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white on white on searing red [ASHES]

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    woo go england.

    So good to see so many people give a shit about test cricket. Twenty20 can't beat this!

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am not happy about england winning

    but I am always happy about australia losing

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    congratulations, england. if this means they start looking for a new australian captain, then it had to happen

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    boo we suck

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  • Fire TruckFire Truck I love my SELFRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I like cricket. Drinking is an integral part of the game.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Ponting's Captaincy did not lose this match, but it sure as shit lost of bunch of other ones in this series.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    ack wrote: »
    is that really the trophy for being the best a cricket

    listen

    inside that urn are the cremated remains of the bail taken as england were dismissed on home soil for the first time ever by australians. it dates back to 1882. those ashes are far more important than the shimmering trophies and hollow plaques of other sports

    also they get some kind of oversized replica carved in solid diamond. i'm pretty sure it's solid diamond

    what is a bail and how was it taken

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Eh.

    Whoever one the toss was going to win it. Shane Warne said it best when he said it was a ground that would force a result.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    ack wrote: »
    is that really the trophy for being the best a cricket

    listen

    inside that urn are the cremated remains of the bail taken as england were dismissed on home soil for the first time ever by australians. it dates back to 1882. those ashes are far more important than the shimmering trophies and hollow plaques of other sports

    also they get some kind of oversized replica carved in solid diamond. i'm pretty sure it's solid diamond

    what is a bail and how was it taken

    the small wooden token that needs to be knocked from the stumps in order to get a player out

    edit:
    here

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    also I just realized you said you thought the replica urn was solid diamond. cricket doesn't generate that much revenue, dummy.

    It's glass. Waterford crystal, to be exact.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    also I just realized you said you thought the replica urn was solid diamond. cricket doesn't generate that much revenue, dummy.

    It's glass. Waterford crystal, to be exact.

    lies.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    ack wrote: »
    is that really the trophy for being the best a cricket

    listen

    inside that urn are the cremated remains of the bail taken as england were dismissed on home soil for the first time ever by australians. it dates back to 1882. those ashes are far more important than the shimmering trophies and hollow plaques of other sports

    also they get some kind of oversized replica carved in solid diamond. i'm pretty sure it's solid diamond

    what is a bail and how was it taken

    the small wooden token that needs to be knocked from the stumps in order to get a player out

    edit:
    here

    ahh, gotcha. wikipedia mentioned that it might be the cremated remains of the ball or something.

    who knows!

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    A solid diamond the size of that little trophy would be pretty fucking expensive.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    A solid diamond the size of that little trophy would be pretty fucking expensive.

    oh, it's much bigger than that

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    that's not true. the only scorpion i've seen in my life was in bloody selfridges

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    ps we have waffles also

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    There are only two categories. Number of spiders, lowest being best naturally, and Britishness.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Some spiders are great, they leave you alone and just eat flies.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Some spiders are great, they leave you alone and just eat flies.

    Wrong.

    All spiders are evil.

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  • Brodo FagginsBrodo Faggins Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Cricket ain't a sport, it's a game IF that.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    A summer afternoon BBQ is not complete without cricket playing on the TV in the background.

    You can have the best steak, the coldest beer and the hottest summer sun, but if there is no cricket playing from the TV, then you are doing it wrong.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    A summer afternoon BBQ is not complete without cricket playing on the TV in the background.

    You can have the best steak, the coldest beer and the hottest summer sun, but if there is no cricket playing from the TV, then you are doing it wrong.

    Listen to this man. He has the right idea.

    You dont even need to watch the TV. You just have to hear polite applause and some soft commentary every few minutes.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    There are only two categories. Number of spiders, lowest being best naturally, and Britishness.

    Britishness is a complex system that is measured by whinning, the ability to drink shitty warm beer and being able to turn bright red by looking at a bright light and then calling it a tan.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    There are only two categories. Number of spiders, lowest being best naturally, and Britishness.

    Britishness is a complex system that is measured by whinning, the ability to drink shitty warm beer and being able to turn bright red by looking at a bright light and then calling it a tan.

    Look, I wont deny we have our bad points. Well, a lot of bad points. But we fucking invented the modern world. And cricket. And the internet. Those things count for something right?


    Oh who am I kidding. You have beaches. With actual sand.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    And Blake makes the post I couldn't be bothered making.

    But Scarab and I are cool now, as we are in agreeance over the proper BBQ procedure and protocol.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    A summer afternoon BBQ is not complete without cricket playing on the TV in the background.

    You can have the best steak, the coldest beer and the hottest summer sun, but if there is no cricket playing from the TV, then you are doing it wrong.

    Listen to this man. He has the right idea.

    You dont even need to watch the TV. You just have to hear polite applause and some soft commentary every few minutes.

    we should've left you to the krauts

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    A summer afternoon BBQ is not complete without cricket playing on the TV in the background.

    You can have the best steak, the coldest beer and the hottest summer sun, but if there is no cricket playing from the TV, then you are doing it wrong.

    Listen to this man. He has the right idea.

    You dont even need to watch the TV. You just have to hear polite applause and some soft commentary every few minutes.

    we should've left you to the krauts

    Don't even go there motherfucker. I'll light the Pharezon signal, I'll do it just you see. He's like a 'boring history shit' savant.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    A summer afternoon BBQ is not complete without cricket playing on the TV in the background.

    You can have the best steak, the coldest beer and the hottest summer sun, but if there is no cricket playing from the TV, then you are doing it wrong.

    Listen to this man. He has the right idea.

    You dont even need to watch the TV. You just have to hear polite applause and some soft commentary every few minutes.

    we should've left you to the krauts

    Pip don't question the sanctity of summer BBQ.

    Don't even

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    he;ll talk about how the red army would've helped but then I'll remind him had the u.s. not taken the western front and north africa the commies would've never been able to make the push to berlin

    also he'll tell you that cricket is awful

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    There are only two categories. Number of spiders, lowest being best naturally, and Britishness.

    Britishness is a complex system that is measured by whinning, the ability to drink shitty warm beer and being able to turn bright red by looking at a bright light and then calling it a tan.

    Look, I wont deny we have our bad points. Well, a lot of bad points. But we fucking invented the modern world. And cricket. And the internet. Those things count for something right?


    Oh who am I kidding. You have beaches. With actual sand.

    Well we invented the Ute and the Esky to keep beer cold.

    Blake T on
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    the one man responsible for australia's loss of this match was the oval's groundskeeper

    Actually the one man responsible for Australia's loss was God. He just loves England more. Sorry.

    Is that why we are still ahead of you in the cricket rankings?

    No. But why we are ahead of you in every other category by which you measure how awesome a country is.

    Also, we don't have scorpions. Or snakes. But we do have waffles. Suck it down Oz.

    I'd like to know what these categories are actually.

    There are only two categories. Number of spiders, lowest being best naturally, and Britishness.

    Britishness is a complex system that is measured by whinning, the ability to drink shitty warm beer and being able to turn bright red by looking at a bright light and then calling it a tan.

    Look, I wont deny we have our bad points. Well, a lot of bad points. But we fucking invented the modern world. And cricket. And the internet. Those things count for something right?


    Oh who am I kidding. You have beaches. With actual sand.

    Well we invented the Ute and the Esky to keep beer cold.

    don't forget that england has liverpool and madonna

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Hey hey hey wait a fucking minute. Liverpool I'll go with but Madonna is not English. Dont attribute her to us.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    she thinks she is

    so you limeys get to deal with her now

    we had that shit for like 40 years man

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    My favourite part of the Simpsons episode where they visit England is when they are kicked out they are forced to bring madonna back with them.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    she thinks she is

    so you limeys get to deal with her now

    we had that shit for like 40 years man

    Well I guess we deserve it. I mean we gave you Jude Law.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    jude law is awesome

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