Cricket Invasion
Ron Koolman
I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from, but
I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
since.
They're mainly in the kitchen and dining room. They keep the cats
marvelously entertained. Their cheerful chirping brightens the afternoon
and evening.
I thought, however, that crickets were good luck.
WHERE THE HELL IS IT?????????????????????????????
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Ron Koolman (rkoo...@one.net) wrote:
: I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from, but
: I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
: since.
:
: They're mainly in the kitchen and dining room. They keep the cats
: marvelously entertained. Their cheerful chirping brightens the afternoon
: and evening.
:
: I thought, however, that crickets were good luck.
:
: WHERE THE HELL IS IT?????????????????????????????
Think of all the money you'll save on cat food!
:>
Susan "I've cleaned up more headless crickets than I care to count" Cohen
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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:03:07 -0400, Ron Koolman <rkoo...@one.net> wrote:
>I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from, but
>I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
>since.
"We've had two this past week. Before when we first got here
there were ants -- the little red/brown/yellow ones and then the big black
flying ones --, then sowbugs, and now this."
"And I hate when the crickets make so much noise right when I'm
trying to go to sleep!"
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Ron Koolman
Lee S. Billings wrote:
> >I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from,
> but
> >I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
> >since.
> I think they have to be on the hearth to get the good luck...
>
> Celine
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! EVERYWHERE I SAY!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Lee S. Billings
In article <3421EB...@one.net>, rkoo...@one.net says...
>
>I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from,
but
>I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
>since.
>
>marvelously entertained. Their cheerful chirping brightens the
afternoon
>and evening.
>
>I thought, however, that crickets were good luck.
>
>WHERE THE HELL IS IT?????????????????????????????
I think they have to be on the hearth to get the good luck...
Celine
Kristina Johansson
Ron Koolman wrote:
> I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from,
> but
> I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
> since.
When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
could i get them confused? :)
- raven
Ron Koolman
Kristina Johansson wrote:
> When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
> invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
> dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
> could i get them confused? :)
>
> - raven
Small green noisy bugs that play a tune that lasts at least a few days.
Or until one of the cats finds them.
(Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
Ieuan David Wickham
Ron Koolman (rkoo...@one.net) wrote:
: (Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
One man throwing a ball at a target while another defends same with form.
(Misquoted and I don't have a clue who from).
Ok, that's just a description of the game.
The rules are genetic memory.
Ieuan
Andy May
> Kristina Johansson wrote:
>
>
> > When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
> > invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
> > dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
> > could i get them confused? :)
> >
> > - raven
>
> Small green noisy bugs that play a tune that lasts at least a few days.
> Or until one of the cats finds them.
>
> (Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
"Of course I do - it's easy"
"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man
that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes
in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all
out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes
out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men
still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him
out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and
goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all
the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both
sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have
been out twice after all the men have been in, including those
who are not out, that is the end of the game."
"Does that make it clearer ?"
[journeyman]
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But who's on first?
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Jim Pierce
Ron wrote:
[] Small green noisy bugs that play a tune that lasts at least a few days.
[] Or until one of the cats finds them.
[] (Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
Eeeeeeee ! Run away Run away !
sorry, but Danger Mouse tried to explain the game cricket a couple
of years ago... gave me a headache.
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Ron Koolman <rkoo...@one.net> wrote:
>Lee S. Billings wrote:
>
>> >I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from,
>> but
>> >I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying ever
>> >since.
>
>> I think they have to be on the hearth to get the good luck...
>>
>> Celine
>
>THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! EVERYWHERE I SAY!
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
<Blink, blink> "Why, Ron... Reading that, one would think that you
were afraid of them; personally, I think your writing skills - clarity
of expression, plot construction, etc., are perfectly fine: you have
nothing to worry about. I..."
<pause>
"Wait. Did you say 'CRICKETS'?????"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
<Grin>
Ben, doing 'La Cucaracha' around the propeller beanie
Don Paul
Andy May <an...@argus.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
Wonderful description snipped
> "Does that make it clearer ?"
Oh, I'm so glad you posted that. I've been trying to find it for yonks
The Sprinkboks are off to Pakistan this summer... Some Kahn, some Khan't!
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The sekie considers the Journeyman's explaination and says, "It seems to
me, that no matter who wins, there's no rest for the wicket..."
Phil the selkie...going underwater to hide.
T. Eckhart
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:39:08 -0500, Sam Waring <curm...@ex-parrot.flash.net> wrote:
>In article <3422DC...@one.net>, Ron Koolman said this about that:
>
>> > > I have been invaded by crickets. I don't know where they came from,
>> > > but I first noticed them about a month ago. They've been multiplying
>> > > ever since.
>
>
>
>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
>
>all." SamIAm looks wearily up from the depths of his Curmudgeonly wing
>chair. (Wearily, with reason--forty-some hours of overtime in the last
>three weeks, and several recent workdays that started at 0745 and ended
>somewhere between 0230 and 0430 have caught up.) "It starts about August,
>and it'll prob'ly end sometime in October. Whad'a you got--the black ones?
>If that's the case, shouldn't be more than another couple of weeks before
>they get done and you'll be left with umpteen million cricket carcasses and
>their attendant stink. When I was a kid, our town used to have so many
>that each year the volunteer fire department would have to go out one night
>and wash 'em down off the storefronts and sidewalks around the square."
>
>
>
> SamIAm
>
>
>
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Firesong notes that Ron Koolman spake thusly.
>Kristina Johansson wrote:
>
>
>> When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
>> invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
>> dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
>> could i get them confused? :)
>>
>> - raven
>
>Or until one of the cats finds them.
>
>(Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
Ummm yes, (well Brokian Ultra-Cricket anyway) It involves suddenly
hitting people for no reason and then running away. <G>
No, I don't know the rules for cricket, although I have played it
several times at school. (We were just supposed to _know_ okay! And I
didn't really care)
Firesong
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Firesong wrote:
>
> Firesong notes that Andy May spake thusly.
> >"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man
> >that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes
> >in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all
> >out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes
> >out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men
> >still in and not out.
> >
> >When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him
> >out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and
> >goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all
> >the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both
> >sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have
> >been out twice after all the men have been in, including those
> >who are not out, that is the end of the game."
> >
> >
An admiring whistle comes from the corner where Buffi lurks on a new
server. (an interesting mental picture!) "Wow, Journeyman! That's such
a great explanation that I want to know if you will allow me to copy it
and use it as an example in my Speech/Debate class! May I? Please?
Purty please with a purry kitty on it? Hmmm?"
Buffi
Samantha Pendleton
randome (randomeS...@execpc.com) wrote:
: But who's on first?
: --
: Randome
: And what's on second?
Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
Andy May
In article <60a673$t...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>
Bu...@worldnet.att.net "Linda D. Buffington" writes:
> Firesong wrote:
> >
[cricket rules snipped for brevity]
> > >
> > >[journeyman]
>
> An admiring whistle comes from the corner where Buffi lurks on a new
> server. (an interesting mental picture!) "Wow, Journeyman! That's such
> a great explanation that I want to know if you will allow me to copy it
> and use it as an example in my Speech/Debate class! May I? Please?
> Purty please with a purry kitty on it? Hmmm?"
>
> Buffi
"It wasn't written by me - sorry, I should have made that clear first
time around. It's a very old piece (Trad. Arr journeyman) which I have
seen versions of printed on everything from posters to tea towels."
"That particular version I found most of it on the web (tho' it did take
a bit of looking) and tweaked a few bits to get it to read properly."
"To the best of my knowledge, it is public domain. Use at will."
Ron Koolman
THIRD BASE!!!!!
Jean Hoehn
Samantha Pendleton wrote:
>
> randome (randomeS...@execpc.com) wrote:
>
> : But who's on first?
>
> : --
> : Randome
> : And what's on second?
>
> Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
"THIRD BASE!"
Dreamweaver
Gary Rumain
Samantha Pendleton (spen...@kent.kent.edu) wrote:
: randome (randomeS...@execpc.com) wrote:
:
: : But who's on first?
:
: : --
: : Randome
: : And what's on second?
:
: Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
"Third base!" yells Susan.
Susan Cohen
Claire Black
Firesong (fire...@firesong.spamless.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Firesong notes that Ron Koolman spake thusly.
: >Kristina Johansson wrote:
: >> When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
: >> invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
: >> dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
: >> could i get them confused? :)
: >Small green noisy bugs that play a tune that lasts at least a few days.
: >Or until one of the cats finds them.
: >
: >(Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
: several times at school. (We were just supposed to _know_ okay! And I
: didn't really care)
"If anyone does know" says Weredonut, sipping her Ginger Beer "can you
tell me why the cricketers feel it necessary to be called silly mid on,
backwards square-leg, diet backwards square leg with a 3 1/2 twist
or whatever it is :)"
Weredonut (who is Australian, but really dislikes cricket and rugby
league).
Jim Pierce
[] randome (randomeS...@execpc.com) wrote:
[] : But who's on first?
[] : --
[] : Randome
[] : And what's on second?
[] Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
No, he's on third, or shortstop...
DJ.
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In article <60bhe9$pdd$2...@usenet.kent.edu> spen...@kent.kent.edu writes:
> : But who's on first?
>
> : --
> : Randome
> : And what's on second?
>
> Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
"Third base."
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> : But who's on first?
> Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
I have a file of that whole skit, if anyone is interested.
Third Base, I think - might have been Shortstop, though....
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In article <19970922140...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
mada...@aol.com (MadAlaric) writes:
>The sekie considers the Journeyman's explaination and says, "It seems to
>me, that no matter who wins, there's no rest for the wicket..."
>
>Phil the selkie...going underwater to hide.
>
>
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The launch of a torpedo peanut...
Hey, I live in this hottub too, so don't expect to hide for long!!!! ;)
I've got 'em in the basement, but most will be gone soon, though
every year a few hang out all winter. Drives the cat's nuts!
Don Paul
Ron Koolman <rkoo...@one.net> wrote in article <3429D4...@one.net>...
> Samantha Pendleton wrote:
> > : Randome
> > : And what's on second?
> >
> > Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
>
> THIRD BASE!!!!!
Oh, I see, the people who have a World Series for their National Pastime,
who conveniently forget to invite the rest of the world to compete...have
the gall to compare their brief fling with ball and bat with the majesty of
5 complete days of cricket.
How on earth do you get any sleep?
It is a well established fact that the Commonwealth nations (and others)
have perfected the alternative to the siesta by extending the period of
play for a cricket match in order to ensure that entire nations can enjoy a
sedate doze after lunch; lulled into sleep by the genteel sound of leather
on willow.
Our American Cousins, being hyperactive, are forced to settle for the
Seventh Inning Stretch. Surely no contest.
Jim Pierce
Don Paul <d...@gw.omctn.inca.za> wrote:
[] Ron Koolman <rkoo...@one.net> wrote in article <3429D4...@one.net>...
[] > Samantha Pendleton wrote:
[] > > : Randome
[] > > : And what's on second?
[] > >
[] > > Kathy cooperatively chimes in with, "I don't know!"
[] >
[] > THIRD BASE!!!!!
[] Oh, I see, the people who have a World Series for their National Pastime,
[] who conveniently forget to invite the rest of the world to compete...have
Uhm... its a comedy routine from Abbot and Costello. Both died
years ago, but its a very funny comedy routine and so many people
here know it.
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Ron Koolman wrote:
> Kristina Johansson wrote:
>
> > When I saw the header for your post, I assumed it meant you were being
> > invaded by cricket players. Let's see, small green noisy bugs or folk
> > dressed in white who play a game that lasts at least a few days. How
> > could i get them confused? :)
> >
> > - raven
>
> Small green noisy bugs that play a tune that lasts at least a few days.
> Or until one of the cats finds them.
>
> (Does anyone even *know* the rules for cricket?)
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There are no rules for cricket, the umpires make 'em up as they go
Jim Walke
David McCoy (davi...@alphalink.com.au) wrote:
: There are no rules for cricket, the umpires make 'em up as they go
You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out, you put your left
foot in, and you shake it all about... Oh no, wait, that's something
different.
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Jim Walke wrote:
>
> David McCoy (davi...@alphalink.com.au) wrote:
>
> : There are no rules for cricket, the umpires make 'em up as they go
>
> You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out, you put your left
> foot in, and you shake it all about... Oh no, wait, that's something
> different.
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