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A Touch of Cloth

Irreverently funny. Lots of those Airplane visual gags easily missed on first viewing. Relentlessly flippant, barking mad in places. Very, very funny, as was…

The world’s slowest Indian takeaway…

…who phoned to check that I’d not forgotten to collect the food. Where was I, they were asking. I was a little late. I got there as quickly as I could.

“Sorry I’m late” I said.

“No worries” they said, “it’s paid for, here’s the receipt.”

I stood at the counter, expecting someone to come from the kitchen, with the food.

“Take a seat,” they said, “it’ll be five minutes…”

Encouraging grass roots sport…

…after the vanity-olympics? Not in these parts. Another above-inflation pitch price hike, still facilities that would start a riot in a Russian prison, less and less work being done by the grounds-staff, then the icing on the cake…

…the news, at the end of August, that they’re doing works in September and our home pitches will be cancelled. At a time when opponents with cricket / football conflicts come to us because their places are unavailable.

Good work guys. Every time I hear some mug on the radio phone-ins banging on about how they had a great time after paying £300 for Olympics tickets, I just picture the local athletics meets where there’s a smattering of mums and dads, such is the natural draw of the events.

No mith, he’s called porky because…

D the Dog’s porked up no end. If BLISS doesn’t moderate the mickey-taking, he’s soon going to start answering to ‘Fatboy’ and ‘Lardy’. He’s back to obedience training on Monday, and perhaps when his recall’s better and he has more of a run off the lead he’ll shed a bit of weight.

To tea, or not to tea

There’s eleven in a cricket team. If your side’s batting after tea, and you’re one of the opening bats or going in at three, then tea is of little interest, as all you want to do is have some liquids and concentrate on the upcoming job. L confirmed his agreement today. Add to this Mr BO’S and Rich and me, who don’t really see the point (straight round, quick glass of squash, eat after the game, and there’s a majority who don’t see the tea as the focus of the afternoon as some do. Time for a change?