mjazzg Posted March 24, 2015 Report Posted March 24, 2015 Can't sleep, just watched New Zealand beat South Africa in the semi finals of cricket world cup. Came down to the second to last ball, needed 5 runs off 2 balls. Elliot hits a 6. Hits it in to the stands. I couldn't believe it. That was unbearably intense. Elliot is seriously the legend of all legends. Well done NZ. It was exciting enough listening on the radio from the other end of the planet. Heaven only knows what Eden Gardens must've been like. SA choke again! Now all we need is for the Black Caps to beat Aussie in the final. Come on NZ! edit to add: the less said about England's woeful and shameful 'appearance' the better Cheers man. I've seen NZ choke in that situation so many times and as the game went on i was getting more and more of a sinking feeling. The whole country is buzzing today, it's amazing how for better or worse a sporting event can affect the mood of a nation. My mum's partner used to be a stock broker and he said business was always affected the following week depending on whether the All Blacks won or lost. And yes, condolences about England. The current kiwi team is probably the best one day side we've ever fielded but we are well used to poor performances in previous years. I'm glad everyone's enjoying it so much I am of course hoping for a reversal of England/NZ fortunes come the Rugby World Cup Ha ha, ya never know! England are tough to beat, especially at home. And the ABs in the Rugby world cup have given us many classic examples of choking unfortunately. Almost always go in as favourites, have only won twice, both times at home. When we got knocked out by France in the cup before last, the scenes at work on the following monday were pretty hilarious actually. It was seriously like someone had died. I suspect home advantage is our only hope.....but hope we can. Let's start a thread (of two) come September Quote
xybert Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Well, just an update to provide closure, we went on to get pretty much thrashed by the Aussies in the final. Australia totally outplayed us on the day. Disappointed that we lost but more disappointed by the less than exciting match (Aussie cruised to victory in the end). At least it wrapped up early so i could get to bed at a reasonable hour. Hats off to the Aussies, they deserved to win. I suspect home advantage is our only hope.....but hope we can. Let's start a thread (of two) come September Will do! Quote
mjazzg Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Well, just an update to provide closure, we went on to get pretty much thrashed by the Aussies in the final. Australia totally outplayed us on the day. Disappointed that we lost but more disappointed by the less than exciting match (Aussie cruised to victory in the end). At least it wrapped up early so i could get to bed at a reasonable hour. Hats off to the Aussies, they deserved to win. I suspect home advantage is our only hope.....but hope we can. Let's start a thread (of two) come September Will do! Yes,a shame on two counts really. It would've been good to see NZ carry their run through to the final. It did all seem a bit of an anticlimax from this distance and as a neutral Quote
xybert Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Well, just an update to provide closure, we went on to get pretty much thrashed by the Aussies in the final. Australia totally outplayed us on the day. Disappointed that we lost but more disappointed by the less than exciting match (Aussie cruised to victory in the end). At least it wrapped up early so i could get to bed at a reasonable hour. Hats off to the Aussies, they deserved to win. I suspect home advantage is our only hope.....but hope we can. Let's start a thread (of two) come September Will do! Yes,a shame on two counts really. It would've been good to see NZ carry their run through to the final. It did all seem a bit of an anticlimax from this distance and as a neutral Yeah, it's a bit of a cliche but i think that the win against South Africa was our final. We blew our load as a team and as a country. The fact that we came so close to losing against SA was a major reality check for me and it kind of got me mentally prepared for losing against the Aussies. Plus i feel like it could have gone either way against SA and, as much as we deserved it, we were lucky just to be there in the final. Interesting contrast between the SA players after the match with NZ and the NZ players after the match with Aussie. The SA players fought so hard and came so close, they were in tears at the end. By comparison for the kiwis the final almost seemed like a non-event in the end (as gutted as i'm sure they were). Quote
jeffcrom Posted May 18, 2015 Report Posted May 18, 2015 "Agent Layoff Karma" is an anagram of "Lofty Fake Anagram." Quote
mjazzg Posted May 25, 2015 Report Posted May 25, 2015 England vs New Zealand proving that Test cricket is alive and well as an intriguing and exciting experience. Come on England! Quote
JSngry Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 Bright Side, Dark Side, which is which, not for me to say. Quote
johnblitweiler Posted June 18, 2015 Report Posted June 18, 2015 A burry tong is an anagram of Gary Burton Quote
JSngry Posted June 18, 2015 Report Posted June 18, 2015 Anagrams for "gary burton a lofty fake anagram": http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=gary+burton+lofty+fake+anagram&t=1000&a=n Recommended if you like rutabagas. Quote
jeffcrom Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 The principles of playing percussion, as formulated by a young musician at the middle school band camp at which I taught this week: 1. Hit the thing. 2. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. Quote
Spontooneous Posted July 23, 2015 Report Posted July 23, 2015 You know what I really miss on this board?Universal interns. Quote
xybert Posted September 13, 2015 Report Posted September 13, 2015 Listening to the radio this morning on the way to work, there was this call in competition where you have to guess who the famous person is. They give you a clue, someone calls in and has a guess, they get it wrong, then they give another clue, someone else calls in and has a guess etc until someone gets it.So the clues given at the stage we were listening were:- He had been a private in the army (someone guessed Forrest Gump lol)- He lived to be 90.- He worked at a gas station and sold insurance before coming up with the thing that made him famous.So this guy calls up, he was going to guess Elvis but the previous person had already guessed that and realised that he didn't live to 90 anyway. So the hosts take pity on him and tell him to take a wild stab in the dark. The guy has no idea, and you can hear in his voice that he can't even be bothered thinking of anyone random, so slim are the odds that it would be right. My wife, who was sitting next to me, says, "the KFC guy!" and i'm like, slightly contemptuously, "seriously? The clues are so obscure, it could literally be anybody." So anyway the caller is umming and ahhing and blindly guesses "aaaah Colonel Sanders?" and what do you know it was the right answer.  Quote
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