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The Hemulen
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 31 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5964 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:30 | ||
Ditto! Though I have to admit that all these folks suddenly "getting into" it now we've won the Ashes are annoying me a wee bit. It's like everyone suddenly digging prog because Yes somehow won an MTV award. Blergh. Speaking of which... cricket is surely the progger's sport of choice: complex, excessively long, boring for most people until they actually GIVE IT A BLOODY CHANCE. Oh yes indeed - cricket = prog. |
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goose
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:31 | ||
Will you be friends with Chris?
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goose
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:36 | ||
I'm not big on cricket. I think I want to be after that rant against it though . I like watching archery, kayaking though!
and, errr women's gymastics and beach volleyball
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Snow Dog
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:42 | ||
Nice analogy! And don't worry, I've been following Cricket for many, many years... |
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TheProgtologist
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:47 | ||
What about professional Table Tennis |
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limeyrob
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: January 15 2005 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 1402 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 16:51 | ||
To the Aussies watching. Well done in playing your part in what was a superb series. Your team are fantastic ambassadors for your country and cricket and all that it means. Unforgetable.
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Syzygy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 17:10 | ||
And India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies. I'm not a fan but it is a lot more international than baseball or American football. I personally enjoyed England and Wales winning the Ashes because my brother in law is an Aussie. Didn't watch any of it, of course. |
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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BaldFriede
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10266 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 17:59 | ||
it was the same with tennis in Germany in the late 80s and in the 90s, after Boris Becker won Wimbledon in 1985 and Steffi Graf soon followed in his footsteps. everybody wanted to follow in their footsteps. I was 16 when Becker won Wimbledon, a year younger than he, and began to play to then. needless to say I never reached that level. you should see Jean and me play; we are both equally bad, so our matches are just as suspenseful as the matches between Graf and Navratilova at the beginning of Graf's career were (though of course far from that level of quality; our passing shots are usually missing shots). but we have fun playing, and we don't care |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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The Miracle
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:04 | ||
T62 got banned?
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King of Loss
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 21 2005 Location: Boston, MA Status: Offline Points: 16580 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:06 | ||
Are you kidding me? Everyone gets banned nowadys!
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arcer
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:07 | ||
Just this...
"The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity." |
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The Miracle
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:08 | ||
he probably deserved it |
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King of Loss
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 21 2005 Location: Boston, MA Status: Offline Points: 16580 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:09 | ||
Yea I know, that's the sad part!
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Drew
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 12600 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:24 | ||
you know what sounds good right now? A cold- crisp beer. And maybe an egg salad sandwich to go with it.
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Trotsky
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 25 2004 Location: Malaysia Status: Offline Points: 2771 |
Posted: September 14 2005 at 22:55 | ||
Aha! ... check out this thread on cricket being the prog-rock of sports then http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4281&a mp;KW=Cricket |
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
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Citanul
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 14 2005 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 430 |
Posted: September 15 2005 at 03:32 | ||
You can add to that list Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Kenya, Canada, Namibia, Holland and UAE, all of whom have competed at the World Cup. There isn't any large scale international competition for American football, although baseball is an Olympic sport. |
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Be or be not. There is no question. - Yoda, Prince of Denmark
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: September 15 2005 at 08:22 | ||
well i guess the u.s. is just isolated, then. i don't follow any sport, though. if i stumble upon a soccer (football) game, i might watch it, but i really don't care who wins or loses. i concentrate on music...playing and listening. |
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Tony R
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: September 15 2005 at 10:17 | ||
You really should vary your interests Stonebeard.Any prospective employer will check your CV to see what interests you have,it tells them a lot about what kind of person you are...... |
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Snow Dog
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: September 15 2005 at 17:39 | ||
Yes, and variety is the spice of life! So watch some TV and play some video games too! |
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Posted: September 15 2005 at 19:28 | ||
A lot of animosity here, but cricket surely is bland and boring, and yes, there was overkill on UK tv.
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