Bugger
Sorry to hear that mate. Focus on the league, and all that.

You'll be relieved to hear that my "outfit" is just a black shirt, with a red tie to match the missus' dress, and Latin trousers. Will have to invest in some proper tailored gear at some point, once I've lost some weight and won the lottery
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 11:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I assume that all that stuff costs an absolute fortune?
From the pics I've seen you're not exactly a lardarse so I wouldn't worry about that.

We're not doing all that well in the league either to be honest. We've 'won' 2 games out of 5 so far, but 1 of those wins was a forfeit. It also hasn't helped that 2 of the games where we got off to good starts were subsequently abandoned due to the shit weather.

Our match next weekend is away to the 2nd top team in the league, so it could be a bit of an ordeal.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)

You never know mate, the form has to come sooner or later
How many teams are in your league?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Well fingers crossed
It doesn't help that our club president/opening bowler had a massive flounce after the game yesterday. He's resigned and said that he's not coming back. All because our scorer marked the book in accordance with the umpires signals. Crazy stuff. The umpire signalled 4 runs, which the scorer marked against the bowler, but apparently the batsman didn't touch it, so it should have been 4 byes. Totally pathetic. The scorer is not permitted to question the umpire's signals.

There are 12 teams in our division. 2 go up and 2 go down. Thankfully 1 team is almost certainly guaranteed to go down as their whole club has been punished for non-payment of fees. All of their teams have had to forfeit all their matches in the first half of the season, which is a blessing.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Hang about
Your CLUB PRESIDENT has flounced because his average is going to be slightly worse than he believes it should be?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:16, Reply)

That's about the size of it.
He bowled 6 overs, 0 wickets for 11 runs, but he insists that it should have been 0 wickets for 7 runs. For fuck's sake.

And muggins here is vice-president, so I now appear to be driving the bus.

I've texted him back telling him to take a few days to think it over, and that I really don't think it's worth resigning over. What a tit though.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Bellend
He should be more concerned with the "0 wickets" part. I say you take over and flood the team with more friends and family members.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Well exactly. He bowled really well, but just couldn't take any wickets.
Then the overweight, sluggish skipper came on lobbing his hand grenades, and took 3 wickets. This might also have contributed to the flounce I suppose.

Frankly I'm running out of GFs and family members to play. My daughter knocked me back last week - what more can I do?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:27, Reply)

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( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:28, Reply)

I'm not sure how you managed to locate that picture
and I'm too scared to ask.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:33, Reply)

You're just going to have to do some more procreating, aren't you

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Well obviously there's a bit of a 'lead time' associated with having children with the intention of breeding a cricket team
but the real killer is that I had the walnut whip years ago.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:35, Reply)

Definite lack of foresight there Rev
Surely you should have known that the day would come when you'd need to breed your own seam attack.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:37, Reply)

Of course it doesn't stop me launching my own semen attack
as my GF may discover tonight.

/bukkakelols

No seriously though, 2 sprogs is more than enough. Any more than that is sheer lunacy.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:41, Reply)

Saw a mate with last night who's got two kids, one 4 and the other 16 months
He said he wants more, and that "dealing with two kids is the same as dealing with one". As one of the proud Childless Men of B3ta, I'm ill-poised to suggest otherwise, but this sounded very much like total bullshit to me
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:46, Reply)

He's not fooling anyone with that shit.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I call bullshit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Thought so
I don't know anyone amongst my IRL friends who hasn't been utterly destroyed during the first 6-12 months of having a newborn, so this attitude seemed most peculiar.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 12:51, Reply)