Religions > Atheism > OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play?
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"Therion Ware" |
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31 Dec 2005 06:35:03 AM |
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OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
31 Dec 2005 08:21:31 AM |
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
(b). Surfing. Most people claim for injuries sustained while taking
their surfboard off the top of their car.
<double snigger with nobs on. And sauce.>
Source:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-1963961,00.html
(relatively painless signup required, though not necessarily for the
letters section)
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
31 Dec 2005 12:11:43 PM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
(b). Surfing. Most people claim for injuries sustained while taking
their surfboard off the top of their car.
<double snigger with nobs on. And sauce.>
Source:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-1963961,00.html
(relatively painless signup required, though not necessarily for the
letters section)
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ahhhh there's a thing to remember
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
31 Dec 2005 02:44:38 PM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
--
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
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| User: "Ash" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
31 Dec 2005 04:24:43 PM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:bh4dr1h2n0j5f7ns59qqusr4upfo1gshl6@4ax.com...
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
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| User: "Marc" |
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31 Dec 2005 07:11:40 PM |
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Ash wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:bh4dr1h2n0j5f7ns59qqusr4upfo1gshl6@4ax.com...
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
Yeah... come live here in Australia.
Bowls gets hours of TV coverage on
the national TV network. Riveting stuff.
It is certain to be a feature event in the upcoming
Commonwealth Games. (I kid you not.)
(signed) marc
Marc Buhler
North Parramatta
NSW
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| User: "Jeffrey Turner" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
31 Dec 2005 10:59:49 PM |
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Marc wrote:
Ash wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
Which sport has the most fatalities during play?
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
Yeah... come live here in Australia.
Bowls gets hours of TV coverage on
the national TV network. Riveting stuff.
It is certain to be a feature event in the upcoming
Commonwealth Games. (I kid you not.)
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
--Jeff
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Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark
of an authoritarian personality.
-Theodor Adorno
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Question: Which Sport Has The Most Fatalities During Play? |
01 Jan 2006 12:42:45 AM |
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Jeffrey Turner wrote:
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I watched a TV commercial so I know they watch "a" cricket and I don't think
it goes on for days because those guys with the ball chased it away.
(Which, if you didn't see the commercial will not make a lot of sense.)
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| User: "Marc" |
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01 Jan 2006 08:12:18 AM |
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Jeffrey Turner wrote:
Marc wrote:
Ash wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
Which sport has the most fatalities during play?
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
Yeah... come live here in Australia.
Bowls gets hours of TV coverage on
the national TV network. Riveting stuff.
It is certain to be a feature event in the upcoming
Commonwealth Games. (I kid you not.)
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
A sign of dedication is listening to the cricket
on the radio.
Some people even go to the cricket and THEN
they listen to the radio anyway.
On occasion, especially when the cricket
is in Adelaide, the camera will hold a close up
of a sea gull for a minute or two (quite a long
time for a bird, you know) and a graphic at the
bottom of the TV screen will proclaim "seagull
tally equals 17". Just so the viewers know.
(signed) marc
Marc Buhler
Parramatta, NSW
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| User: "Tiny Bulcher" |
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01 Jan 2006 12:09:34 PM |
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Jeffrey Turner wrote:
Marc wrote:
Ash wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
Which sport has the most fatalities during play?
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
Yeah... come live here in Australia.
Bowls gets hours of TV coverage on
the national TV network. Riveting stuff.
It is certain to be a feature event in the upcoming
Commonwealth Games. (I kid you not.)
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
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Tiny
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| User: "" |
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01 Jan 2006 12:23:49 PM |
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Tiny Bulcher wrote:
Jeffrey Turner wrote:
Marc wrote:
Ash wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:03 +0000 in talk.origins, Therion Ware
(Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>) said, directing the reply
to talk.origins
Which sport has the most fatalities during play?
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Ok. Can't resist.
The answers are:
(a). Bowls. Most players are old. So the number of heart attacks and
strokes while playing is out of all proportion to their numbers.
Bowls? Is that like bowling?
not really (assuming you mean 10 pin)
It's played outside on grass (a lawn I think they call it) (or inside
for indoor bowls)
the first player rolls one small bowl, the players then take it in turns
getting their bowls as close to this one as they can
or something
Yeah... come live here in Australia.
Bowls gets hours of TV coverage on
the national TV network. Riveting stuff.
It is certain to be a feature event in the upcoming
Commonwealth Games. (I kid you not.)
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
--
Tiny
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
Chris
Happy New Year!
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| User: "Zamboni" |
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01 Jan 2006 04:13:22 PM |
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<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136139829.589422.137190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
My wife and I were in Melbourne during the Ashes tournament in 2003. We had
the game on at the hotel (me trying to figure out the rules), then left to
go to dinner and toured the city for a few hours. When we came back, the
same guy was still at bat and had scored a few hundred runs while we were
gone.
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Zamboni
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| User: "Cyde Weys" |
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01 Jan 2006 08:20:35 PM |
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Zamboni wrote:
<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136139829.589422.137190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
My wife and I were in Melbourne during the Ashes tournament in 2003. We had
the game on at the hotel (me trying to figure out the rules), then left to
go to dinner and toured the city for a few hours. When we came back, the
same guy was still at bat and had scored a few hundred runs while we were
gone.
Please tell me you're joking ...
If not, what in the hell is this game?! I must admit I don't know the
rules to cricket, but if that kind of craziness happens, count me out.
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| User: "Marc" |
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01 Jan 2006 09:33:49 PM |
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Cyde Weys wrote:
Zamboni wrote:
<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136139829.589422.137190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
My wife and I were in Melbourne during the Ashes tournament in 2003. We had
the game on at the hotel (me trying to figure out the rules), then left to
go to dinner and toured the city for a few hours. When we came back, the
same guy was still at bat and had scored a few hundred runs while we were
gone.
Please tell me you're joking ...
If not, what in the hell is this game?! I must admit I don't know the
rules to cricket, but if that kind of craziness happens, count me out.
The current record for a batsman having his turn at bat
in a first class grade match (top national level club match
or international "test" match) is a score of 501 runs, not out.
see... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lara
Lara recently toured here in Australia, and he is without
doubt one of the greats.
Beside the "singles" - where you run from one end
of the wicket to the other after hitting the ball, you can
score four runs for a hit that reaches the edge of the
playing field or even six runs for a ball hit over the
boundary on the full.
Note that Lara's score of 501 was *not out*, which means
that he ran out of partners needed to bat at the other end
of the wicket. Unfortunately, his massive score just happens
to already be trademarked by a clothing company, so he
hasn't been able to use that in promotions.
(signed) marc
Marc Buhler
A Cricket Dad - and proud of it.
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| User: "Patrick James" |
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01 Jan 2006 11:18:40 PM |
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On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 22:33:49 -0500, Marc wrote
(in article <1136172829.344835.13960@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):
Cyde Weys wrote:
Zamboni wrote:
<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136139829.589422.137190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
My wife and I were in Melbourne during the Ashes tournament in 2003. We had
the game on at the hotel (me trying to figure out the rules), then left to
go to dinner and toured the city for a few hours. When we came back, the
same guy was still at bat and had scored a few hundred runs while we were
gone.
Please tell me you're joking ...
If not, what in the hell is this game?! I must admit I don't know the
rules to cricket, but if that kind of craziness happens, count me out.
The current record for a batsman having his turn at bat
in a first class grade match (top national level club match
or international "test" match) is a score of 501 runs, not out.
Lara has the top score for a Test, but I'm pretty sure that a score of 576
was made in an Indian first class match. IIRC that gentleman outscored the
entire other team, in both innings.
see... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lara
Lara recently toured here in Australia, and he is without
doubt one of the greats.
Unfortunately he knows it, too.
Beside the "singles" - where you run from one end
of the wicket to the other after hitting the ball, you can
score four runs for a hit that reaches the edge of the
playing field or even six runs for a ball hit over the
boundary on the full.
Note that Lara's score of 501 was *not out*, which means
that he ran out of partners needed to bat at the other end
of the wicket. Unfortunately, his massive score just happens
to already be trademarked by a clothing company, so he
hasn't been able to use that in promotions.
(signed) marc
Marc Buhler
A Cricket Dad - and proud of it.
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Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
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| User: "Marc" |
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01 Jan 2006 11:35:20 PM |
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Patrick James wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 22:33:49 -0500, Marc wrote
.............. snip
Lara has the top score for a Test, but I'm pretty sure that a score of 576
was made in an Indian first class match. IIRC that gentleman outscored the
entire other team, in both innings.
.......... snip
It may be so that a score greater than Lara's
was made, but may I just point out that it seems
to have happened on the Indian subcontinent.
In that case, you have to wonder....
(signed) marc
Marc Buhler
Parramatta -
Australia's second settlement.
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| User: "Patrick James" |
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01 Jan 2006 11:12:36 PM |
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On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 21:20:35 -0500, Cyde Weys wrote
(in article <1136168435.649016.181940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):
Zamboni wrote:
<chris.linthompson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136139829.589422.137190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Gosh, considering you'll watch cricket for days on end I don't
see how anyone could be too surprised. Don't they have a grass
growing championship for the Commonwealth? <g>
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
My wife and I were in Melbourne during the Ashes tournament in 2003. We had
the game on at the hotel (me trying to figure out the rules), then left to
go to dinner and toured the city for a few hours. When we came back, the
same guy was still at bat and had scored a few hundred runs while we were
gone.
Please tell me you're joking ...
If not, what in the hell is this game?! I must admit I don't know the
rules to cricket, but if that kind of craziness happens, count me out.
Cricket, lovely cricket... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Calypso>
In cricket there are, like in baseball, two teams. Cricket has 11 per.
Baseball has positions which have funny names, like shortstop and... well,
that's about it. Cricket has positions which have funny names like, silly mid
off (and silly mid on...) and square leg and short leg and long leg, and
slips. Baseball has four bases, one of which is where the batsman gets to be
targeted by high-speed globular objects. The other three start off empty, but
can have occupants if the person throwing the high-speed globular objects
screws up. In cricket there are only two bases (wickets) separated by a
stretch of flat, hard-packed earth (also a wicket; a sticky wicket is when
the wicket's muddy). An inning in baseball is over when three batsmen are
out. If a batsman is hit by the large globular object, he gets to advance to
the next base. An innings (note the 's'...) in cricket is when 10 batsmen are
out... as there have to be _two_ batsmen available. The last guy is 'not
out'. (The captain of the team batting can also 'declare' his innings over if
he thinks that he's got enough runs to win, even if fewer than ten of his
batsmen are out.) In baseball there are 9 innings. In cricket there are only
two. (to be defeated by an innings and x runs is to have one team score so
heavily in its first innings that the combined score of the other team still
comes up short, and the first team doesn't need to bat again. Normally, teams
alternate batting and being in the field; team A will bat out an innings,
then team B, then team A, then team B. To 'follow on' is when team A racked
up a really big score, so big that when team B went in to bat they weren't
able to get close in their first innings, and so will be forced to take their
second innings immediately after being all out in the first innings, just to
try to catch up.)
If a batsman is out in cricket, he's lost his wicket. (Cricket is in love
with certain words...) The wicket is also the three vertical sticks, bridged
with two horizontal ones, which stands behind a batsman. (A batsman can be
out 'hit wicket' if he dislodges one of the vertical or horizontal sticks
accidentally. He's out bowled if the ball hits the wicket and dislodges one
or more sticks.) If a batsman is hit by the large globular object (which in
cricket is made of red leather and has a seam designed to raise welts on
contact) he can be out. (That's leg before wicket; I said that cricket loves
certain words...) In baseball, it's bad if the large globular object hits the
ground before reaching the batsman; in cricket, it's bad if it doesn't hit
the ground. (One reason why a sticky wicket is so bad is that the ball
bounces real funny when it hits mud...) In baseball, the pitcher stands on a
little mound. In cricket, the bowler runs forward to a certain place on the
wicket and then releases the ball. A good fast bowler can get the ball to
move at 100 mph... after it bounces. (And, oh, a 'bouncer' is when a fast
bowler is heaving one of those 100 mph balls aimed so that it's at
head-height when it arrives at the batsman. See further 'pace like fire', and
Holding, Garner, Croft, and Marshall...) (Holding obliterated England in
England in 1976, and would have been Jamaica's Sportsman of the Year except
that Donald Quarry mined Olympic gold that year...)
<http://p076.ezboard.com/fteamfortisfrm8.showMessage?topicID=13.topic> (The
pic at the top of the page is of boys from his old high school, Kingston
College; the tie is distinctive.)
The batsman 'defends his wicket' by knocking away the ball with his bat, or
his gloves, or the pads on his legs (so long as he isn't, in the opinion of
the umpire, leg before wicket, that is...) until he's out. A good batsman can
bat for days. Literally. Brian
God's-gift-to-cricket,-if-he-does-say-so-himself (no, I don't like him, why
do you ask?) Lara holds the record for number of runs scored in a Test match.
<http://members.tripod.com/anansiweb/brianlara.htm> A run is scored by
hitting or otherwise deflecting the ball long enough for the batsman 'taking
strike' to run to the other wicket, while the batsman at the other end runs
the other way, and takes strike. Two runs, two exchanges. Three runs, three
exchanges. If the ball makes it all the way to the boundary, that's four
runs, and the batsmen don't have to actually run. If the ball gets to the
boundary without touching the ground first, that's six runs.
Every six balls is an 'over'. (In some uncivilized regions, it's eight. They
walk around upside down there, and sell Foster's to unsuspecting Yankees.)
The team in the field changes over so that they're now bowling at the _other_
batsman, the one who wasn't taking strike. Gary Sobers once got six sixes in
an over, the rough equivalent of six grand-slam home runs in a row. In a
single at-bat.
A Test match is an international match, and lasts for five days (unless one
team gets hammered; see further 'pace like fire'...) The Test nations are
England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand,
South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the West Indies. (which, without pace like fire
is now almost as bad as Bangladesh. They've lost to Kenya, God help us all.)
for further info, see
<http://www.lords.org/data/files/laws_of_cricket_2003-8685.pdf>
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Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
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| User: "Tiny Bulcher" |
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01 Jan 2006 03:42:05 PM |
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wrote:
Tiny Bulcher wrote:
I was taken to a baseball game once. It finished 2-1. I'm not letting
any merkin tell me cricket is dull again.
Rather like root canal, baseball games eventually end. While they might
seem boring to the unitiated (and initiation can be painful) at least
it is doable in small doses.
I *guess you can say the same for cricket. After all, you can go have a
meal, see a movie, play darts in a pub, work out, go to bed for the
night, and return to the match, and the same side is still up, doing
the exact same thing. Kind of like a sanity check, I guess.
Well, at least cricket concentrates the pain all in one place ... the
White Sox played 162 games in the regular season alone last year. You
could visit Chicago a dozen times, and every time you went the Sox
would be playing the Twins.
Anyway, I actually like baseball. Go Red Sox. I just can't believe
anyone could think it less boring than cricket. Now let's sink our
differences and all get together to laugh at New Zealanders, whose idea
of a large time is watching Rugby Union.
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Tiny
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| User: "Mark James" |
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31 Dec 2005 02:25:40 PM |
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As applies to the UK!
(b). Surfing. Most people claim for injuries sustained while taking
their surfboard off the top of their car.
Having grown up in Watford, I do not remember many surfers. Perhaps
they all lived elsewhere.
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| User: "kathryn" |
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31 Dec 2005 07:00:48 AM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
rugby?x2
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| User: "Mike Dworetsky" |
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31 Dec 2005 01:22:42 PM |
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"kathryn" <nospam@here.com> wrote in message
news:dp5ve0$t1s$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
rugby?x2
No, try another guess. I read the same newspapers as TW.
Another Question: In which sport do the most fatalities take place?
--
Mike Dworetsky
(Remove "pants" spamblock to send e-mail)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:45:35 AM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
--
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
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| User: "The Ghost In The Machine" |
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31 Dec 2005 01:00:35 PM |
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In alt.atheism, Robibnikoff
<witchypoo@broomstick.com>
wrote
on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:45:35 -0500
<41nqtcF1f95n5U1@individual.net>:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
That would be a natural reaction to some of the ChristianCrap(tm)
posted around here... :-)
--
#191,
It's still legal to go .sigless.
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| User: "Eris" |
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01 Jan 2006 08:03:04 PM |
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:45:35 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Ooooh, like last night?
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:06:12 PM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Servum tui ero, ipse vespera
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| User: "wade" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:14:41 PM |
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John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:22:20 PM |
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"wade" <wade.hines@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:1136088881.736457.103530@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
Out of boredom?
--
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
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| User: "Ye Old One" |
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01 Jan 2006 09:06:54 AM |
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On 31 Dec 2005 20:14:41 -0800, "wade" <wade.hines@rcn.com> enriched
this group when s/he wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
Far too new-fangled. Stoolball is the real game.
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Bob.
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:27:35 PM |
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wade wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
No, they have protective medication in the form of beer. Many things seem
interesting when seen through a haze of beer.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Servum tui ero, ipse vespera
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| User: "wade" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:38:47 PM |
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John Wilkins wrote:
wade wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
No, they have protective medication in the form of beer. Many things seem
interesting when seen through a haze of beer.
What fraction of the world's 5 billion even know which cricket matches
are being played at a given time?
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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31 Dec 2005 10:49:34 PM |
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wade wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
wade wrote:
John Wilkins wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:fhucr19qj73v1ibmglsda7mocj8pjcou02@4ax.com...
As applies to the UK!
(b). And while we're at it, which sport is responsible for the most
insurance claims?
I was very amused by the answers, and will post in a few hours.
Um, hurling?
Curling. It kills thousands of spectators each game.
I expect more folks die during a cricket match than die during
other sporting matches.
No, they have protective medication in the form of beer. Many things seem
interesting when seen through a haze of beer.
What fraction of the world's 5 billion even know which cricket matches
are being played at a given time?
About 2/5. India alone accounts for that many, and then there's Pakistan,
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, and some island nation off the
coast of France. Also, cricket is played by Canadians, for what that is worth,
although not at international level. I gather some Americans also play it.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Servum tui ero, ipse vespera
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