Or, does English cricket have an image problem. A prize if you can spot anyone young, black, female or poor-to-middling in this wonderful slideshow, from which I've nicked this image. Gotta love those trousers.
It's feasible I suppose that that bloke could be Winstone's father but...is cricket popular in East Ham. If Demented is right cor blimey. If I've been royally merked I'll hide for a month.
Time to set up a splinter blog under a fake name, I feel. I can finally do that blog about cheeses I've always wanted to. Look out for Brie Encounter people.
Demented- 1, Merciless- 0. Fabulous merked volley from the edge of the laptop.
Vole, Merked means deceiving. Rio Ferdinand coined the term, I believe with his ITV show in 2006 I think it was. Whereby, Peter Crouch for instance would be royally embarrassed by say, a rude waiter.
Sadly, no footballers were harmed in the making of the less than successful show. Just imagine how popular it would have been if say, John Terry was run over by a JCB...
Forcing photographers to include a representative from each sex, race and age group in every photograph they published would be farcical and ridiculous. As would be forcing a representative from each group to enjoy cricket - different groups enjoy different activities, it is a fact of life!
Ooh, stressy. I'd be more impressed if you'd dared leave your name, Anonymous. Actually, this was a light-hearted comment. Strange you should think it's the photographer's fault. This is the MCC members' entrance: I believe it was men only until very recently, which is discriminatory. Did I suggest 'forcing' other people to like cricket? I don't think so. I merely think that some sports are losing fans and potential competitors through not welcoming people from all walks of life. Cricket (though not the MCC in particular) is addressing this: my sport (fencing) isn't.
That huge bloke in photo 9. Got to be a cockney wideboy who's just blagged his way in.
ReplyDeleteThe Guardian have done well today, I've just read today's proceedings in their live blog, I haven't missed a thing thankfully.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are indeed excellent and the Cockney that Merciless referred to is actually Ray Winstone's Dad.
At the risk of being merked here...really?
ReplyDeleteIt's feasible I suppose that that bloke could be Winstone's father but...is cricket popular in East Ham. If Demented is right cor blimey. If I've been royally merked I'll hide for a month.
Found a good hiding place, Merciless?
ReplyDeleteTime to set up a splinter blog under a fake name, I feel. I can finally do that blog about cheeses I've always wanted to. Look out for Brie Encounter people.
ReplyDelete'Merked'? I love 'Brie Encounter', merciless. Genius.
ReplyDeleteIt's like "owned" or "pwned", Voley.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merked
With his Winstone joke, Demon royally merked Merciless.
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ReplyDeleteDemented- 1, Merciless- 0. Fabulous merked volley from the edge of the laptop.
ReplyDeleteVole, Merked means deceiving. Rio Ferdinand coined the term, I believe with his ITV show in 2006 I think it was. Whereby, Peter Crouch for instance would be royally embarrassed by say, a rude waiter.
Sadly, no footballers were harmed in the making of the less than successful show. Just imagine how popular it would have been if say, John Terry was run over by a JCB...
Ah, thank you. I'm familiar with 'pwned' and felt pretty cool. Clearly I now hang my head.
ReplyDeleteForcing photographers to include a representative from each sex, race and age group in every photograph they published would be farcical and ridiculous. As would be forcing a representative from each group to enjoy cricket - different groups enjoy different activities, it is a fact of life!
ReplyDeleteOoh, stressy. I'd be more impressed if you'd dared leave your name, Anonymous. Actually, this was a light-hearted comment. Strange you should think it's the photographer's fault. This is the MCC members' entrance: I believe it was men only until very recently, which is discriminatory. Did I suggest 'forcing' other people to like cricket? I don't think so. I merely think that some sports are losing fans and potential competitors through not welcoming people from all walks of life. Cricket (though not the MCC in particular) is addressing this: my sport (fencing) isn't.
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