Comments on: When Mr Cricket became Mr Anecdote https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: daneel https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55325 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:37:04 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55325 In reply to cent.

The bloody songs come across as some kind of weird fetish. Is it a form of foreplay for Australian cricketers?

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By: Oh no! https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55321 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:53:45 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55321 “Michael was very empathetic to my situation, and I certainly did not tell him to stick anything up his ass.”

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By: cent https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55312 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:18:10 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55312 lol… looks like a real page-turner that one. (as in, turning the pages very fast, searching for the good bits)

what is it with the aussies and their bloody team song?? i swear they are the only nation on earth which gets more worked up about all that sort of nonsense than the americans do… doubtless something to do with the way in which the country was “founded”, but still… none of the current crop are actually sons of convicts are they? what do they really have to prove? {shakes head in disbelief]

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By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55311 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:15:49 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55311 In reply to Ged.

It’s also how we pronounce ‘hugely’.

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By: D Charlton https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55310 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:13:57 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55310 In reply to D Charlton.

I now want to hurt things.

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By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55309 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:05:25 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55309 In reply to Ged.

The word ugely has only one definition: similar to “hugely”, but delivered with butterfingers.

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By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55308 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:03:37 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55308 The word coincidence has two meanings. The more common one is the thing about uncorrelated or unlikely sets of occurences, perhaps seemingly strange.

The more scientific one is about several (most often, two) things happening at the same time or in the same place.

By the more scientific definition, Andrew McDonald replacing Andrew Symonds in the team is a coincidence.

Mike Hussey is a bit of a geek, so we might expect the more scientific use of the word coincidence from him.

Unfortunatley, the evidence also suggests that Hussey is not much of a wordsmith, so you might be right, KC, he has no real idea what some of his words might mean but tosses them about like so much confetti.

The anecdote about Andrew McDonald’s icebreaker is not only ugely revealing but is also an absolute scream. Surely worth the price of the book alone.

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By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55307 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:49:20 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55307 In reply to D Charlton.

It now works. Brace yourselves for razor sharp, memoirs-worthy wit.

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By: D Charlton https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55306 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:44:45 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55306 Link doesn’t work! Make it work! I need that punchline!

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By: John https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/when-mr-cricket-became-mr-anecdote/2013/09/23/#comment-55305 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:07:28 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10814#comment-55305 Coming soon, to a bargain bin near you!

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