Topic: Western Gulls (Read 30604 times)

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #75 on:** March 16, 2009, 05:46:59 PM »

I looove Finding Nemo

(My fav TV host is in it, Rove Mc Manus, he's a poo eating crab at the end of it lol.)

Those are our gulls lol, here they are just called common gulls (for obvious reasons) in fact they are so common that our Cricketers each year manage to knock an estimated 86 of them out of the skies

49er · « **Reply #76 on:** March 16, 2009, 05:51:27 PM »

Quote from: mweed on March 16, 2009, 03:08:39 PM

Wester, Laughing, Bonaparte's . . . I don't know the difference. But all I can think of is that line from Nemo . . .

"Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! . . . "

.....and that is an universal translation of Gull!

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 16, 2009, 05:46:59 PM

Those are our gulls lol, here they are just called common gulls (for obvious reasons) in fact they are so common that our Cricketers each year manage to knock an estimated 86 of them out of the skies

Your Cricketers must have good strong arms and keen eyes. BTW, how many players and spectators do they manage to hit?

fancyfont · « **Reply #77 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:44:00 PM »

I wasn't sure what the game of cricket was. According to my research the ball can go fast as 90 miles an hour. Ouch!!!

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #78 on:** March 16, 2009, 08:52:48 PM »

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Your Cricketers must have good strong arms and keen eyes. BTW, how many players and spectators do they manage to hit?

The spectators are well away from the fast balls lol and the players are trained to duck. But the Seagulls wander everywhere picking up scraps and whatnot so they get clobbered on a regular basis

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I wasn't sure what the game of cricket was.

You don't have cricket

fancyfont · « **Reply #79 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:17:11 PM »

I've never seen a game.

When You first mentioned cricket I was thinking of croquet. I wondered how that would clobber a seagull. Big differance of games.

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #80 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:10:52 PM »

LOL!!! Well maybe if the seagull was on the ground... with its ears plugged... and its back to the ball... and the sun was in its eyes... LOL.

49er · « **Reply #81 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:21:25 PM »

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 16, 2009, 08:52:48 PM

You don't have cricket

Another example of how uncivilized we Americans are. But a lot of us have heard of the saying, "That's just not Cricket!" Even if we don't know what cricket is.

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #82 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:31:52 PM »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9STtcwo0xE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9STtcwo0xE</a>

49er · « **Reply #83 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:43:23 PM »

So what part of Australia is Kansas in?

fancyfont · « **Reply #84 on:** March 17, 2009, 12:01:52 AM »

49er, I was wondering the same thing.

I know what a bat and a ball and I certainly know what bowling is, but put them together and I have never seen a cricket game in my life.
Come to this forum and learn.

49er · « **Reply #85 on:** March 17, 2009, 12:28:13 AM »

In trying to keep to the topic, (hehehe

) around the time that gold was found in California, California Gulls flew to Utah and ate all the crickets there. Maybe that's why we don't play Cricket in the US.

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #86 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:44:04 AM »

I'm not sure about Kansas, but there is a Texas in Queensland

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In trying to keep to the topic, (hehehe Cheesy) around the time that gold was found in California, California Gulls flew to Utah and ate all the crickets there. Maybe that's why we don't play Cricket in the US.Wink

If that's on topic lol I'd hate to see off-topic

Would it matter if the gulls ate all the crickets? I'm not sure about there but here they don't play any significant environmental function, just food for other animals.

Edit: Oh there is a Kansas in Sydney

49er · « **Reply #87 on:** March 17, 2009, 04:07:36 AM »

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 17, 2009, 02:44:04 AM

I'm not sure about Kansas, but there is a Texas in Queensland
Edit: Oh there is a Kansas in Sydney

I was just curious, we have a state named Kansas. But it's famous for flat, wheat, tornadoes and the wizard of Oz, not cricket.

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #88 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:28:11 PM »

49er couldn'ta said it better 'bout ole kansas. haha

As far as this cricket game, it's rather peculiar. I don't quite get it, though. Silly me, I'm just an American. No vegemite, no cricket!!

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #89 on:** March 17, 2009, 04:35:00 PM »

Whats to get lol, the batter tries to hit the ball as far away as possible without having their wickets/stumps knocked down in the meantime. After each hit the batter has to run to the other end of the pitch (and possibly back again) before the other team fetches the ball and tries to knock over their wickets/stumps before they get there.

The bowler tries his hardest to bowl a ball the batter can't hit.

Fielders try to retrieve the ball as fast as possible to stop the batter getting too many runs. If they catch the ball on the full it is an instant out for the batter.

Then the teams swap over and it all starts again...

Then of course you have the trickier things like ducks, no balls, wides, sixes, fours, run outs, umpires, ashes, tests, one dayers...

allosaurus · « **Reply #90 on:** March 17, 2009, 04:37:54 PM »

Why is cricket called cricket? it should be called Grasshopper.

degers · « **Reply #91 on:** March 17, 2009, 04:44:19 PM »

DOn't forget "overs" IMR

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #92 on:** March 17, 2009, 05:03:08 PM »

Lols it is probably confusing enough without the overs... but an over is six balls bowled excluding wides and no balls

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #93 on:** March 17, 2009, 05:05:30 PM »

Bloody #$&%!! I still don't get it! Why couldn't you just use good old fashioned American Baseball or American Football. Those, hehe I comprehend! This sport that's named after an annoying insect, I don't get it. But as long as you have fun!

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #94 on:** March 17, 2009, 05:31:28 PM »

Actually I can't stand the game

I think its so boring

Give me AFL (Australian Football League, absolutely nothing like American football or soccer) any day

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #95 on:** March 17, 2009, 05:51:20 PM »

Aye dios mio. I'm not much of a sports fan.

(I did do cheerleading in high school though, if that counts for anything...)

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #96 on:** March 17, 2009, 06:13:00 PM »

Lol that would be fun

We didn't have cheerleaders at my high school... but then we didn't have any sports teams either... But then it was only a small school, 300 students max

I'm not that keen on sports either, but I do like the horse racing, not that I bet, I just love admiring those gorgeous horses

fancyfont · « **Reply #97 on:** March 18, 2009, 12:02:17 AM »

Cheerleading has sure evolved over the years. There's competitions on TV. I'd hate to be at the top of the pyramid. Too high up for me. Great to watch, though.

49er · « **Reply #98 on:** March 20, 2009, 09:18:26 AM »

Maybe there is cricket in the Kansas of the US after all.

It appears there are 750 teams here according to this article. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9352242/Ramirez-takes-a-swing-at-cricket. InmemoryofRomeo, if you came here you could become equally bored. Tho' I'm sure we have many other boring sports. (I know I'm about to make enemies here, but,) for me the most boring sport is a toss up between watching paint dry and golf!

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #99 on:** March 20, 2009, 10:51:39 AM »

I'd rather watch the paint dry. At least there's enthusiasm there.

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