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In shin kicking, contestants square off, lock arms and hack at each other's shins until one of them is thrown to the ground. In the bad old days, shin kickers wore hobnailed boots with metal toecaps. Some losers-and winners-ended up crippled for life, while a few died from their injuries. A report from 1843 tells of a 45-minute clog fight near Manchester, involving two men "both in a state of nudity with the exception of each having on a pair of strong boots".
Quote from: Karen W. on 12/07/2008 14:54:44I have never seen a cricket game You've not missed much, it's about as exciting as watching paint dry.
I have never seen a cricket game
Quote from: Carolyn on 12/07/2008 22:45:17Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 12/07/2008 17:41:47Quote from: Karen W. on 12/07/2008 14:54:44It is similar to baseball eh??No. Cricket takes skill. Baseball is just whacking a ball with a bit of wood & hoping for the best. And if you'd ever been hit by a cricket ball you'd realise what a bunch of nancy-boys baseball players are.Spoken just like someone that doesn't know how to play! []Why on Earth would I want to know how to play a Nancy-boy game? []
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 12/07/2008 17:41:47Quote from: Karen W. on 12/07/2008 14:54:44It is similar to baseball eh??No. Cricket takes skill. Baseball is just whacking a ball with a bit of wood & hoping for the best. And if you'd ever been hit by a cricket ball you'd realise what a bunch of nancy-boys baseball players are.Spoken just like someone that doesn't know how to play! []
Quote from: Karen W. on 12/07/2008 14:54:44It is similar to baseball eh??No. Cricket takes skill. Baseball is just whacking a ball with a bit of wood & hoping for the best. And if you'd ever been hit by a cricket ball you'd realise what a bunch of nancy-boys baseball players are.
It is similar to baseball eh??
Even with understanding, it seems the English just can't create something interesting. It is about as exciting as the Scottish game, golf.
Even with understanding, it seems the English just can't create something interesting.
Quote from: JimBob on 13/07/2008 01:36:06Even with understanding, it seems the English just can't create something interesting. You may find it was an Englishman who created this forum. If you don't find it interesting then bog off back to your greasy holes in the ground, you gneiss-gnlover!
It seems the French claim to have invented cricket.
I think quite a lot of interesting cuisine was invented by the French.
Well, if thishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_inventionsis the whole lot then I'm glad I'm not French.
In France, French kissing is called English kissing. French letters were invented by the Romans.
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 14/07/2008 20:35:24In France, French kissing is called English kissing. French letters were invented by the Romans.The Romans wrote in French?
Quote from: Make it Lady on 14/07/2008 20:40:44Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 14/07/2008 20:35:24In France, French kissing is called English kissing. French letters were invented by the Romans.The Romans wrote in French?Yes. They invented France. And they ate weasels.