The definitive source of "Roy"
alvey
sez that the source of the 'Roy' nick was an early cricket coach in Briz.
Said coach christened him 'Leroy' after the Brisbane Bullets basketballer
Leroy Loggins. This had too many syllables in it for an Australian
cricketer and was duly abbreviated to his current nick. There you go.
alvey
in briz, amongst those who Got It Rrong.
JM
"alvey" <al...@ease.com> wrote in message
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Thanks alvey. I was actually having this continuing discussion with my Dad
yesterday (who listens to cricket on ABC all day), and he had no idea where
the nickname came from either. Thanks for saving me from buying The Sunday
Mail also :) only ever read about 2 pages of it.
alvey
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>
> Thanks alvey. I was actually having this continuing discussion with my Dad
> yesterday (who listens to cricket on ABC all day), and he had no idea where
> the nickname came from either. Thanks for saving me from buying The Sunday
> Mail also :) only ever read about 2 pages of it.
I give up. Which two pages do you read?
alvey
JM
1st & last are normally the only ones worth looking at.
vigne...@hotmail.com
Vicky:
JM
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> Thanks for expalining this Roy Story. I will sleep well now on.
>
> Vicky:
>
Sleep well? not me.
I still wanna know why he uses about 20 tubes of zinc every match. even
after failing with the bat during they day, he still feels the need to
protect his lips from the UV light from the towers during the night
sessions.
dodo
Must have something to do with reverse swing ... must be the designated
ball polisher
Colin Lord
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Someone should tell him mints are the go.
Spamwise Gangee
dodo wrote:
>
> Must have something to do with reverse swing ... must be the designated
> ball polisher
Given that he wears zinc even while batting under lights, I'll opt for
the more likely answer that it is a superstition.
That doesn't make it look any less stupid, though :)
Justin
>
> Given that he wears zinc even while batting under lights, I'll opt for
> the more likely answer that it is a superstition.
>
> That doesn't make it look any less stupid, though :)
>
I wonder if he'll wear it to the night clubs in RSA?
kenh...@hotmail.com
There is actually an upside to it.
It means that I can convince my son to wear cream when he's playing and
tell him that he looks like Andy Symonds.
And it was very hot for their game on Saturday. Currently I'm trying to
convince him to wear his shirt collar up, just like Gary Sobers.
'Who's Gary Sobers, Dad?'
'He's the guy who hit 6 sixes off an over' (I actually have a grainy
vid of that, so he thought that was cool
Higgs
Justin
>
> And it was very hot for their game on Saturday. Currently I'm trying to
> convince him to wear his shirt collar up, just like Gary Sobers.
>
> 'Who's Gary Sobers, Dad?'
>
> 'He's the guy who hit 6 sixes off an over' (I actually have a grainy
> vid of that, so he thought that was cool
Maybe you should push the Greg Matthews collar up & hat on bowling?
kenh...@hotmail.com
Speaking of whom,
I bumped into him as he was getting off the bus yesterday. That hair
may be thick, but it's all grey. Likewise the 3 day growth. I thought
it was a familiar-looking hobo.
yeah yeah
Higgs
Andrew Dunford
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>
> Justin wrote:
> > kenh...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > And it was very hot for their game on Saturday. Currently I'm trying
to
> > > convince him to wear his shirt collar up, just like Gary Sobers.
> > >
> > > 'Who's Gary Sobers, Dad?'
> > >
> > > 'He's the guy who hit 6 sixes off an over' (I actually have a grainy
> > > vid of that, so he thought that was cool
> >
> > Maybe you should push the Greg Matthews collar up & hat on bowling?
>
> Speaking of whom,
>
> I bumped into him as he was getting off the bus yesterday.
Bus driving pays better than cleaning toilets?
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Andrew
Colin Lord
Calvin
No, but you mean a better class of punter :-)
cheers,
calvin
kenh...@hotmail.com
As opposed to being a butcher, where you meat a better class of punter
Higgs
Mad Hamish
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>"Andrew Dunford" <adun...@artifax.net> wrote in message
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>> <kenh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> I bumped into him as he was getting off the bus yesterday.
>>
>> Bus driving pays better than cleaning toilets?
>
>No, but you mean a better class of punter :-)
>
From what I've heard from bus drivers I think you probably deal with
more shits as a bus driver than a toilet cleaner.
--
"Hope is replaced by fear and dreams by survival, most of us get by."
Stuart Adamson 1958-2001
Mad Hamish
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