Comments on: Are England annoying enough?

By: Will H.

Will H. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:56:28 +0000

We’ve been saved! The Courier Mail (Aus):

“This annoying young fast bowler [Stuart Broad], who sometimes carries on like a spoilt brat, may well have bowled England to Ashes glory in a burst of destruction which ripped the heart out of Australia’s batting.”

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:49:26 +0000

You’ve got to be careful with eye rolling/wha’evahing to colleagues though.

I did that to be to my “team leader” once and the consequent bollocking prompted my (long time coming) resignation.

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:13:38 +0000

Rolling your eyes and sayinh “wha’evah” is not restricted to teenhage use as far as I know. I use this method all the time with my tiny circle of work colleagues, friends and family.

By: HD

HD — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:11:31 +0000

This picture would annoy Ponting for sure ..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49055561@N00/3840883636/

By: SimonC

SimonC — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:18:49 +0000

At the end of a long and elaborate sledge, reply simply, “so’s your face.” The less sense this makes in context, the better. If a rejoinder is forthcoming, respond, “I saw a hedge once, what’s your point?”

The only man in the world this doesn’t work on is my flatmate, who is further from an Australia call-up than it is possible to describe.

By: Ceci

Ceci — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:42:45 +0000

The obnoxious teenage mode variant could be applied to point 2 – just replace “What” with “Wha’evah” and an appalled roll of the eyes.

By: KK

KK — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:50:14 +0000

Matt Prior, while standing up to the stumps to Graeme Swann, could swat imaginary flies, and flick imaginary dust, off Ricky Ponting’s helmet with his keeper’s glove.

By: The Leading Edge

The Leading Edge — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:35:18 +0000

Annoying pointless banter can be good (as in annoying) also. I nominate my favourite ‘geezer’, Graeme ‘Swanny’ Swann. I find his twitter annoying enough anyway…