*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[RIcho]

I mean using a helicopter is also pretty daft when your name is Just Stop Oil and your whole schtick is weird stunts. People here know that I'm a climate hawk and even I think this lot are dickheads.

Wait a minute, are you saying Just Stop Oil were actually flying a helicopter over Lord's?

 

[Burgey]

Maybe I should change mine to Righty.

Or Obscure Injokey.

Or ****

 

[Shri]

The Australian states have passed laws imposing heavy fines on protesters who block major roads and bridges etc. Too many protesters have been making nuisances of themselves.

yeah aussies on the fast track to be americans so not surprising. learn to protest from the french

 

[Spark]

Wait a minute, are you saying Just Stop Oil were actually flying a helicopter over Lord's?

Yeah from all reports they hired that helicopter we heard earlier flying low over the ground.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I mean using a helicopter is also pretty daft when your name is Just Stop Oil and your whole schtick is weird stunts. People here know that I'm a climate hawk and even I think this lot are dickheads.

It might be one of those that is propelled by a wound up rubber band.

 

[Burgey]

The Australian states have passed laws imposing heavy fines on protesters who block major roads and bridges etc. Too many protesters have been making nuisances of themselves.

That’s what protesting is about though. If you hold a rally in a suburban cul de sac, no one will know you’ve done it

 

[Shri]

Wait a minute, are you saying Just Stop Oil were actually flying a helicopter over Lord's?

maybe it runs on solar. my ceiling fan does so why can't some rotor blades

 

[Burgey]

yeah aussies on the fast track to be americans so not surprising. learn to protest from the french

Correct. I hope the protests are still going in Paris next month. It’ll be a hoot.

 

[Croadymeister]

Really good hour of cricket. Generally excellent pace bowling in friendly conditions with the batsmen toughing it out impressively.

Yeah that's the difference they tough out periods

 

[Spark]

That’s what protesting is about though. If you hold a rally in a suburban cul de sac, no one will know you’ve done it

The laws they tried to ram through here in SA a few weeks back were ****ing absurd. I was caught up in that protest that triggered it - it's on the way to work - but that was no where near a proportional reaction.

 

[RIcho]

Yeah from all reports they hired that helicopter we heard earlier flying low over the ground.

Well bugger me, that's ruined what I thought was a decent gag.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That’s what protesting is about though. If you hold a rally in a suburban cul de sac, no one will know you’ve done it

At least you won't create enemies by doing it though

I still eat an extra steak every time I hear about vegan protestors

 

[Spark]

At least you won't create enemies by doing it though

I still eat an extra steak every time I hear about vegan protestors

You of all people should know that you have to accept making a few enemies from time to time

 

[OverratedSanity]

Really good hour of cricket. Generally excellent pace bowling in friendly conditions with the batsmen toughing it out impressively.

Their run rate is pathetic and not once have they backed away to the leg side and baseball slapped one down the ground.

Spooked

 

[Shri]

just learnt that border has parkinsons

 

[Spark]

Their run rate is pathetic and not once have they backed away to the leg side and baseball slapped one down the ground.

Spooked

*to extra cover

 

[Spark]

Don't think England have been bad by any means with the ball but they haven't looked that threatening either tbh

 

[OverratedSanity]

just learnt that border has parkinsons

Yeah I read his quotes in the interview, some depressing stuff in there

Border, who turns 68 in July, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2016. "I walked into the neurosurgeon's and he said straight up, 'I'm sorry to tell you but you've got Parkinson's'," Border said. "'Just the way you walked in. Your arms straight down by your side, hanging not swinging.' He could just tell."

"I'm a pretty private person and I didn't want people to feel sorry for me sort of thing," he told Newscorp. "Whether people care you don't know. But I know there'll come a day when people will notice."

"I get the feeling I'm a hell of a lot better off than most. At the moment I'm not scared, not about the immediate future anyway. I'm 68. If I make 80, that'll be a miracle. I've got a doctor friend and I said if I make 80, that'll be a miracle, and he said, 'That will be a miracle.'"

"No way am I going to get another 100, that's for sure," Border said. "I'll just slip slowly into the west."

 

[Spark]

Yeah I read his quotes in the interview, some depressing stuff in there

Jesus that's grim. Hope CA does something in the summer to honour him, maybe dedicate a game to raising funds for research a la Jane McGrath day

 

[TheJediBrah]

Don't think England have been bad by any means with the ball but they haven't looked that threatening either tbh

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They've beat the bat like twice every over. Aussies very lucky not to have edged one