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rob1963
14-01-2009, 04:31 PM
Inspired by Mr Mayhem's "Have you noticed" thread, here is a description of cricket for anyone who doesn't understand the game:

"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have been given out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!"

Simple! :D

Vectis
14-01-2009, 04:42 PM
Makes perfect sense to me :)

Now... what about the offside rule?

rob1963
14-01-2009, 05:10 PM
Makes perfect sense to me :)

Now... what about the offside rule?

:rofl:

Corabar Steve
15-01-2009, 07:38 AM
Wasn't that used in an episode of Jeeves & Wooster? I think the quote actually originates from the era that was set in (if not earlier)

rob1963
15-01-2009, 07:49 AM
Wasn't that used in an episode of Jeeves & Wooster? I think the quote actually originates from the era that was set in (if not earlier)

I'm not sure, Steve...but I do know it's a good 25 years since I first heard it.

Corabar Steve
15-01-2009, 07:55 AM
May have been in Poirot, it was certainly in something based in the 20s - 40s.

I'll remember given enough time.