Couple of quizzes to keep you entertained. There are no real rules; I will post the answers after a suitable period of time. Discussion is permitted.
Cwiz 1: Prisons
1. In which novel did Edmond Nantes escape from the Chateau d’If?
2. In which prison was the Marquis de Sade incarcerated?
3. Which South African prison was named after the Afrikaans word for seal?
4. Which Cavalier poet wrote, “Stone walls do not a prison make”?
5. Which US prison took its name from pelicans?
6. Who wrote
I never saw a man who looked,
With such a wistful eye,
Upon that little tent of blue,
Which prisoners call the sky.
7. Tartarus was a dungeon in Greek myth; for whom was it built?
8. Frank Darabont directed which prison movie?
9. Which isolated UK prison opened in 1809 to house Napoleonic War prisoners?
10. In 1952, the Kray twins were held in which historic prison?
This cwiz is courtesy of ProfessorPineapple
Cwiz 2: Scrambled Plays
1. Forgoing toadwit
2. Meth cab
3. Née in lewd farmyards
4. Limp agony
5. Anal seas fathomed
6. Sex up or die
7. A Leo knocking bar
8. See earthling games
9. I scorn hero
10. Sole had soul
Ovally Balls 
For what it’s worth I knew it was UF all along. I just couldn’t be arsed to say so because I’m not as nice a person as Iksy.
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Every barbershop has a queue of ~20 people outside. It’s an interesting riff on the bog roll theme
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I found myself listening to someone getting their hair cut on the radio just after midnight last night. I would say that from a radio point of view it was miles off cricket, quite a way off football and even a little bit less satisfactory than rugby. Would probably put it in the tennis bracket.
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@cmw
Snooker. In black and white
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I’m still prepared to give it another go in about 8 or 10 weeks time or so.
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Sharks circle as Manu Tuilagi jumps from Tigers Ferry….
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/sale-sharks-hope-to-snap-up-leicester-tigers-contract-rebel-manu-tuilagi-xlfg5qph9
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CMW, now Johnson has changed his mind again, when does Real Cricket start?
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@Brookter – There is a possibility of a match next Sunday. I guess it depends on the situation between the team we’d be playing and the club whose ground they hire. Could be that the decision has come too late. Think if it happens it will be turn up in your whites (how we used the mock the one player that used to do that anyway), no tea, no pub (drinking during the game has always been OK with me), travel in as many cars as possible (not great and of course has an effect on the level of drinking during the game). We didn’t always start with a ball that was worth looking after and the field usually spreads out pretty quickly so no real problems on those fronts.
I haven’t dared ask yet, but I can’t see us being able to play any home games because the ground won’t have been looked after – the outfield being the main issue as we can cope with the pitch being crap (which it would be). The mental health hospital we play at has somewhat bizarrely more or less been mothballed (from last year) and the maintenance of the grounds was being done at a minimal level prior to the pandemic. We always did the pitch maintenance and they did the outfield. I have a feeling it might now be a jungle.
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I shall be very disappointed if I don’t get to play any Real Cricket in this beard as it is almost a tribute act to the look of my team when I first joined about twenty years ago. Speaking of which do any beardies on here have any recommendations for a beard trimmer? This game is a new one to me and it’s getting out of hand.
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I got this one. Depends how fancy you want to be I suppose. Does my beard and hair. Now worried about how close the top of my skull is to pushing through my hair….
https://uk.braun.com/en-gb/male-grooming/stylers-and-trimmers/beard-trimmer/beard-trimmer-bt3040
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@CMW,
Well, I wish you the best (and safest) of luck with it…
There’s an article in today’s times about a soon-to-be-published (but it has been peer-reviewed) scientific study on the risks associated with the cricket ball, which apparently are very low. The key bit is:
The article is here (the report isn’t available yet): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/ball-is-not-a-vector-of-disease-new-scientific-study-shows-v5qs59tll
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Expert? Scientist? Informed opinion? Evidence?
BoJo won’t like that.
In fact, BoJo won’t understand that.
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Upminster CC u9s are playing their first game on 19th July.
Up yours Boris Johnson.
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Just saw superchef Angela Hartnett filling up with petrol. Her mum was in the passenger seat. Angela drives a 2009 Lexus.
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Speaking of fantastic people who have birthdays in July (no, not me – yet), Doddie’s now 50. Well done, Big Man.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53282468
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50! I thought he was older than that….
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One of the things in the documentary about Doddie last year was that he hoped to make it to his 50th. It was the only part where he got a bit emotional (along with everyone else).
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Dagnabit
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Fixed, Ticht!
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Thanks Thaum.
I guess Scotland’s win is cause for celebration this evening, ahem.
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Fabulous try by Finn Russell there! Only half-time and already 0-53 to the tartan visitors.
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Yeah, this is tough. My local club finally bought a home ground in 2013 – opened for play in 2015 but cutting corners (due to lack of cash) meant we had huge issues with “new” pitches – took till 2019 to fix and another 100k. We had minis using a local park – like old style Saracens, seniors playing out of town on a GAA pitch with temporary posts and youths (U14s and U16s) ceding home advantage anytime the pitches were waterlogged…
Now with our home base working – we’ve a senior 2nds, U18s, plus U14 and U16 girls in addition.
Its just so much easier with one home. I don’t envy Scottish.
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Hi all.
This morning caught the Crusaders v Highlanders game which was a great watch This evening watching Wendy all on MOTD when cam3 to realise how much is lost with these finless games. I hope the kiwis appreciate quite how lucky they are.
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Well played Scotland! Stuffed us in the scrums, dominated the breakdown, far too much pace and guile in the backs. The Boks were simply never in the match. Didn’t help us having Faf go off early with a torn hammy from his 27th box kick, and I tbough the sending off of Siya Kolisi for that cheeky little kiss after Finn scored his hattrick was a bit harsh.
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That’s me one year further away from Craigs and one year closer to Slade.
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Happy Birthday BB…
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Thanks Brookter. Basking in the glow of our resounding victory over the Springboks yesterday makes it even better…
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@BB
It was an awesome achievement. You’ve worked so hard for this — you should be so proud.
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Halpy Birthday BB! Glad the Boks could give you the present you wanted!
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Can always rely on the Boks to do the right thing, Deebs….
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DB, big Duhan singing both anthems and then scoring straight from the kick off was quite something
Happy BB day, BB
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Another 365 days gone by, aka 3 Prog albums played back-to-back. Happy birthday, birthday boy BorderBoy!
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As many as three?
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Ticht, I thought it was quite something when WP Nel rushed down from the coaching box to anchor the scrum too. From a Bok perspective, it looks like Morne Steyn has the 10 jersey sewn up for the next World Cup cycle too. Frans Steyn slotting seamlessly into the 9 jersey when Faf went off was unexpected but welcome in a position where we lack depth too.
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Congrats on being another year wiser, BB.
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Happy birthday, BB!
Can always rely on the Boks to do the right thing…
… once they’ve exhausted all the other possibilities.
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Mississippi ended Prohibition this week, several years later than the rest of the US, so more BB birthday tunes. Altho alcohol possession is no longer illegal in any county, several will still ban sales.
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Oops, Minstrel overdose.
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Might as well make it a BB birthday triple play.
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Three hours later and King Crimson still on stage!
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And they’ve still got the three drum solos to do yet.
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Future Son-In-Law (he has no say in the matter, according to Daughter 2) gave me some miniatures of Japanese malts for my birthday. I was looking through the tasting notes for one of them. Combined between the Nose, the Palate and the Finish, it supposedly has flavours of the following:
Sherry-soaked plums
raisins
green apple slices
honey’d cereal
black pepper
hint of barrel char
expresso
beans
milk chocolate
tobacco leaf
elegant smoke
golden barley
coffee
Not sure if I should drink it or have it as a meal….
Suspect that, in the end, it will taste of whisky.
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Goodness me. I need to distract Tim before he white rabbit’s into space.
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Musically, of course…
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What now, Prog malt whisky?
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“World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte has revealed that CVC will acquire a 14.5 per cent stake in the Guinness Six Nations”
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/bernard-laporte-cvc-have-acquired-share-of-six-nations
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Picked u pa Super wooden spoon on the Superbru Super Confusing Super Rugby log. I blame FD and his bigging up of the Tahs for so long. Useless idiots. How do you lose to a team with James O’Connor sporting his GI Joe haircut at 10 and Bryce Hegarty at 15 who must have the weakest boot in international rugby?
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RIP Ennio Morricone, died aged 91.
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hmmm……….
possibility of Tuilagi to Sale plus Sam Hill there already makes for a very boshy-bashy centre partnership……….
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