I heard Ingerlund won a stickball game.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Does this mean that we are being jinxed by Berni and his chums in the Barmy Army again? :-(

[Rich]

I'm quite cross about the whole thing, tbh.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

A salt of the earth boer, indeed?

So there have been two stickball games? Against Australia, is it? How many more are there to be?

When we won, did you have a half of lager and lime to celebrate?

[Rich]

Two games complete - P2 W1 D0 L1. Three games to come - and I have a terrible sense for foreboding going into them.

I shall politely ignore your comment re: larger and lime.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

thusly:

http://www.americancrisis.us/images/2014_01_22_17_40_07_118253.jpg

[Berni]

Only for it to be concreted over yesterday when England undertook a collapse the like of which I can't remember seeing for years.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Truly, we live in a multicultural paradise.

[Luis Anaconda]

sorry B

[Berni]

but it's forgivable if he's driving on the up.

http://www.sportqa.com/images/Articles/thumbs/extralarge/Chinese-Cricket-Team-an-emerging-International-squad.jpg

[Berni]

ie. You've actually got the blood from whichever country it was that your forebears emigrated?

[Ashberto]

Mentally weak, feeble and prone to disintegration and collapse at any time.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

shall we say, not necessarily tradionally christian style.

Would he have been English or Australian, this fellow? If English, is there no manager or coach who might point out to him that he is representing his country, not sleeping rough or blowing up aeroplanes?

[Classic Jorge]

Apart from actual c**ts which, I'm reliably informed, are pretty much clean shaven.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Berni]

Presumably, you would also have disapproved of this fellow, you pogonophobe?

http://www.independent.co.uk/migration_catalog/article5240985.ece/alternates/w620/grace.jpeg

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Scruffy fat *******.

[Berni]

Just give it the old 'It's a long time since I've seen one, but I'm told they're all shaven these days...is that true?' approach, I reckon.

[Luis Anaconda]

Although I suspect she would have approved of WG's disdain for letting other people win

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Teach these children a little self respect.

[Berni]

To be fair, he was probably about 60-odd in that picture. This is him when younger.

http://imageweb-cdn.magnoliasoft.net/bridgeman/supersize/hja328336.jpg

[Classic Jorge]

This is probably outweighed by the downy covering of fur that stretches from head to toe over her neolithic boyfriend.

Honestly, you thought Steven Gerrard had a low brow. This guy has eyebrow piercings to give a handy guide to his barber.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

..oh :-(

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/07/article-1083787-02625788000005DC-617_306x423_popup.jpg

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

How does that work, then? Didn't he have to run between the sticks?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Not the sort of thing sported by tramps and savages.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

the 1870s, which must be when he started to pile on the suet.

[Berni]

I'm sure he'd be very understanding. We're all men of the world, aren't we?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

his base, vulgar greed enough to maintain a sensible sportsmanlike appearance and level of fitness.

What a waste of a career.