The Smashingly British Thread

[General Zod]

Dangermouse was the best British cartoon ever Penfold ,shush 😛 😛

 

[chrisheaven]

LBW <== can't get more British than "leg before wicket"

Good one, Mils- did I ever explain the LBW law?

 

[milagros317]

Actually, I once looked it up on the internet and posted the full text of it. 😀

One of 200,000+ lost posts in the great pruning of December 2004.

 

[ShiningIce]

TALLY HO!!!

 

[chrisheaven]

shall we take tea in the drawing room?

 

[mark 19]

“Oh dear god we’re out of earl grey!”

“Oh come now darling stiff upper lip and all that, now pass me my copy of the FT”

 

[milagros317]

I would like some roast beef with horseradish sauce, please. 😀

 

[General Zod]

I wonder who resurected this silly thread 😀 😀

 

[isabeau]

jolly good i must post although i am not posting on the silly forum. but bloody good thread. god save the queen and all that . well done brits. i need a spot of tea my fine mates. with a cucumber sandwich and scones.

isabeau

 

[milagros317]

I wonder who resurected this silly thread 😀 😀

It was Chrisheaven who resurrected it, for which he deserves a kick in the arse. 😀 😀

 

[mark 19]

Americans crack me up …. I mean ... Jolly good wheeze hay old bean! 🙄

 

[milagros317]

Be sure that you don't put your leg before the wicket, old chap. 😛

 

[mark 19]

What the dickens are you talking about now? 😀

 

[milagros317]

What the dickens are you talking about now? 😀

I am telling not to commit the horrendous offense of "leg before wicket" in cricket. 😛

Leg before wicket (LBW)
1. Out LBW
The striker is out LBW in the circumstances set out below.
(a)The bowler delivers a ball, not being a No ball

and (b) the ball, if it is not intercepted full pitch, pitches in line between wicket and wicket or on the off side of the striker's wicket

and (c) the ball not having previously touched his bat, the striker intercepts the ball, either full pitch or after pitching, with any part of his person

and (d) the point of impact, even if above the level of the bails
either (i) is between wicket and wicket
or (ii) is either between wicket and wicket or outside the line of the off stump, if the striker has made no genuine attempt to play the ball with his bat

and (e) but for the interception, the ball would have hit the wicket.

2. Interception of the ball
(a) In assessing points (c), (d) and (e) in 1 above, only the first interception is to be considered.

(b) In assessing point (e) in 1 above, it is to be assumed that the path of the ball before interception would have continued after interception, irrespective of whether the ball might have pitched subsequently or not.

3. Off side of wicket
The off side of the striker's wicket shall be determined by the striker's stance at the moment the ball comes into play for that delivery.

 

[amk714]

I'm not going to make fun of the British, because I like the British. In fact, if I weren't American, I'd want to be British. Yes, the British are good people. This guy, in particular. 😀

 

[milagros317]

I have no idea who that is, but he looks like a jerk. 😀

 

[amk714]

Rowan Atkinson Information Gateway

Rowan Atkinson (IMDb)

British comedian. Most popular characters: Mr. Bean and Johnny English. 😀

 

[milagros317]

Ah, a professional comedian who wants to look that way for his act. 😀

 

[amk714]

Here's another one. 😛

 

[milagros317]

Benny Hill? 😀

 

[amk714]

The one and only! Here's a better picture of him. 😀

 

[milagros317]

I thought I recognized him, I've seen his show.
Quite funny, but my favorite BBC comedy is "Fawlty Towers." Must be 25 or 30 years old, that series.

 

[leafstk]

Jolly good show, that Faulty Towers is!! Bah, I truly miss Monty Python 😀

 

[amk714]

John Cleese rules! 😀

 

[chrisheaven]

Have the papers come yet, Fawlty?
Yes, Major!