Greatest hoax of all time?

[Robert]

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

[ChrisGeorge]

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. . .

[GUT]

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.

[Robert]

Words of wisdom from Geoffrey :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3n80V_sb0

[Abby Normal]

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

[Abby Normal]

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!!

[Abby Normal]

Of course, I've long known that cricket bats and metaphors don't mix. . .

well that's a sticky wicket!

[Herlock Sholmes]

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

[DirectorDave]

David Lloyd tells a cracking story about Boycs.

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

[caz]

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
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[Herlock Sholmes]

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.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Words of wisdom from Geoffrey :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3n80V_sb0

You can’t best a bit of Geoffrey

[Steadmund Brand]

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

[Abby Normal]

I'm always fascinated where threads end up going-this one from hoaxes to cricket/ LOL. its like some weird chaos theory

[Herlock Sholmes]

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.