Advent-ures in boggling, redux

[blamebrampton]

Oh dear. England? What on earth was that?

Current theories to explain today's events include:
1. The WACA is currently the Greatest Bowling Wicket In The World.
2. England were up far too late last night following Liz Hurley and Shane Warne's twitter streams.
3. There is a God, and Mitchell Johnson is is cousin.
4. England have taken a look at the last two tests, realised there are still two to go, and noticed that things were about to become Very Boring Indeed so played today as though it were a friendly.
5. Someone is finally thinking of the day five day four ticket holders. Possibly the day three ticket holders at the rate things are going.


PS Spent the afternoon at work Christmas lunch (in pub, 30m from my house, joy!), with the cricket on downstairs. Three of us were Brits and would take the occasional journey down to see how things were going. I admit that at first there was a degree of gloating. As things worsened, rationalisation took the place of gloating (see above). Some time around five, my compatriot M came upstairs, shaking his head. 'I walked into the bar, and looked at the screen,' he told me. 'And I said "Oh, that's not good!" and everyone else looked at me and shook their heads and the barman said "It's bloody good" and I thought, ooh, wrong crowd. Wrong crowd ...'

Comments

[why-am-i.livejournal.com]

For once, I actually feel like I need to support my own team. In a general, roundabout sort of way. It's not so much "go, Australia, go!" as "well, I think you could put a bit more effort into it, and you're sort of turning into the underdogs, and maybe you could do with a bit of moral support, and it is well known that I care not a whit for sport, but in general terms, I think it would be nice if you did a bit better, which translates eventually into support of the moral kind, excluding Warney of course, and... oh, you want me to provide you with support from a bit further away where you can't hear me? OK. That is an arrangement of mutual benefit. Go Australia!", but such is life.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That makes perfect sense to me! I have to say that it is obviously vengeance for our hubris, because just before play began today, M and I were teasing our friend C, who is a ferocious Australia fan, and saying 'It's just so much nicer to beat a good team. Why can't we have nice things?'

She was suitably gracious later in the day, I believe her cackling was entirely supportive.

[(Anonymous)]

Two words: ILLEGAL BOOKIES.

Just saying ...

Charlotte

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Don't think the thought didn't cross my mind!

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

4, clearly.

Also, the likelihood of getting out of the country with the requisite number of limbs, after a 4-0 victory... also, making Sydney a dead rubber....

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I think. Either that or they were all hopelessly hungover ... I was laughing at the local commentators who were so dismissive of Johnson, though. If there's a better man of the match, it will be something amazing.

[mama-pyjama.livejournal.com]

Number 4 - it's too cold here in England to want to come home early. And there would be little point in playing in Sydney if it is all over bar the shouting.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Hee! My friend C thinks that all the single hotties on the England team are just hoping for sympathy shags, which they are more likely to get here than a victory one ;-)

[femmequixotic]

I gave up at the lunch break and went to bed, cursing Johnson roundly. :/

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

At least he's handsome. I feel so much less awful when hot people are involved ...

[femmequixotic]

The pretty definitely does help.

It's amazing how absolutely lovely cricketers are. I think the hotness-to-player ratio may actually surpass that of the World Cup.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

To be fair, most of the Australian team resemble one form of spud or another ;-)

[femmequixotic]

But England MORE than makes up for them. :)

(I may have developed an enormous crush on Swanny recently. *looks shifty*)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That would be because you have good taste! Yes there are possibly two passable Australians but almost all of the England team is tasty. I have decided I should focus on Cook, because the others are all far too tall!

[femmequixotic]

Cook is lovely! As are Broady and Finn, both of whom are my other two crushes. *G* (I seem to have a thing for the tall ones. I think it's a reaction to my own distinct lack-of-height.) I think Broad/Finn may now be my secret OTP. As Noe says, I am far too predictable. :D

Oh, and Anderson. I must say I love Anderson. His little quirky face has grown on me.

[wivern.livejournal.com]

And it was going so well. *grumbles*

Think of me in Melbourne supporting England. *g* I know it is better if it's a real contest. But I want us to win!