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  1. Slow Love™

    How would the current Aussie batting lineup do against the 1980's WI?

    In Sydney in '85, an Aussie batting lineup that I'd call significantly inferior scored 470 against that lineup, and we towelled up the Windies in an innings victory. So I guess it does end up being a case of the conditions, and what "on balance" would happen. I would be surprised if they...
  2. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    You sometimes get funny disjoints like this in other areas, ie, you'll get gay folks who want to reclaim poof, queer, fag, etc - although obviously there's plenty of gay people who take offence at the terms and have been abused with the same words. Culturally that stuff is often a bit of a...
  3. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    He isn't from England, so he's not really in the group that would be. To be honest, I don't like much of the language censorship in general, though I accept it because it's done at forums everywhere. I wouldn't necessarily mind words not being censored if the moderators were prompt to take...
  4. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    I swear the Irish use it every second word.
  5. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    LOL. Thanks.
  6. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    It's never really about majorities (in fact, distinctly the opposite). Plenty of black people use the word "ni99er" amongst themselves, but it's far from unusual that such a word would be censored at an internet forum. Obviously It's something that is more offensive to English people of Asian...
  7. Slow Love™

    How would the current Aussie batting lineup do against the 1980's WI?

    I'm a little in the "depends what era and venue" camp in general myself, but in order to at least try and be fair in these situations, shouldn't a particular West Indian side (that actually played together for some length of time) get named? The way this kind of question usually works is that...
  8. Slow Love™

    Become a Cricket Web Forum Moderator

    Sorry, didn't mean to insinuate he'd be poor - I've just rarely crossed paths with him, so I don't have an opinion one way or another. :)
  9. Slow Love™

    Why short form of Pakistani gets censored

    There's little point looking at where racial slurs come from to work out why they're offensive. It's how they get used. "Nip" merely comes from a shortening of the word "Nippon", the Japanese term for Japan (it's obviously not censored here because it has other meanings in popular usage, which...
  10. Slow Love™

    Ashes Death Plot Revealed

    I don't know that I'd describe that as cretinous so much as opportunistic. See above.
  11. Slow Love™

    How do i start my own society

    Haha, that's about right. Gets old pretty fast, to be honest.
  12. Slow Love™

    Become a Cricket Web Forum Moderator

    Dunno much about broncoman, but Wrighty and Loony Bob seem decent choices.
  13. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Bravo occasionally suffered from itchy tonsils. Once, he'd tried to remedy this with a scalpel, but that had only made things worse. However, he soon discovered that the cool, mushy texture of a fresh banana made for a perfect solution.
  14. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Many players have items they bring onto the field as superstitious charms. Steve Waugh had a lucky red hanky, and Imran Khan had a lucky t-shirt. But Dwayne Bravo's 2 year old "lucky banana" was the only known fruit to hold such an exalted status.
  15. Slow Love™

    Steve Waugh - the overrated test captain

    Lara made a similar decision in '99 vs AUS, virtually every time he faced McGrath. Takes enormous discipline, an underrated aspect of his genius that tour.
  16. Slow Love™

    Ashes Death Plot Revealed

    Plausible in the sense that cricketers might be attacked? Sure. Plausible in the sense that one of the terrorists would say "oh come on guys, I love my cricket" and the other terrorists would say "oh, OK, that's fine, but in that case, we'll have to kill and injure quite a few more". I dunno...
  17. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Many players found Bravo's unconventional sledging profoundly disturbing, particularly his "Hey man - Greg Matthews is still holding the other end of this banana, and he sure goes down smooth" routine.
  18. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Many players found Bravo's unconventional sledging profoundly disturbing, particulary his "Next is a whole rockmelon, ***** - how you like me now?" routine.
  19. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Bennett King defended some of his more controversial training techniques: "As part of their training, I want them to be ready for what they may face at the hands of the Aussies in the Champion's Trophy."
  20. Slow Love™

    Caption this: Dwayne Bravo

    Many players found Bravo's unconventional sledging profoundly disturbing, particulary his "I'm your wife, and the banana's my meat.... in my hotel room... TONIGHT...." routine.

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