Cricket
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Topic: Cricket
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Cricket
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:17
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Surely one of the most pointless games in the history of the world. Created as the most boring game in the world, and invented by the most boring race in the world. It is a game played over 5 days that can still result in a draw. However, from the country that invented this tedious game, to play it you need to be personalityless and have no redeeming features. But are forced to watch it on every UK news programme, like it or lump it. After all the only news in the whole wide universe is the English winning some burnt bales from aeons ago, that they last won 18 years ago. Wow big acheivement, more like embarrassment. Let's rid the world of cricket, and never have to suffer this rubbish game again. |
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:45
| Tang - SHUT THE F*CK UP YOU MISERABLE C*NT. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:47
| I think i'll make a compalint against you. English c**t. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:49
| Be my guest. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:53
| Why bother when you lot are worse than sh*t on your feet...as a race yours are the most ignorant and arrogant in the world, even surpassing the Yankies. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:53
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I think baseball is the most boring sport in the world, although I
lived in the USA for the first 25 years of my life. nothing ever
happens until somebody finally manages to hit the ball, after which the
whole crowd go "oooooooh". yes, I know American men will crucify me now
for dissing their fave sport, about which they keep such neat
statistics, but I prefer football (the American version, not soccer) to
baseball. and of course tennis, the sport I myself engage in
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 19:56
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Tang is one bitter dude. And I thought I was bitter. I think mental health care might be appropriate. 5. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:00
You're a c**t. |
tangerine62 wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:03
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But i'm a special c**t...you're hated all over the world c**t. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:04
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AHH the doc from paranoid land serving his 2 cents of pish
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:05
C**t. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:07
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Ha ha an englishman with no brain
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:08
if you start dealing out prejudices and verbal invectives against the inhabitants of a country, you must not be surprised you get some in return ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:09
Ha ha a scotsman with no joy, humour or life. In other words, a c**t. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:11
Sorry? Have you ever travelled through Asia? Plenty of people in former British colonies love us to bits
 (despite how much bastards we were to them  ). Scotland's a lovely place but, uh, not all the Scots, it seems. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:11
| To the German gasser...i don't care...to the english prick i don't care |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:13
Sorry, teenage rebellion still?  
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:14
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...and how German can a US born citizen be?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:16
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But Europe hates you.. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:17
just to inform you: I am American by birth, and half-Irish too (my mother is Irish). and calling me "German gasser" is stupid in the first place, unless you suggest I am an octogenarian ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:20
 Nope, definitely no use.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:20
| However...what has that got to do with cricket???? |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:23
 Chris the Cricket says "if you don't like cricket, don't talk about it!"
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:25
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stuff him..cricket is boring with boring personalities and boring people who watch it |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:26
------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:31
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HEY Tangerine, SHUT THE F*CK UP!!!!!! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO PISS PEOPLE OFF TODAY!!!!!?????
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:33
| Ahh, an American who probably thinks the whole of the UK plays cricket on a sunday afternoon....Let me tell you cricket is a very minority sport that everyone int he Uk who hates it has to put up with it....even when it makes headline news. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:35
| Erm, at least ten people I know today out of probably fifteen of my friends I've seen to talk to have been talking about cricket. It's not something I'm particularly interested in and my friends are all 18 living in a dock town in the north of England... not "typical" cricketers |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:36
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nope, i don't even care about cricket. i've never played it so i don't know if it's fun or not. it's just that everytime i see you on here, you're in a fight with someone (maybe more than one) and i don't know why. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:44
| This a non music thread, and i'm trying to let the world outside little insular England know, that winning a little game has no significance at all on anyone. But in the UK we have to suffer hour after hour of of how good these minority sports people are, and listen to the howls of derision aimed at the Australians. I laughed when i heard the matches ended in good humour, that is only because England won. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:48
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i've never really heard that much about any cricket matches. it must really be confined to the UK. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:48
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Its entertainment idiot. You think prog music matters at all? No! Its entertainment, just like cricket. Why can't you just understand people obviously like cricket, so let them have it. Most people hate prog, but we don't bash that now do we? as TP stated so eloquently, you are a c**t ------------- 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:48
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All sports are minority sports...
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:48
Stonie and Trouser, just relax and chill back don't feed the trolls------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:50
Britain and former parts of the British Empire. I don't think anywhere else cares.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:51
| Cricket is very minority...but we all have to suffer ti here in the UK. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:52
isn't america a former part of the british empire? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:54
you are a minority too, and we have to suffer you at the moment ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:56
| Nope.......Canada and many parts of Asia and Africa were part of the British Empire, as was Australia, But the USA wasn't |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:57
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well, what about the colonies? don't colonies count as part of an empire? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 20:58
| The USA was never part of the British Empire, go away and read up on history |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:00
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this just baffles me -------------
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:00
Not entirely, there was much more Dutch and Spanish (and others, I don't know who) involvement in the development of the US, although I suppose since the beginning of the US was entirely former British, you're right enough. The lack of cricket is probably to do with the early independence won. My brother plays cricket and he lives in New York though!
 And I didn't say all former parts, either!
...think I wriggled out of that one!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:02
| Like New Amsterdam....u prick. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:02
the USA certainly weren't, but some of the states in it were until the declaration of independence ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:04
| NO.....not even in your wildest dreams. The USA was never ever part of the British (English) Empire. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:04
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If we all just ignore Tang, maybe he will go away. I know I've fallen into the trap of communicating with the imbecile myself, but as Miracle said, don't feed the troll. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:05
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tan62: i am proficient and generally knowledgable of a variety of history. just tell me what you mean by an empire, because i find it hard to believe that you think america has never been at least partially under british control (around the 1600s -late 1700s) ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:05
Interestingly, it seems that all the states that declared independence at the time were British owned. Shows how much they loved us eh?
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:08
 Point D now, do people agree?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 21:10
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Look how you turned out.................no wonder we didn't love you. As for stonebeards point.....look again at history...yes the English part owned you but got their arses kicked, noved out and sought wealthier profits. While the rest that were left decided to destroy the indigenous Indian tribes, but yet wHEN THE usa GREW UP STILL MANAGED, WITHOUT ANY IRONY TO , DECRY THE sOUTH aFRICAN GOVENMENT OVE aPRTHEID. lAST POINT OF NOTE, THE BLACKS IN sa WERE BETTER OFF UNDER WHITE RULE THAN THEY ARE UNDER BLACK RULE. |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 00:59
 ------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 03:12
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A wonderful performance by the trousered one!One of the greatest PA Forum stings of all time!!! Sometimes a little bit of guile is needed instead of brute force. Calling Tang a Celt disguised as you know what was pure genius. Back to cricket: Who was the last person to f**k an Aussie and bring home the ashes?
Paula Yates
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 03:22
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 03:43
That's just cold! ------------- "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." |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 03:58
I realise that this guy has now been banned, but I just wanted to say that he has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to that comment about South Africa. And for the record, I also don't agree with his views on cricket. ------------- Be or be not. There is no question. - Yoda, Prince of Denmark |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 04:09
That was sobering, Citanul ... Although on a lighter note ... you almost sound like a fellow cricket fan ... ------------- "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." |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:10
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If you all just ignore this ignorant little pr*ck he will go away.The anonymity of the internet does stuff like this too some people.Most of these jerks would never act like this if they were standing face to face with you. -------------  |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:25
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I like Cricket! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:29
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------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date 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. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:31
Will you be friends with Chris? 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:36
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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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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:42
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Nice analogy! And don't worry, I've been following Cricket for many, many years... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 06:47
What about professional Table Tennis ------------- |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date 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. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 17:10
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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. ------------- '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 |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date 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 -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:04
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T62 got banned? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:06
Are you kidding me? Everyone gets banned nowadys! 
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:07
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Just this... "The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity."
~ http://zaadz.com/quotes/authors/george_bernard_shaw/ - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Irish playwright & novelist |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:08
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he probably deserved it ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:09
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Yea I know, that's the sad part!
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Posted By: Drew
Date 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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Posted By: Trotsky
Date 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&KW=Cricket - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4281&a mp;KW=Cricket ------------- "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." |
Posted By: Citanul
Date 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. ------------- Be or be not. There is no question. - Yoda, Prince of Denmark |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date 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. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date 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...... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date 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! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Guests
Date 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. |