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  • #61
    You see, Chris, you can't be writing poetry when you're batting. Boycott never wrote poetry when he was batting.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Robert View Post
      You see, Chris, you can't be writing poetry when you're batting. Boycott never wrote poetry when he was batting.
      Of course, I've long known that cricket bats and metaphors don't mix. . .
      Christopher T. George
      Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conference
      just held in Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018.
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      • #63
        Originally posted by Steadmund Brand View Post
        Don't feel bad, I am an American who LOVES Aussie Rules Football....not only making me a weirdo, but possibly alone in my entire country haha

        Steadmund Brand--- GO BRISBANE LIONS!!
        The suckiest team in the comp.
        G U T

        There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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        • #64
          Words of wisdom from Geoffrey :

          Geoffrey Boycott, the former England cricketer, gives his own hints and tips for getting out of bed in the morning.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
            Then there was that hoax of ten years later -- the Maybrick Diary, the alleged Ripper "diary" of Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick.

            Happy 25th Birthday, Maybrick Hoax!

            I said "greatest" hoax. the diary isn't even a good hoax. lol
            "Is all that we see or seem
            but a dream within a dream?"

            -Edgar Allan Poe


            "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
            quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

            -Frederick G. Abberline

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            • #66
              Originally posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
              Only in RipperWorld would a stake not have been driven long ago through the false and lying heart of this shoddy production!

              Cheers

              Chris
              yup!!
              "Is all that we see or seem
              but a dream within a dream?"

              -Edgar Allan Poe


              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

              -Frederick G. Abberline

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              • #67
                Originally posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
                Of course, I've long known that cricket bats and metaphors don't mix. . .
                well that's a sticky wicket!
                "Is all that we see or seem
                but a dream within a dream?"

                -Edgar Allan Poe


                "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                -Frederick G. Abberline

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by Robert View Post
                  You see, Chris, you can't be writing poetry when you're batting. Boycott never wrote poetry when he was batting.
                  He spent enough time at the crease to have composed reams of it
                  Regards

                  Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                  “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                  • #69
                    David Lloyd tells a cracking story about Boycs.

                    Bumble with another great story, this time about Mr Yorkshire, Geoffrey Boycott.
                    My opinion is all I have to offer here,

                    Dave.

                    Smilies are canned laughter.

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by barnflatwyngarde View Post
                      Re the greatest hoax of all time, surely it has to be the nonsense that surrounds Homeopathy.

                      Not only is it a crude lie, it is a lie that endures.
                      Completely agree! It's actually a dangerous lie too, which should be exposed by the NHS here at every opportunity, not supported or passively accepted.

                      Love,

                      Caz
                      X
                      "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." Peter Ustinov


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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by DirectorDave View Post
                        David Lloyd tells a cracking story about Boycs.

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIHdMOPwKzQ
                        Cheers Dave.

                        I remember watching in the 70’s, New Zealand cricket fans chucking cushions and pillows on the pitch as Boycott made 77 in 7 hours and 20 minutes! I dont know if they thought that it might put him off or what? Didn’t work.
                        Regards

                        Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                        “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Robert View Post
                          Words of wisdom from Geoffrey :

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3n80V_sb0
                          You can’t best a bit of Geoffrey
                          Regards

                          Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                          “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by GUT View Post
                            The suckiest team in the comp.
                            That was last year....we hate the taste of wooden spoon and Lethal Leigh will set them straight.. that and some good draft picks....whoo hooo I can't wait

                            Steadmund Brand
                            "The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago."- Lenny Bruce

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                            • #74
                              I'm always fascinated where threads end up going-this one from hoaxes to cricket/ LOL. its like some weird chaos theory
                              "Is all that we see or seem
                              but a dream within a dream?"

                              -Edgar Allan Poe


                              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                              -Frederick G. Abberline

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                              • #75
                                Although it’s not strictly speaking a hoax I’d also mention those who propound Creationism as opposed to the scientifically proven evolution. I genuinly find it hard to accept that most of these people don’t actually know that evolution is true but they see it as a kind of negative publicity, somehow pulling people away from faith. Let’s face it science can no more disprove religion that the religious can prove the existence of god. Even the Pope accepts evolution (with the obvious caveat that it was started by god of course )So they are either suggesting that all of the most intelligent men and women scientists over the past 100+ years have all misinterpreted the facts simultaneously or that they are all involved in a massive hoax to just discredit religious texts. They have created laughable ‘science’ books and ludicrous ‘Creation museums.’
                                I therefore feel on safe grounds in proclaiming a ‘Creation Museum’ as a dangerous hoax.
                                Regards

                                Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                                “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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