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Calvin
Sep 19, 2018, 10:42:19 PM9/19/18
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1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
7 What is the French word for Germany?
8 In which sport could one compete for the ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
I am away for a week so it won't be marked before 28/9.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Sep 19, 2018, 10:49:49 PM9/19/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
swaddling
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ???Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy????
curling
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs??? Golden Temple?
Amritsar
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
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Mark Brader
Sep 19, 2018, 11:18:39 PM9/19/18
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Calvin:
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are
> among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct
> answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
A golf ball. Possibly the club too, I don't know.
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and
> 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
Moore.
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
Denmark Strait?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
St-Saens.
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
Allemagne.
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the 'Air Canada Silver
> Broom Trophy'?
Never heard of that one, but it's got to be curling.
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs' Golden Temple?
Amritsar.
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature
> is 'The Speckled Band'?
Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
or something that the villain dangles over the victim to guide
the snake down to him.
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m...@vex.net | --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant
> with blankets or other cloths?
Swaddling.
> with blankets or other cloths?
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are
> among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct
> answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and
> 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the 'Air Canada Silver
> Broom Trophy'?
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs' Golden Temple?
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature
> is 'The Speckled Band'?
speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
or something that the villain dangles over the victim to guide
the snake down to him.
--
Mark Brader | "The only physical constants that can be measured
Toronto | are the ones in universes that contain physicists."
m...@vex.net | --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Sep 20, 2018, 10:11:32 AM9/20/18
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
> or something that the villain dangles over the victim to guide
> the snake down to him.
No, there is a piece of fabric (a bell cord) but the snake is the
> Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
> or something that the villain dangles over the victim to guide
> the snake down to him.
speckled band.
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 20, 2018, 2:46:56 PM9/20/18
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Golf club
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
Verdi
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
Allemagne
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ?Air Canada Silver Broom
> Trophy??
Curling
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs? Golden Temple?
Srinagar
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is
> 'The Speckled Band'?
>
Werewolf
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ?Air Canada Silver Broom
> Trophy??
Curling
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs? Golden Temple?
Srinagar
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is
> 'The Speckled Band'?
>
Mark Brader
Sep 20, 2018, 5:23:19 PM9/20/18
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Mark Brader:
Dan Blum:
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m...@vex.net | without reading a big manual." -- Brian Kernighan
>> Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
>> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
>> or something...
>> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
Dan Blum:
> No, there is a piece of fabric (a bell cord) but the snake is the
> speckled band.
So it is. Good thing I said "if", eh?
> speckled band.
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Mark Brader | "The default choice ... is in many ways the most
Toronto | important thing. ... People can get started
m...@vex.net | without reading a big manual." -- Brian Kernighan
Pete Gayde
Sep 20, 2018, 5:41:26 PM9/20/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f703ccc7-d38c-4627...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant
> with blankets or other cloths?
Swaddling
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and
> universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United
> Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including
> 'goals'.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
Golf ball
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004)
> and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
Sea of Greenland
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
Saint Saens
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
Allemagne
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the
> ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
Curling
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
Amritsar
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story,
> what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
Snake
>
>
> I am away for a week so it won't be marked before 28/9.
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:f703ccc7-d38c-4627...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant
> with blankets or other cloths?
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and
> universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United
> Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including
> 'goals'.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004)
> and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the
> ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story,
> what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
>
>
> I am away for a week so it won't be marked before 28/9.
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Dan Tilque
Sep 23, 2018, 12:54:39 AM9/23/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
swaddling
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque
Sep 23, 2018, 2:24:45 AM9/23/18
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Mark Brader wrote:
> Calvin:
>> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
>
> A golf ball. Possibly the club too, I don't know.
Shepard didn't bring a complete club. He hit the ball with a club head
attached to the end of a rock sampling device. He probably left the club
head there to save weight for the return from the moon.
--
Dan Tilque
> Calvin:
>> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
>
> A golf ball. Possibly the club too, I don't know.
attached to the end of a rock sampling device. He probably left the club
head there to save weight for the return from the moon.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Sep 23, 2018, 5:19:05 AM9/23/18
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Dan Tilque:
Hmm. Does that conform with the rules of golf?
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m...@vex.net | you want. -- Chris Torek (after Douglas Adams)
> Shepard didn't bring a complete club. He hit the ball with a club head
> attached to the end of a rock sampling device...
Hmm. Does that conform with the rules of golf?
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Mark Brader | scanf() is even more complicated and usually does
Toronto | something almost but not completely unlike what
m...@vex.net | you want. -- Chris Torek (after Douglas Adams)
Calvin
Oct 2, 2018, 8:30:44 PM10/2/18
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:42:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
Apologies for the delay, but where is everyone???
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
Swaddlng
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
Millennium Development Goals
http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en/
No-one got this.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
Golf balls. I accepted club as well.
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
Morgan Spurlock
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/
No-one got this either.
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
Denmark Strait
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
Camille Saint Seans
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
Allemagne
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
Ice Hockey
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
Amritsar
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
A snake [or similar]
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 537
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 23 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 21 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 17 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 0 4 0 2 2 4 4 2 2 23 58%
Congratulations Mark.
cheers,
calvin
Apologies for the delay, but where is everyone???
> 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths?
> 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including 'goals'.
http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en/
No-one got this.
> 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon?
> 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/
No-one got this either.
> 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland?
> 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'?
> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> 8 In which sport could one compete for the ‘Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy’?
> 9 In which India city is the Sikhs’ Golden Temple?
> 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 537
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 23 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 21 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 17 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 0 4 0 2 2 4 4 2 2 23 58%
Congratulations Mark.
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
Oct 2, 2018, 8:31:13 PM10/2/18
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:23:19 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> >> Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
> >> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
> >> or something...
>
> Dan Blum:
> > No, there is a piece of fabric (a bell cord) but the snake is the
> > speckled band.
>
> So it is.
There is no such creature of course.
> Mark Brader:
> >> Snake, if any. But if I'm recalling the story correctly, the
> >> speckled band is not the snake itself; it's a strip of fabric
> >> or something...
>
> Dan Blum:
> > No, there is a piece of fabric (a bell cord) but the snake is the
> > speckled band.
>
> So it is.
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
Oct 2, 2018, 8:31:49 PM10/2/18
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On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 7:19:05 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
> > Shepard didn't bring a complete club. He hit the ball with a club head
> > attached to the end of a rock sampling device...
>
> Hmm. Does that conform with the rules of golf?
I suspect he grounded his club in a hazard too.
> Dan Tilque:
> > Shepard didn't bring a complete club. He hit the ball with a club head
> > attached to the end of a rock sampling device...
>
> Hmm. Does that conform with the rules of golf?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Oct 2, 2018, 8:40:45 PM10/2/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> Morgan Spurlock
> https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/
> No-one got this either.
I answered "Spurlock," but you don't seem to have seen my answers.
> > 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
> Morgan Spurlock
> https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/
> No-one got this either.
Mark Brader
Oct 2, 2018, 9:37:53 PM10/2/18
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"Calvin":
got credit for it.
This explains why I never heard of the thing:
http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/03/silver-broom-has-home.html
http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/silver-broom-update.html
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Mark Brader "...there are other means of persuasion
m...@vex.net besides killing and threatening to kill."
Toronto --Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
> > 8 In which sport could one compete for the 'Air Canada Silver
> > Broom Trophy'?
>
> Ice Hockey
Funny how nobody said that, but everybody (whose entry you didn't miss)
> > Broom Trophy'?
>
> Ice Hockey
got credit for it.
This explains why I never heard of the thing:
http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/03/silver-broom-has-home.html
http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/silver-broom-update.html
--
Mark Brader "...there are other means of persuasion
m...@vex.net besides killing and threatening to kill."
Toronto --Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
Calvin
Oct 2, 2018, 10:32:00 PM10/2/18
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On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 10:30:44 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:42:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
Updated to include Dan B's answers.
> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:42:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> > 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)?
>
> Morgan Spurlock
> > 7 What is the French word for Germany?
>
> Allemagne
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 537
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 24 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 27 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 20 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 14 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 0 5 1 2 3 4 5 3 3 30 60%
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Oct 3, 2018, 12:29:31 AM10/3/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> >
> > Allemagne
> I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word.
I agree, I knew the correct answer but didn't think of it and what I
> > > 7 What is the French word for Germany?
> >
> > Allemagne
> I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word.
said was definitely wrong.
Mark Brader
Oct 3, 2018, 12:53:02 AM10/3/18
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"Calvin":
Now, the Silver Broom? (Doesn't change the scores.)
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>>> 7 What is the French word for Germany?
>>
>> Allemagne
>
> I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference
> would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word.
Also, that's a 2-letter difference.
>>
>> Allemagne
>
> I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference
> would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word.
Now, the Silver Broom? (Doesn't change the scores.)
--
Mark Brader | "I noted with some interest that Fahrenheit was
Toronto | also used in the weather forecast, but there the
m...@vex.net | gas marks were missing." -- Ivan A. Derzhanski
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 3, 2018, 8:36:41 AM10/3/18
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Mark, be kind on him! He is from Australia. How would he know that
curling and ice hockey are different sports? :-)
curling and ice hockey are different sports? :-)
Calvin
Oct 4, 2018, 7:04:04 PM10/4/18
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Oct 4, 2018, 10:14:22 PM10/4/18
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"Calvin":
Netherlands, and a broom is nearby, but is not being used. Presumably
it was there to sweep the ice before play.
http://www.artwall.ru/files/products/poster_p-68722.jpg
But the really notable feature of the sport is the sweeping of the ice
*during* play, and the earliest evidence for that is in pictures from
Scotland some time later, such as this one:
http://d2dcan0armyq93.cloudfront.net/photo/odai/600/f610fc929e4522a9f172b27047d064b3_600.jpg
This page has the best discussion of the origins of the game I've been
able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures:
http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/
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Mark Brader | "Are you coming to bed?"
Toronto | "I can't. This is important... Someone is WRONG on the Internet."
m...@vex.net | --Randall Munroe
> True enough. But I want to know who first thought "What this sport
> really needs is brooms!"?
This painting from 1615 shows a game of curling in progress in the
> really needs is brooms!"?
Netherlands, and a broom is nearby, but is not being used. Presumably
it was there to sweep the ice before play.
http://www.artwall.ru/files/products/poster_p-68722.jpg
But the really notable feature of the sport is the sweeping of the ice
*during* play, and the earliest evidence for that is in pictures from
Scotland some time later, such as this one:
http://d2dcan0armyq93.cloudfront.net/photo/odai/600/f610fc929e4522a9f172b27047d064b3_600.jpg
This page has the best discussion of the origins of the game I've been
able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures:
http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/
--
Mark Brader | "Are you coming to bed?"
Toronto | "I can't. This is important... Someone is WRONG on the Internet."
m...@vex.net | --Randall Munroe
Calvin
Oct 5, 2018, 1:11:25 AM10/5/18
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On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:14:22 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > True enough. But I want to know who first thought "What this sport
> > really needs is brooms!"?
> "Calvin":
> > True enough. But I want to know who first thought "What this sport
> > really needs is brooms!"?
> This page has the best discussion of the origins of the game I've been
> able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures:
>
> http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/
Thanks. Cricket's origins are similarly lost in the mists of time.
> able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures:
>
> http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/
cheers,
calvin
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