Sunday, August 24, 2008

SUNDAY POST

The infamous and glorious cricket-chap, Mr G Boycott, says "adversity never breaks a good man". ( Boycott was also slow on the score-scale but he sure did score). Boycott has often been labelled as a man who needed a mother and not a girlfriend or companion-in-lust. So I thought on this good Sunday I would seek out a women-friendly response.

This far I come-up with : " Adversity in men often makes a good woman".

I am still seeking............


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Zola have you ever tried a rotton sailor?

zola a social thing said...

Will you please stick to cricket.
Take care of your off stumps.

anticant said...

I had a female cousin who belonged to an all-woman cricket team during WW2. They bowled overarm, and the male spectators used to shout "Show a leg, girl!"

Merkin said...

'Following the world cup, against Australia during a Test match at Perth in 1979–80, Boycott became the first man to be marooned on 99 not out in a Test when he ran out of partners.'

http://tinyurl.com/5rlc49

zola a social thing said...

A drinking mate of Inspector Morse was heard joking about the way he had run out Boycott.
Partner had run out of patience with the slow blocker Boycott. This partner was anyway playing with a hangover. Guess you know his name.
Ah those pub days and nights were the big stories break.

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