I was elated by the cricket, shame the footie took the edge off it... Still, in some ways they were similar, very close with England just holding the edge, just one stayed with us and one spectacularly went pear-shaped.
Credit to both teams for doing well against decent / very good opposition, and to the cricketers for not only getting the whitewash but for an excellently entertaining series. Oh, and the chance to hear Blowers cut off halfway through relaying the match situation to talk about buses.

[Blob] Indeed. I retract my insensitive interpretation of the English language.

Changed the words slightly, but you get the gist of what I'm getting at!!!

I think it was something like this I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now and being as how I had to watch the game in france I bloody well am!!!!!

[Tuj] It was a great test series, capped off by the Mark Richardson v Ashley Giles epic sprint. I like the home series because BBC Radio 4 LW webcasts the match -- I can listen to all of the pigeons and Weapons of Cake Consumption while I'm at work. ;)

[DrQ] There's such an English charm to it. And yes, I saw that sprint to, superb. What was Richardson wearing!?

[Tuj] Looks like a mid-70s speed-skating suit.

And all in that lovely colour scheme. Excellent!

"I like speed and I like the thrill of it."
-- George Bush the Elder, 41^th President of the United States, after skydiving on his 80^th birthday

the timezone change never ceases to amaze me, it is still tonight where i am but for you guys it is already tomorow morning. where can i pick up a copy of the rule book? is it legal to play the biscut game if i have never had a true cup of tea(just that american stuff)?

[Snagandorf] Play away old thing! But just remember you won't be able to dunk.

i did once buy fifty packets of earl grey for a dollar, i put one directly in my mouth and sucked on it for half an hour, does this count as tea or did i stain my teeth for nothing? it may take an extra turn but i can still envoke the mighty coffie dunk of java. i just turned twenty one, i have only began to confront those wh call me kid, i refuse to be called old thing!

I'm not 19 till August and I love being called old thing! :) Makes one feel silly (in the dash good way), what.

A common facetious greeting in the pub among men of my age (61) is "Good evening, young man". More, I say, more.

[Rosie]Nights out with you must be a scream! ;)

I remember reading in Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd that Gabriel Oak was (quote from memory warning) "of that age when people begin to stop prefixing 'man' with 'young'" - and he's then revealed to be 29. Ever since, I have thought of 29 as the age when one stops being young. That means I have nine months of youth left.

[BM] People will still call you "young man" but they'll do it to humour you.

(Boolbar) You're right; that's why we oldies do it, to take the piss out of each other.

For some reason, I think of 50 as the boundary. I can see it in the distance, like a barricade across the road, rapidly getting closer.

young man is fine,but i work as a cart pusher at walmart(a job usualy reserved for those under age 18), and i get called "hey kid". when i tell my coworkers how old i am they are supprised(apparently i look quite young for my age).