Up Front: The Up Front Guides: Relationships for the Unisexual
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Emma Hart, in reply to
Can we make this thread the cricket one? That wouldn't make me a bad person ... would it?
I'm hardly going to argue. Waiting on the challenge...
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Rich Lock, in reply to
might want to comment on the relationship between Poisson distributions and the "it never rains but it pours" effect.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle?
Plenty more fish in the sea, but not when it's raining cats and dogs?
It's raining fish, hallelujah?
Sorry, I'll stop trolling/trawling now, and get me sou'wester. It's an off-topic red herring after all.
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So it was an awful test pitch, if you count lost time for rain less than 4 days play.
Both batting line-ups struggled. Both bowling attacks had periods when they were unplayable.
We didn't really miss Vettori's bowling but his batting might have been nice.
In the end the difference was actually the blackcap batsmen trying their level best to not give away their wickets. And it shocks me to be writing that given how they played at the Gabba. The Aussie batsmen seemed to be playing to prove they should still have a place in their side but the blackcap batsmen seemed to have even more determination than that.
And as a final injustice, Bracewell gets 6 for 40, tears up the Aussies to win the match and a freaking Aussie batsman gets man of the match ... where's the review system for that?
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Rob Stowell, in reply to
It’s an off-topic red herring after all.
Ahh, the cricket! :) Young Doug Bracewell is something, eh?
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Emma Hart, in reply to
So it was an awful test pitch, if you count lost time for rain less than 4 days play.
Matthew Littlewood called it "greener than a first year at Orientation".
And it's not entirely off topic because "intelligent interest in cricket" = "hot".
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nzlemming, in reply to
Ahh, the cricket! :) Young Doug Bracewell is something, eh?
What. The. Fuck???
I predict drug tests all round...
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BenWilson, in reply to
And it's not entirely off topic because "intelligent interest in cricket" = "hot".
Curious, the deepest cache of middle aged virgins in my acquaintance are all cricket lovers. It seems like a game specifically designed to make you content sitting around at home on your own for days on end.
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nzlemming, in reply to
"intelligent interest" is not the same as "obsessional devotion" (e.g. knowing which players are on form vs. memorising Wisdens for the last 50 years)
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Sacha, in reply to
you're not saying cricket nuts are wankers, are you? <ducks>
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BenWilson, in reply to
you're not saying cricket nuts are wankers, are you?
I'm not entirely sure if their genitalia ever enter their minds. Crowded out by cricket.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
“intelligent interest” is not the same as “obsessional devotion”
Indeed. I can't remember the last time I had sex with someone who didn't like cricket.
No. Wait. Actually, I can.
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nzlemming, in reply to
you're not saying cricket nuts are wankers, are you? <ducks>
I think he's subtly referring to a "sticky wicket" </wanders_off_whistling_nonchalantly>
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
wankers
Not that there's anything wrong with that of course
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
No. Wait. Actually, I can.
See, your memory is still good dear. Now can you remember their name?
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Sacha, in reply to
some of my best friends, etc
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Emma Hart, in reply to
Now can you remember their name?
Just what are you implying, Bart? Do you think I habitually can't remember the names of people I've slept with? Hmm?
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Fuck.
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
Just what are you implying, Bart? Do you think I habitually can’t remember the names of people I’ve slept with? Hmm?
There is probably _other_ people who can remember them, if that helps?
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BenWilson, in reply to
I think he's subtly referring to a "sticky wicket"
Nah, they seem simply unconcerned about sex at all. They're just addicted to something that is, to them, far more powerful, the drip feed of random tosses of a ball, interspersed variously with good and bad outcomes. Intermittent reinforcement at it's most powerful, rather like gambling or WoW. I can see why people love it, but I'm also thankful that I don't.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
There is probably _other_ people who can remember them, if that helps?
See that's what you have friends for
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Emma Hart, in reply to
See that’s what you have friends for
That's why. I was wondering.
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
That’s why. I was wondering.
That, and so Is can sleep with them?
(Sorry Is, it's just that it was right there, and you know what I am like.)
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Tom Beard, in reply to
So it was an awful test pitch, if you count lost time for rain less than 4 days play.
I think we've hit upon the formula for exciting test cricket: good bowling, careless batting and a pitch that's greener than an Aro Valley polling booth.
Not that there's anything wrong with unexciting test cricket. There's a lot to be said for the sort of match that is just an excuse to sit around for five days reading, drinking G&Ts, and occasionally looking up to say "well played, old chap". But if you want results, then batting-friendly pitches and a line-up of solid, cautious batsmen isn't going to deliver.
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Or there's another way to spice up test cricket: Rollerball.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
That, and so Is can sleep with them?
I manfully resisted that line, mostly because I really don't know Is at all. But I'm glad someone used an utterly perfect setup.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
if you want results
Watch Twenty 20. Which is the perfect result mode cricket match.
Test cricket is, as you say, for idling away 5 days in the sunshine with alcohol.
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