tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post3930422248088310228..comments2023-12-22T10:58:27.976+00:00Comments on Millennium Housewife: Cricket: A Lesson In Being British*Millennium Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-44417838129175898812010-01-07T23:27:17.987+00:002010-01-07T23:27:17.987+00:00I hope you know how fascinating your blog is for a...I hope you know how fascinating your blog is for an American like me. I am endlessly fascinated how people from different countries can be so absolutely different in every way.<br /><br />I would love to propose that bit about stopping play to let the other team "catch up". Even at the Little League level (kids ages 5 to 12), everyone on the field would be completely horrified at the very concept. It goes completely against the whole American way of life.AdriansCrazyLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463022076036044242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-35584524595080557302009-11-05T17:23:44.205+00:002009-11-05T17:23:44.205+00:00I live in NYC so am not generally surrounded by cr...I live in NYC so am not generally surrounded by cricket. However, in the summer, a large group of gentlemen get together to play on the asphalt school play yard next to my building every weekend. For three years, from 17 floors up, I have watched them. And I have still learned nothing about the game.<br /><br />My husband & I have joked that they probably aren't playing a new game every weekend; rather, they have been the same continuous game for all 3 years that we've lived here. They stop in the winter, still keeping the score in their heads, and then pick it back up come sunnier days. It just goes on and on and...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237921600705834870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-56492177969452532652009-10-29T15:38:03.972+00:002009-10-29T15:38:03.972+00:00Hey im here from SITS!
Cricket......yawn, i am so ...Hey im here from SITS!<br />Cricket......yawn, i am so so glad my husband has no interest in the sport.....feel for youWelcomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927761621985672385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-86776402023190471842009-10-11T22:13:15.604+01:002009-10-11T22:13:15.604+01:00MH, you are clearly an expert. I think you should...MH, you are clearly an expert. I think you should contact the beeb and see if they need a new pundit.Tooting Squaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733893764386843969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-50825294598892966082009-10-11T22:07:02.064+01:002009-10-11T22:07:02.064+01:00So funny :-) I've never been able to understan...So funny :-) I've never been able to understand the game, i'd prefer to watch paint dry. There's an award for you at my blog.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810638337124194629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-36992334370718828432009-10-11T21:03:03.837+01:002009-10-11T21:03:03.837+01:00Well, I AM English and thanks MH, you just about e...Well, I AM English and thanks MH, you just about explained it all better than my dad ever could. Is it any suprise I married a dutchman so I didn't have to put up with this crxp?Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-53401726279484469942009-10-11T20:41:04.372+01:002009-10-11T20:41:04.372+01:00Almost makes me glad to be a football widow instea...Almost makes me glad to be a football widow instead. And I bet you have to wash his cricket whites as well, don't you?Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-69801639472458144442009-10-10T23:17:56.190+01:002009-10-10T23:17:56.190+01:00Hi! I am a blogger newbie. (I should probably stop...Hi! I am a blogger newbie. (I should probably stop telling people this).<br /><br />Beautiful blog. I will need to spend a lot of time here I can tell. It will take me awhile to learn the language...<br /><br />So Cricket huh?<br />Excuse me but...what?? Wow.<br />That game sounds...fun. (not!) Love, love,loved your description of it though! <br /><br />Happy Sharefest Saturday!!!<br />Nuff said.Lucky Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005323702335977442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-43887665564797811182009-10-10T13:16:07.222+01:002009-10-10T13:16:07.222+01:00Happy Sharefest Saturday!!! :) That's some int...Happy Sharefest Saturday!!! :) That's some interesting info to share. I really didn't know that much :)One with many nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893745855343786190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-34778306246912340462009-10-10T12:23:34.375+01:002009-10-10T12:23:34.375+01:00My sympathies go out to you, because personally I ...My sympathies go out to you, because personally I have never had to endure(sorry, I mean watch) a game of cricket where a loved one has been in it. I would sooner watch paint dry......even if there are free cucumber sandwiches!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-11133291673095519422009-10-10T06:41:24.845+01:002009-10-10T06:41:24.845+01:00Sadly I pretty much totally understand cricket now...Sadly I pretty much totally understand cricket now. My husband is obviously a lot more persuasive than yours! But I do love your explanation. Reminds me a lot of this classic:<br /><br /><i>Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...<br />You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.<br />When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game. </i><br /><br />And, yeah - what is it about why you English won't let we Aussies take the actual Ashes out of the country when we do win them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-27758510607697377522009-10-10T06:17:50.977+01:002009-10-10T06:17:50.977+01:00Wow. Your description kept me on the edge of my se...Wow. Your description kept me on the edge of my seat.<br /><br />Now then, you must come visit me in the States when they all convene to play again. We'll have wine in flannel PJs, watch movies, eat pizza, aaaahhhhh. <br /><br />In the meantime, I applaud your tolerance, friend.Lawyer Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487040434589941351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-19186152339151302432009-10-09T20:09:03.236+01:002009-10-09T20:09:03.236+01:00Oh so true. very well put. Iloved all the comments...Oh so true. very well put. Iloved all the comments too! I'm a cricket widow. I actually learnt to play for a women's novice team whilst at uni. It made me view the game differently. It was such a laugh. And made a change eating rather than making the teas. Still don't really understand it though. Do have a slight fondness for it I must admit like BIB, especially when it involves a lovely summer's day & a bottle of wine.Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-74902471370350058812009-10-09T18:30:31.899+01:002009-10-09T18:30:31.899+01:00Even with you explaining it, I still don't get...Even with you explaining it, I still don't get this game! Loved reading the post tho! Thanks for dropping by my blog. Your comment really made me LOL.Chocolate Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301400033914265735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-856021054536483382009-10-09T12:41:50.689+01:002009-10-09T12:41:50.689+01:00I always wondered how Cricket was played! Visiting...I always wondered how Cricket was played! Visiting from SITS!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027677071838593464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-80323246630417683752009-10-09T12:36:58.539+01:002009-10-09T12:36:58.539+01:00Interesting. I'm a football (American-style) w...Interesting. I'm a football (American-style) widow, myself. Just last nite he stayed up late watching a college game-on the bedroom TV, while I was trying to get some Zsssssss...SITS sent me by, and I'm glad they did!<br /><br /><a href="http://scholastic-scribe.blogspot.com/2009/10/bring-me-ben-jerrys-please.html" rel="nofollow">Bring Me Ben & Jerry's, Please!</a>Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-91222714477727800642009-10-09T12:08:16.792+01:002009-10-09T12:08:16.792+01:00This is my kind of cricket - gently poking fun at ...This is my kind of cricket - gently poking fun at the game in a way only a non-devotee can!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-61642659295838213922009-10-09T11:28:55.926+01:002009-10-09T11:28:55.926+01:00I believe that you must secretly have quite a thin...I believe that you must secretly have quite a thing for cricket (or is it the cricketers?) because you seem to know a great deal. Me? I only have to hear the word and bury my head in the sand!Vichttp://glowstars.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-72088554142557949142009-10-09T09:40:37.046+01:002009-10-09T09:40:37.046+01:00I believe it was a cricket bail that an Englishman...I believe it was a cricket <i>bail</i> that an Englishman (possibly Jack the Ripper) set fire to. And you forgot to describe the protective device that the batsman wears to protect that which is dear to his honest buxom wife.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-9437990551467060272009-10-09T09:17:34.093+01:002009-10-09T09:17:34.093+01:00I cannot find enough patience in me for cricket. I...I cannot find enough patience in me for cricket. I have a (female) friend who will listen to it on the radio all summer, and it baffles me completely. She doesn't even watch it on TV.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-60539415966199065882009-10-09T06:23:58.347+01:002009-10-09T06:23:58.347+01:00I am with you on the boredom. My hubby never cease...I am with you on the boredom. My hubby never ceases to try and educate me, he desperately wants me to enjoy it like he does. I sit through his explanations, stifling the yawns, and am none the wiser.<br />I say to him, 'shall I explain this knitting pattern and show you how all the stitches go together to make a sweater?' He gets the message sometimes!<br /><br />Love GrannyMarian Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765534146844251398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-65267774478077844542009-10-09T05:59:52.443+01:002009-10-09T05:59:52.443+01:00I hate to say it but I have a fondness for cricket...I hate to say it but I have a fondness for cricket (especially the radio commentary) - what other sport can you go out for several hours and come back to take up again where you more or less left off<br /><br />Oh and you didn't mention that the Ashes urn is the MOST ridiculous trophy - its about 3 inches high...Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-55581372238320884902009-10-09T02:03:21.876+01:002009-10-09T02:03:21.876+01:00And everything's a wicket. Tell a brit that a...And everything's a wicket. Tell a brit that and they'll say: "no, certainly not. Only...." And then they'll describe cricket and use the word 'wicket' 459 times.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-43651797462346404902009-10-08T23:32:18.850+01:002009-10-08T23:32:18.850+01:00You forgot about sticky wickets and googlies.
Cri...You forgot about sticky wickets and googlies.<br /><br />Cricket makes me want to do housework.<br /><br />Enough said.<br /><br />:DInsomniac Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061757394358835889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-91817649807945814272009-10-08T22:59:54.942+01:002009-10-08T22:59:54.942+01:00Can you jst expplain the offside rule for me?Can you jst expplain the offside rule for me?Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.com