Re: What IS he going on about???????

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

At 12:27 PM 1/30/99, Mike Arman wrote:
>Our very own esteemed Phil Payne "enlightens" us with:
>
>
>>  P342  CEEFAX 2 342 Sat 30 Jan 00:46/49
>>
>>           ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL, Perth       1/3
>>           Mark Ealham blitzed Sri Lanka with a
>>           five-wicket haul as England stormed to
>>           a crushing 128-run victory.
>>
>>           Ealham recorded the third-best one-day
>>           figures for England with a magnificent
>>           5-32 as the world champions were
>>           skittled for just 99.
>>
>>           Earlier, Neil Fairbrother scored a
>>           superb unbeaten 81 as England reached
>>           227-7 off their 50 overs.
>>
>>           Fairbrother led an England fightback
>>           after Sri Lankan debutant Ruchira
>>           Perera had taken three early wickets.
>>
>>              ENGLAND v SRI LANKA SCORECARDS 341
>>             Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360
>>
>
>Hey guys, I am 52 years old, a native English speaker, and have been more
>than ten miles away from my birthplace more than once . . . I know what
>EACH word means here, but I have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER about what Phil is
>reporting here.
>
>Totally, utterly, absolutely clueless in Daytona,

Don't you really suspect that was Phil's intent, Mike?  :-)  Do you recall
the old saw about "two peoples separated by a common language"?


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