Happy Birthday America!

[star.torturer]

i dont drink

[Rane Longfox]

Well, I wandered around LA wearing my England cricket top to stick a finger up at our dear US-ian friends, but because no one has ever heard of cricket, none of them realised. Bwahaha...

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Rane Longfox

Well, I wandered around LA wearing my England cricket top to stick a finger up at our dear US-ian friends, but because no one has ever heard of cricket, none of them realised. Bwahaha...

Oh, we know about the game. We just figured what with the recent problems in football, to give you a hassle simply wasn't ... er, cricket

[YOSSARIAN]

Cricket seems like baseball with all the fun removed.

[murphy]

The only thing I know about cricket is that it is played with a ball, a bat and a "wicket?" But I have heard of it.

[Sparks the Knave]

Originally Posted by YOSSARIAN

Cricket seems like baseball with all the fun removed.

played both and find cricket to be far more fun. but a cricket ball hurts a hell of a lot more when you get hit by it on the down side haha

[YOSSARIAN]

Originally Posted by Sparks the Knave

played both and find cricket to be far more fun. but a cricket ball hurts a hell of a lot more when you get hit by it on the down side haha

I am completely ignorant about cricket. U.S. television never shows cricket matches, and I don't think anyone plays it over here. Actually, TV does show India v. Pakistan matches, but they are on Pay-Per-View and it costs like $40 to watch it.

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by YOSSARIAN

I am completely ignorant about cricket. U.S. television never shows cricket matches, and I don't think anyone plays it over here. Actually, TV does show India v. Pakistan matches, but they are on Pay-Per-View and it costs like $40 to watch it.

I watched one. It was amazingly boring. Nobody cusses, spits, grabs each others butt or other unmentionables. They are so nice and clean cut. Its almsot adorable. The little white sweaters and slacks were cute. Then I realized, um........this is really boring. So I turned it to the WWE PPV. Much more interesting. Plus in cricket, they just hit a ball...back and forth, back and forth....just like baseball, which is boring too. But at least in baseball they get dirty. Rugby, now there is a game for you. My hubby's friend is from australia, he got a rugby team going, and that i love to watch.

[Kaotic_Writer]

hope everyone had a great 4th

[Rane Longfox]

Gawd, watching WWE rather than sport. And paying for it too... how depressing.

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by Rane Longfox

Gawd, watching WWE rather than sport. And paying for it too... how depressing.

LOL. Quite possibly, but much more interesting. And paying...well, thats another story. I rarely pay for any ppv's. Thats what friends and family are for. They all come over to my house for some insane reason.

[Nesacat]

Lived in India for 5 years and that country does not just play cricket. It's lives, eats, sleeps, dreams cricket. It's funny how a game brought by the British has stayed to become a national passion. It's almost as if Indian children learn to play cricket before they learn to speak. You see it being played everywhere, on every available patch of ground by everyone from street children to executives in suits.

[Sparks the Knave]

Originally Posted by dustinzgirl

I watched one. It was amazingly boring. Nobody cusses, spits, grabs each others butt or other unmentionables. They are so nice and clean cut. Its almsot adorable. The little white sweaters and slacks were cute. Then I realized, um........this is really boring. So I turned it to the WWE PPV. Much more interesting. Plus in cricket, they just hit a ball...back and forth, back and forth....just like baseball, which is boring too. But at least in baseball they get dirty. Rugby, now there is a game for you. My hubby's friend is from australia, he got a rugby team going, and that i love to watch.

haha !! I guess you must have watched a strange match then. cricket is a game of 'sledging' (sledging being constant acidic swearing and niggel in order to put your opponent off), the ball is spat on on one side often before it is bowled each time, the grabbing and everything happens each time someone gets out, and those whites get very much dirty from the grass, dirt and red from rubbing the ball spit off on the leg of pants.

back to the topic!! hope the 4th was a good one for all from the USA!

[The Ace]

The trouble with cricket is that its not always easy to tell if England are getting slaughtered (the only time it's worthwhile). Baseball is just rounders anyway, and who can get excited at that.

[littlemissattitude]

Hey! I love baseball. Especially this year, as the Dodgers are in the playoffs.

Go Dodgers!