The Ashes 2009

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:42 pm

Aye, but people only say the 'he who laughs last' part, so comedians take that and substitute 'didn't really get the joke' for 'laughs longest'. Ie the person who laughs last hasn't really got the joke so tags on when everybody else laughs.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:45 pm

Prufrock wrote:Aye, but people only say the 'he who laughs last' part, so comedians take that and substitute 'didn't really get the joke' for 'laughs longest'. Ie the person who laughs last hasn't really got the joke so tags on when everybody else laughs.

Erm, okay.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:00 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Not exactly all over yet. A fresh start, a quick couple of wickets and keep the scoring down and we may yet salvage something. Mind you, that's if we bat like a national side and not Moss Bank CC. As for Ponting, he's answered the knockers in the best way possible. The bloke's a great competitor, a top-class cricketer, always focussed, and a superb captain. " He who laughs last etc" ...
he who laughs last... didn't really get it?
Shouldn't take much figuring out right at this moment Bish. We ain't doing much laughing right now are we.

bloody hell tango - you're hard work!!! does every post that is a joke have to have a smiley on it to indicate that it is so??

yes - we all know the phrase "he who laughs loudest laughs longest" !!!

so - changing the ending - humourous - no?? that's all!!

(shall I spell it out just in case? - he who laughs last - MIGHT indicate that the person didn't get the joke - hence the twist - the changed ending from what was expected... like.... "a bird in the hand...." ".....makes it hard to blow your nose.")

problem is - if you have to explain it or add a gazillion smilies to indicate "joke in the room" - then it ceases to be amusing.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:08 pm

thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Not exactly all over yet. A fresh start, a quick couple of wickets and keep the scoring down and we may yet salvage something. Mind you, that's if we bat like a national side and not Moss Bank CC. As for Ponting, he's answered the knockers in the best way possible. The bloke's a great competitor, a top-class cricketer, always focussed, and a superb captain. " He who laughs last etc" ...
he who laughs last... didn't really get it?
Shouldn't take much figuring out right at this moment Bish. We ain't doing much laughing right now are we.

bloody hell tango - you're hard work!!! does every post that is a joke have to have a smiley on it to indicate that it is so??

yes - we all know the phrase "he who laughs loudest laughs longest" !!!

so - changing the ending - humourous - no?? that's all!!

(shall I spell it out just in case? - he who laughs last - MIGHT indicate that the person didn't get the joke - hence the twist - the changed ending from what was expected... like.... "a bird in the hand...." ".....makes it hard to blow your nose.")

problem is - if you have to explain it or add a gazillion smilies to indicate "joke in the room" - then it ceases to be amusing.

It wasn't supposed to be a joke though. Just a throw-away line to end a post. But, hey, suitably chastised. I'll make sure I do my penance.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:16 pm

Mind boggling.

So............ 250 all out and we're back in it somewhat?

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:34 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
It wasn't supposed to be a joke though. Just a throw-away line to end a post. But, hey, suitably chastised. I'll make sure I do my penance.

eh??? nobody is saying you were joking - I was!!!

(and what has "penance" to do with anything?)

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:02 pm

thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
It wasn't supposed to be a joke though. Just a throw-away line to end a post. But, hey, suitably chastised. I'll make sure I do my penance.

eh??? nobody is saying you were joking - I was!!!

(and what has "penance" to do with anything?)

And you think I'm hard work.

Hoboh · Post by **Hoboh** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:42 am

thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
It wasn't supposed to be a joke though. Just a throw-away line to end a post. But, hey, suitably chastised. I'll make sure I do my penance.

eh??? nobody is saying you were joking - I was!!!

(and what has "penance" to do with anything?)

I thought he joined some Spanish team

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:01 am

What an amazing shambles of a day. 9 men out for 18 runs, Mr. Extras gets 17 runs, whilst one batsman manages over 30 before self-destructing and the team's wicket keeper is left at the wicket whilst everyone else leaves the field as though the fire alarm had gone off. The Australander bowlers are not that good. The Englander batsmen made a right proper mess of it (and they are not that bad).

At the current state of the Australander's innings - ignoring the obvious - their batting has been patchy and the batsmen are probably toasting the performance of the Englander bowlers even as I type. What Ricky Ponting was thinking when he seemed to lose the plot, before finally succumbing, I have no idea. Maybe he just got bored.

Nevertheless I cannot imagine the Englanders capitulating in their second innings as they did in the first. That means that the Australanders need a pretty decent first innings lead and to rattle up the runs at a jolly good rate per over if they wish to overcome a determined (should it happen) Englander side.

I look forward to the resumption of hostilities.

As an aside: I note that every Englander dismissed was caught out.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:04 am

TANGODANCER wrote:
Prufrock wrote:Aye, but people only say the 'he who laughs last' part, so comedians take that and substitute 'didn't really get the joke' for 'laughs longest'. Ie the person who laughs last hasn't really got the joke so tags on when everybody else laughs.
Erm, okay.

It's hard to expalin on t'internet without hearing the tone. My point was basically, Bishy wasn't having a go or even picking up on anything on your post, he was making an old (rubbish joke).

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:32 am

Prufrock wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Prufrock wrote:Aye, but people only say the 'he who laughs last' part, so comedians take that and substitute 'didn't really get the joke' for 'laughs longest'. Ie the person who laughs last hasn't really got the joke so tags on when everybody else laughs.
Erm, okay.
It's hard to expalin on t'internet without hearing the tone. My point was basically, Bishy wasn't having a go or even picking up on anything on your post, he was making an old (rubbish joke).

Indeed - but - hey - maybe Tango was ironically illustrating my (rubbish) joke on purpose?

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:45 am

thebish wrote: Indeed - but - hey - maybe Tango was ironically illustrating my (rubbish) joke on purpose?

You reckon?

(In best Lloyd Grossman) Whaale, let's just lurk at the ev-i-deeence here!

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:57 am

Dujon wrote:What an amazing shambles of a day. 9 men out for 18 runs, Mr. Extras gets 17 runs, whilst one batsman manages over 30 before self-destructing and the team's wicket keeper is left at the wicket whilst everyone else leaves the field as though the fire alarm had gone off. The Australander bowlers are not that good. The Englander batsmen made a right proper mess of it (and they are not that bad).

At the current state of the Australander's innings - ignoring the obvious - their batting has been patchy and the batsmen are probably toasting the performance of the Englander bowlers even as I type. What Ricky Ponting was thinking when he seemed to lose the plot, before finally succumbing, I have no idea. Maybe he just got bored.

Nevertheless I cannot imagine the Englanders capitulating in their second innings as they did in the first. That means that the Australanders need a pretty decent first innings lead and to rattle up the runs at a jolly good rate per over if they wish to overcome a determined (should it happen) Englander side.

I look forward to the resumption of hostilities.

As an aside: I note that every Englander dismissed was caught out.

ohhh - you totally overestimate us!

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:29 am

This is so bad it's bizarre.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:10 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
thebish wrote: Indeed - but - hey - maybe Tango was ironically illustrating my (rubbish) joke on purpose?
You reckon?

(In best Lloyd Grossman) Whaale, let's just lurk at the ev-i-deeence here!

Well, not accepting that there's been any comedy since Wheeltappers and Shunters finished, I was actually just using a standard expression to talk about cricket really. But hey, ho, life is full of comediens.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:55 pm

There aren't enough facepalm emoticons/pictures in the world to describe Ravi Bopara (as unlucky as he may have been).

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:56 pm

Surely Bopara has to be dropped for the 5th test? What has he got now in 8 innings? 20 runs at most

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:00 pm

Bell - End! No more a test cricketer than I am. What a pathetic attempt!

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:01 pm

Averaging 15 I think Bopara.

England have the two openers and then a 9 man tail. Pathetic.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:06 pm

Tombwfc wrote:Averaging 15 I think Bopara.

England have the two openers and then a 9 man tail. Pathetic.

We also have Robert Key who'd happily drop a dead bat on the fecking thing for two days and not go offering a mid-air glance on something going both high and wide outside off as per Ginger Bollocks!

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