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Christopher Martin Jenkins gets the giggles
I was listening to the first test match between England and New Zealand during my lunch break at work and couldn’t believe my ears when Christopher Martin Jenkins came out with an absolute clanger. Reproduced from the Independent newspaper web site:
‘Test match special’ isn’t what it used to be, claim its critics, so all hail Christopher Martin-Jenkins for reviving the Radio 4 programme’s grand old tradition of corpsing. In the 52nd over of the First Test at Lord’s, CMJ intoned: “Vettori lets it go outside the off stump… good length, inviting him to fish.” So far, so prosaic. But he then continued: “Vettori stays on the bank, and keeps his rod down, so to speak.” Cue audible sounds of mirth from the rest of the ‘TMS’ team, before CMJ dug himself deeper by squeaking: “I don’t know if he is a fisherman, is he?” My, how we laughed. Well done that man; more of the same, please, in the many dull passages of play.
By now it’s probably famous, but if you didn’t hear it, it’s well worth a listen. You can here it here:
Quote of the Week
Whilst watching the England v France rugby game a couple of weeks ago one of the commentators, Eddie Butler, came out with a classic. I can’t even remember which team he was referring to but he was suggesting that they should be trying new tactics. He said:
“One of the definitions of insanity is doing the same things all the time and expecting a different result”.
Wow! What a pearl of wisdom! Ok, so you won’t find the definition in the dictionary but it really got me thinking about a situation that I am personally stuck with in my life. How many times do we keep going round and round in circles trying what we know doesn’t work and expect something different??
Hope this may help someone else who’s feeling stuck in life.
England Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory!!
A good first half performance in England’s opening game of the 2008 Six Nations Championship was undone by some very sloppy passing and disorganisation in the second half.
But being English in Ireland I can claim a sort of dual nationality. I’ll be honest, I’m more passionate about the Irish rugby team so I’m glad they beat Italy. I get really confused when England play Ireland! Not sure who to support. Oh well! At least I can cheer whatever the result!
England Outclassed by South Africa
All together a rather disappointing performance by England and not a particularly exciting game. A couple of careless errors gave South Africa 2 easy penalties but overall England never really looked like winning, except for a try that was disallowed. In my view England’s best performance came from Matthew Tait.
But well done England for showing that they are still a force to be reckoned with and that they can bounce back, as they showed some positive signs, especially after their humiliating 36-0 score against South Africa in the Pool games.
Let’s look ahead to the RBS 6 Nations next year!