mjmooney Posted March 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, bickster said: My method's better, I don't watch such shite in the first place to be remotely interested and if I do come across a spoiler I wouldn't have a clue what it was on about This. My sum total of Eastenders knowledge: Dot Cotton Dirty Den & Ange Sharon? Somebody called Mitchell Somebody called Beale (Gleaned entirely from trailers, overheard women's conversations, and seeing the front covers of shite magazines at the supermarket checkout). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 20, 2018 I don't think I'll ever understand the bizarre desire to dislike things. I dislike a lot of things and people. I avoid them. The end. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 6 hours ago, mjmooney said: This. My sum total of Eastenders knowledge: Dot Cotton Dirty Den & Ange Sharon? Somebody called Mitchell Somebody called Beale (Gleaned entirely from trailers, overheard women's conversations, and seeing the front covers of shite magazines at the supermarket checkout). We need to talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Not me, I keep myself in the dark and refuse to read into new movies or watch trailers. One thing I do not get, why trailers nowadays show the whole fricking movie, twists and all. It's not just these days. Watch the Terminator 2 trailer. It gives away that Arnie is the goodie! The first half hour of that film is clearly shot to make you think he's the bad guy again and Robert Patrick is the protector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: We need to talk. Daaaaaaan the 'arches'... Edited March 20, 2018 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Cricket and superhero films. I dont watch or ingest anything to do with them so spoilers are not only not paid attention to. They have zero context. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Seat68 said: Cricket and superhero films. I dont watch or ingest anything to do with them so spoilers are not only not paid attention to. They have zero context. First test against New Zealand starts tonight. How Marvel-lous. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Seat68 said: Cricket and superhero films. I dont watch or ingest anything to do with them so spoilers are not only not paid attention to. They have zero context. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Seat68 said: Cricket and superhero films. I dont watch or ingest anything to do with them so spoilers are not only not paid attention to. They have zero context. you don't go to cricket to watch it .. you go to sit outside drinking beer in the sunshine without everyone think you are a pisshead ( well , until the point you gate crash a black tie event at the oval wearing shorts and t-shirt , then everyone sorta knows your a pisshead ) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Not that I've ever had enough spare time to do it often enough, but summer afternoons watching cricket are glorious. Both Worcester's and Cardiff's pitches are superb for this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Rodders said: Not that I've ever had enough spare time to do it often enough, but summer afternoons watching cricket are glorious. Both Worcester's and Cardiff's pitches are superb for this. What, even if there is still-wet paint available? I think not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The argument is that its a great place to go to and have a few pints, I stress to people that say this, I can do that at the pub, and you have to have a moderate interest in the sport to start off with. I don't get it, doesnt mean that those that do are odd. (they are though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2018 Summers Day, whiling the day away watching cricket, drinking a few pints... sounds great to me, just wish I had the opportunity to do it. I prefer to do it at a small ground not a county type ground, like one of our local clubs. Bar, not over-priced, in fact often very cheap, get served whenever bit of a natter and watch the game every now and again. Would I go on a day of shit weather, not a chance. Lovely summers day at the weekend, yep if I've nothing better to do why not 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Sounds idyllic, wish I ever had the chance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I don't want to sound arsey but I don't really get how general sports fans with a decent attention span and intelligence can grow up in this country and dislike cricket, especially when you add the social side of watching it too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Albrighton Posted March 21, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) In fairness to @mjmooney, he lives in Yorkshire and, at least to my understanding, cricket isn’t really a big deal there. Edited March 21, 2018 by Shropshire Lad 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 54 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I don't want to sound arsey but I don't really get how general sports fans with a decent attention span and intelligence can grow up in this country and dislike cricket, especially when you add the social side of watching it too. Cricket. 2/10 WNB. Peter. 47. Shit attention span and below average intelligence. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted March 21, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 The whole article is worth a read, if you've not seen it before.. It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. Quote ....After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind) I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry. It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side-effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game. It is the only sport that incorporates meal breaks. It is the only sport that shares its name with an insect. It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as players (more if they are moderately restless). It is the only competitive activity of any type, other than perhaps baking, in which you can dress in white from head to toe and be as clean at the end of the day as you were at the beginning. Imagine a form of baseball in which the pitcher, after each delivery. collects the ball from the catcher and walks slowly with it out to centre field; and that there, after a minute's pause to collect himself, he turns and runs full tilt towards the pitcher's mound before hurling the ball at the ankles of a man who stands before him wearing a riding hat, heavy gloves of the sort used to handle radioactive isotopes, and a mattress strapped to each leg. Imagine moreover that if this batsman fails to hit the ball in a way that heartens him sufficiently to waddle sixty feet with mattresses strapped to his legs he is under no formal compulsion to run; he may stand there all day, and, as a rule, does. If by some miracle he is coaxed into making a misstroke that leads him to being put out, all the fielders throw up their arms in triumph and have a big hug. Then tea is called and everyone retires happily to a distant pavilion to fortify for the next siege. Now imagine all this going on for so long that by the time the match concludes autumn has crept in and all your library books are overdue. There you have cricket..... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2018 12 hours ago, Seat68 said: Cricket and superhero films. I dont watch or ingest anything to do with them so spoilers are not only not paid attention to. They have zero context. You’re obviously not aware of the classic cricket film “The full number of overs that are scheduled to be bowled that day”. Because remember, there’s no such thing as a draw in cricket. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I've got a part share of one of the posh seats at Glamorgan Sophia Gardens. One of those ones where I can sit inside the glass watching the football on a big screen, having a decent meal, or wander outside with a drink and sit on a big comfy padded seat, under some cover and watch some cricket. Oh yeah. Except I don't go that often though, partly because I'm sharing and partly 'cos of work so I'm rarely in the right town on the right day with the right weather. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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