Comments on: Middlesex v Gloucestershire County Championship match report

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:30:13 +0000

No, mum doesn’t wear ties, although she did wear the trousers in my parents marriage, but that’s another story!

By: D Charlton

D Charlton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:31:18 +0000

Air stewardess wear sort-of ties, depending on their particular carrier.

Do you get cheap flights Ged?

By: Soviet Onion

Soviet Onion — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:15:32 +0000

I think i have only seen women wearing ties, in Italian chain reteraunts like Bella Pasta or such like, maybe his Mum does some a bit of waitressing.

Ive never met a cad or a bounder i feel like my life is missing out.

By: LOVERBOY

LOVERBOY — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:42:11 +0000

I believe Ged,that you also assocciate with one or two other disreputable characters,paticularly in the Bowler’s Bar and The Upper Tier.
You should know that a gentleman is known by the company he keeps,and perhapds you need to give some thought to the dubious reputation of some whom you hang out with.
A friend.

By: SarahCanterbury

SarahCanterbury — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:55:22 +0000

Given that you associate with bounders, I’m worrying about what “going about [your] own business in the morning” entailed.

By: D Charlton

D Charlton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:10:30 +0000

Maybe your mum is a schoolgirl? They wear ties.

By: Suave

Suave — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:00:01 +0000

Why is your mum wearing ties, is she a transvestite?

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:36:06 +0000

Ceci – KC edited out a key fact, which is that we retired to my flat to make the phone calls between lunch and Lord’s – I live quite close to HQ. However, I like your “spare mum-donated tie for emergencies” idea and shall carry one with me when I am in the City during the day and hoping to get to Lord’s for the last hour or so of play.

I attach a link to the unabridged version of this report, on MTWD, but must warn readers that there are references to the cricket contained in the unabridged version:

http://www.cricketnetwork.co.uk/main/s66/st133038.htm

Good call on Charley “The Gent” Malloy being a dodgy bounder; not his real name of course, our Charley, who comes from Romford (say no more) has acquired the name of Rod Steiger’s character from “On The Waterfront”. Here’s a link to a photo (of Steiger and Brando, not our Charley)

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3561723904/ch0010762

In defence of our Charley, when my mum stopped laughing at the story she told me that it would only be polite to tell Charley to keep the tie. Which I did. But Charley insisted that he should return the tie. To date, the tie remains with Charley.

You may continue to form your own views.

By: Ceci

Ceci — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:21:33 +0000

I was pondering the tie too – do you carry a spare Mum-donated tie with you for emergencies?

By: DamithS

DamithS — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:24:52 +0000

“Gents”

Pidgeons

and No cricket.

Love it !