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.

[(Anonymous)]

Two words: ILLEGAL BOOKIES.

Just saying ...

Charlotte

[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....

[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.

[femmequixotic]

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

[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!