Saturday, March 5, 2011



Sat. 11.15pm.
I have had a lot of queries (no surprise there) asking me to give an introductory guide to beginners, on the nuances of cricket. Thanks to a friend and fellow cricket enthusiast M.O’D. I post below:
CRICKET: As explained to a foreigner...
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

ntdwa really: I happened to spot a Marian Harkin on T.V. this evening. Do these Euro MEPs do the old squirrel thing because they seem to disappear for long traunches of time? A regular question of mine-in quizes-is to ask participants to name one (for MENSA people 2!)Connacht/ Ulster M.E.P. Another question....have these MEPs any input into the Irish European debt queries....or do they just meet in Dumbawumba Never Never Land?

Thursday week March 17th (!) is St. Patrick's Day. Just flagging it. I hope floats etc in Ballinafad and Carrick et al are encouraged to participate in Boyle. There should be a good few political floats this year with the Ming Dynasty to the fore.

Junior Minister of Transport Angela Mitchell O'Connor who drives down (4 not 5)steps. I thought I'd see Michael Kane close by a mini in a remake of 'The German Job'.


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