In the list of 11 fools he obviously did not include the umpires, the third umpire, the match referee, the boards, the ICC, the press. So, that number has changed. And of course, the other ‘11,000 fools’ …that in todays terms will be the number all the security men posted at matches !! So, it is much more than a game ( as many of my friends have argued). Yes sir. To GBS, it would be idiocy at its heights !
For some strange reason every time i saw Ponting say ‘we play cricket like this only’ i recalled Quick Gun Murugan belching : We are like this only !!
That started the trail..!
And whenever i saw the crowds
burn up effigies of poor Bucknor and Benson, i saw quick gun Murugan gleaming through the effigies and saying “We are like this only”And when Mike Proctor gave that sentence with aplomb, i saw quick gun Murugan appear in James Bond style and say “We are like this only”
And when Ricky Ponting said ‘My parents have been threatened’, guess what Quick Gun Murugan thinking came to my mind : Yes. We are all like this only !
So, QGM ( Quick Gun Murugan ) kept occupying my thoughts
a. when i read that Sachin Tendulkar sent SOS ( SMS) to Sharad Pawar.
b. when Sharad Pawar said ‘back off’ to ICC
c. when ICC withdrew Bucknor
d. when Malcom Speed said ICC wont be at the mercy of BCCI ( just before packing of Bucknor)
e. When a few million trees were cut and the lively hood of many wild animals & apes ( just being careful. Hopefully, ‘ape’ is not racial slur) destroyed in the making of newsprint made to write about all of this !
f. When all cricket administrators gave interviews to hungry news channels on ‘national patriotism’ (sic)
g. And so on.
The list is endless ! I am not sure where all this is headed. If it is headed anywhere at all !
And i guess this comedy circus will continue for some more time. In the meantime, my motto has been to have some fun at the expense of all of this. No matter what. So, when CVR forwarded this stuff, i thought it was a must share.
New cricketing words that have crept into lexicon.
Ponting: (n) (adj)
1.A substance or entity or even a person of unquestionable integrity
2.An act of uncivilised behaviour. [Also, pontingness (n)]
Usage:
The judge was driven towards justice because he knew that the pontiff was a ponting.
Sir Bonkers said, “Don’t try to bully me. I surely can fathom the pontingness in your eyes”.
Bucknor: (n) (adj)
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious.
2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
3. Situations leading to grave judgemental errors.
Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.
Benson: (n) (adj)
1. Something that legitimises a severe bucknor.
Usage: First they bucknored me and then they bensoned it! I am toast.
Also see bucknor
We are like this only !
PS: Hopefully soon all of this will end. And our focus will be on governance, better quality of life, reaching out, greater connectedness, true sportsmanship, environmental protection… I am talking like another of those fools. Aint i ?
What to do. I am like that only !
