Chosen Mysteries

Sundae · 01-24-2012, 12:17 PM

Cricket.

I love its quitessentially English nature.
I like that it is mysterious and nonsensical and is played by real sportsmen who still stop to have tea. I love that it is played on my local park by the British born Asian boys in the same way lads used to have a kickabout (soccer) in mine.

But I cannot be arsed to learn the rules.

I would rather be baffled by someone's maiden over, the fact they are 57 for 7 and that they are bowling from the gasworks' end (I know what that means in slang though).
It's a mystery and I don't want to rob it of that.

01-24-2012, 12:17 PM	#20
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Cricket. I love its quitessentially English nature. I like that it is mysterious and nonsensical and is played by real sportsmen who still stop to have tea. I love that it is played on my local park by the British born Asian boys in the same way lads used to have a kickabout (soccer) in mine. But I cannot be arsed to learn the rules. I would rather be baffled by someone's maiden over, the fact they are 57 for 7 and that they are bowling from the gasworks' end (I know what that means in slang though). It's a mystery and I don't want to rob it of that.

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