle of her forehead... she was unconsious for about 4 hours and when she came to she had a bruise half the size of the ball... looked funny though... but I was only 9 at the time which explains my bad aiming skills.


If she wasn't wearing a proper helmet then you can't really be blamed for her getting injured.

[Leeson]

the only sports I watch on tv are the x-games, snooker and womens tennis, but thats more softcore porn

btw... the fastest bowl in test cricket registered 100.4mph (161kph) on a speed gun... amazingly its almost the same fastest speed in baseball which was 100.9 mph

http://www.rediff.com/wc2003/2003/feb/22shoaib.htm
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_guin.shtml

personaly I havent played cricket scince school when I bowled a ball at a girl that was anoying me, I did intend to miss her, but it hit her in the middle of her forehead... she was unconsious for about 4 hours and when she came to she had a bruise half the size of the ball... looked funny though... but I was only 9 at the time which explains my bad aiming skills.


If she wasn't wearing a proper helmet then you can't really be blamed for her getting injured.

we never had helmets at our school, just leg pads and cups, besides she wasnt playing in the game, girls never did play cricket at our school, only rounders, hockey and netball, it was 20 years ago though

[Mr JP Fugley]

If she wasn't wearing a proper helmet then you can't really be blamed for her getting injured.

we never had helmets at our school, just leg pads and cups, besides she wasnt playing in the game, girls never did play cricket at our school, only rounders, hockey and netball, it was 20 years ago though
Well if she wasn't even playing in the game then she shouldn't have been anywhere near the wicket. FFS wasn't there a teacher there?

Either way, it wasn't your fault.

[Proper Bo]

we didn't even have leg pads, and there was only one cup in the whole school.

[manker]

we didn't even have leg pads, and there was only one cup in the whole school.
Only gheys call a 'box' a 'cup' :snooty:

[Mr JP Fugley]

we didn't even have leg pads, and there was only one cup in the whole school.
Only gheys call a 'box' a 'cup' :snooty:
Have you ever had one right in the box then.

You would be all like "OUCH, bugger that"

[Proper Bo]

we didn't even have leg pads, and there was only one cup in the whole school.
Only gheys call a 'box' a 'cup' :snooty:

I was talking about in the canteen:no2:

[Mr JP Fugley]

we didn't even have leg pads, and there was only one cup in the whole school.
1 Cup, that's more than New Cassil, like.

[Proper Bo]

rod-off, cawk. We all know fine well you'd be in the championship if you played in england:snooty:

[Mr JP Fugley]

rod-off, cawk. We all know fine well you'd be in the championship if you played in england:snooty:
Indeed, you're right there mate.

It is perhaps then fortunate that we don't. In that way we get 60,000 for home games, win things on a regular basis and are pretty much certain of European football, as often as not Champs League.

Unlike your own team, which is fabulously supported, in spite of winning feck all, ever. The way things are shaping up in England now, looking at 4th place as being a good result. Having just seen one of your best ever players retire and seeing your other main striker crocked 'til at least Christmas. With your club owned by a family who think the support are peons and larf about them when oot on the pish.

Sorry if I appear jealous.

[Proper Bo]

:rod::smilie4:

[missie]

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6632/mars2mr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

heh heh

[Proper Bo]

That's a huge amount of support:smilie4:

[missie]

<insert witty retort> :smilie4:

[Mr JP Fugley]

:rod::smilie4:
How can it be a rod if I agreed with you.

Lightweight.

[Leeson]

Only gheys call a 'box' a 'cup' :snooty:

well they called it a cup or at least back then they did, or maybe that was just in our primary school, I never played it in lower and upper school, it changed to football, rugby and track and field



Well if she wasn't even playing in the game then she shouldn't have been anywhere near the wicket. FFS wasn't there a teacher there?

Either way, it wasn't your fault.

it was in the dinner break and the teachers never watched because the parents had complained more about injurys from the climbing bars so they just left us to our games, but they stopped letting us play cricket in breaks after that... lol

[Mr JP Fugley]

it was in the dinner break and the teachers never watched because the parents had complained more about injurys from the climbing bars so they just left us to our games
Well in that case she should have been paying even more attention to the game. If she had no protection and there were no adults supervising. They've a bloody cheek blaming you for her mistakes.

That's the problem with girls. They just don't have the concentration to play sports, particularly ones like cricket.

[j2k4]

That's just silly.

Everyone knows you cricketeers can only throw in KPH. :dry:
Where do you Americans get this silly idea we use KPH, or MPL. It's just daft, whilst admittedly kinda cute.

Actually, for personal use I prefer FPF (furlongs per fortnight).

[Vyper1]

I'll be glad when it's all over. The NFL kicks off soon. :)

[Mr JP Fugley]

Where do you Americans get this silly idea we use KPH, or MPL. It's just daft, whilst admittedly kinda cute.

Actually, for personal use I prefer FPF (furlongs per fortnight).
That dooesn't make sense. You wouldn't use "F" to represent both furlong and fortnight. It's mathematical madness.

1,802,617,500,000 furlongs/fortnight = c.

[Busyman™]

I'll be glad when it's all over. The NFL kicks off soon. :)
Just don't watch. :dabs:

There's football season then (with slight overlap) NBA season then.....then it's summer time (with slight overlap) I catch up on tivo then since there's very few shows like Stargate and The Closer and time for cookouts, vacations, etc. then it's fall again and then it's time for football (and a another barrage of TV shows) again..... :dog:Run-On:dog: