I'm reading my boy Roald Dahl's 'Tales of Childhood' at the moment, and he talks at length and in some detail about getting the cane. That shit was outlawed when I was at school and thank fuck for that.

Genius idea

Edit - damn @jegga beat me to it in the awesome thread

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@No-Quarter I missed the Pope drop, but I'm guessing it's not as bad as the one that Denly just dropped off Kane.

You'd get abused for dropping that one in tenth grade!

I normally keep but once when I was fielding at mid wicket I dropped a catch just like that. The batsmen was so surprised he was half way down the pitch walking off meaning I could easily run him out, so I proceeded to throw the ball way above the keepers head conceding an overthrow. That piece of fielding will stick with me for the rest of my life.

I'm very comfortable with it pissing down from here on leaving our two best players not out in the 100s. Perfect end to the series.

@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Sounds like that rain isn't too far away, better put the hammer down Rossco.

He got the memo alright!

@mariner4life said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

fucking love you Kane

Fucking timely little return to form before we head across the ditch for the GOAT.

@Cyclops said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Effectively 12/2. A very retro Black Caps scoreline with R A Ndom and M S Cellaneous 90's Black Caps openers back in the pavilion.

Handy of Pope to drop Williamson.

That was such a bad drop. I get people make mistakes, but his whole technique was terrible - poor body position, moved late, hands in the wrong position. Is he an actual keeper or a batsmen that keeps a bit?

Batsman that keeps a bit. I think this is either his 5th or 6th time keeping in first class cricket. England didn't bring out a keeper to back up Buttler, favouring an extra batsman.

Very costly. You can get away with it in the shorter forms but bad keepers inevitably gets found out in the test arena. Dropping guys like Kane (or Kohli, Smith etc) who can just bat for days can cost you the game.

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Effectively 12/2. A very retro Black Caps scoreline with R A Ndom and M S Cellaneous 90's Black Caps openers back in the pavilion.

Handy of Pope to drop Williamson.

That was such a bad drop. I get people make mistakes, but his whole technique was terrible - poor body position, moved late, hands in the wrong position. Is he an actual keeper or a batsmen that keeps a bit?

@Salacious-Crumb said in Climate Change #3 & Other Environmental Issues:

Greta wrote an op-ed this past weekend. At least she’s not even pretending her activism is just about the environment any more. She’s got biggger fish to fry.

Why We Strike Again

[...]

That action must be powerful and wide-ranging. After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities.

[...]

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-strikes-un-conference-madrid-by-greta-thunberg-et-al-2019-11

The claptrap about colonialism, racism, patriarchy and oppression are straight out of globalist Marxist training manuals.

That's why Nuclear is never on the table for these types of people. All that does is produce clean energy, it doesn't dismantle the patriarchy.

@Tim that weird shot of him nibbling his wife's finger on stage is real too apparently. Does nobody around him have the guts to pull him aside and tell him maybe this campaign is a bridge too far and to just enjoy his retirement?