Things that you don't understand

[Footy Chick]

Cricket - and in particular, silly point.

If it's so silly, what's the point of it?

[Johno6]

The dad jokes are taking over every thread now

[Lightning McQueen]

The dad jokes are taking over every thread now

It's Friday mate.

[Footy Chick]

I'm being serious, I dont get it...

[heater31]

Your not supposed too. It's men's business.

Tell that to Mitch Starc's missus......also happens to be a former Australian keeper's niece

[Johno6]

i hope everyone helped your problem FC!

im pretty confident you understand everything in regards to your post to the fullest!

[Footy Chick]

i hope everyone helped your problem FC!

im pretty confident you understand everything in regards to your post to the fullest!

PS: Clearly no blokes here know either, or I would've actually had a serious response by now instead of the obvious troll

[RustyCage]

Cricket - and in particular, silly point.

If it's so silly, what's the point of it?

it's called "silly" because of how close it is to the batsman in a position where the fielder is likely to get hit

[Booney]

Cricket - and in particular, silly point.

If it's so silly, what's the point of it?

it's called "silly" because of how close it is to the batsman in a position where the fielder is likely to get hit

I'd imagine the first captain to put someone there "pointed" at the spot and the fielder who was requested to stand there said "Dont be ******* silly"....but of course, "******* silly point" doesn't really gel with the gentlemans* game now, does it.



*Some men can still be.

[The Dark Knight]

Cricket - and in particular, silly point.

If it's so silly, what's the point of it?

it's called "silly" because of how close it is to the batsman in a position where the fielder is likely to get hit

I remember reading one cricket book that explained the origin of Silly point but I can't remember it.

Found this on Yahoo answers-

Silly point - a fielding position, on the off side, square of the batsman's wicket, and very near the batsman; a fielder in this position.
It has the English origin from the field position Point/cover point.

Staying close to the batsman is being silly - because fielding at that close position can be whacked hard by the batsman and hence the name Silly Point. Typically fielders in that close in position wear shin guards and helmets to protect themselves.

And other fielding positions-

Slips
The origin of the slips is hinted at in an early description of the long stop, who ‘is required to cover many slips from the bat’. Early cricket writers identify two slip positions in the game. The first was called a short-slip, which was equivalent to the modern-day 1st or 2nd Slip position. The other position was called a long-slip, which was equivalent to the modern-day Short 3rd Man or Fly-slip position. By the turn of the last century an attacking field would usually have two slips (in the modern sense) which were called ‘1st Slip’ and ‘cover-slip’ or ‘extra-slip’.

Gully
The name apparently derives from the more general meaning of gully, and suggests a narrow channel or ‘gorge’ between point and the slips. Gully is a fairly recent term for the position formerly called short 3rd Man or backward point. It became a position in its own right following the development of off-theory attack towards the end of the 19th century.

Third Man
The term third man originally denoted a position that was beginning to be used more often (with the spread of overarm bowling and the development of off-theory attack) to supplement the more established close offside fielding positions of point and short-slip. The new fieldsman was thus the third man up

Point
The origin of this term stems from early cricket when the position was called ‘point of the bat’. This indicates that the fielder stood very near to the end of the striker’s bat (hence the even older name for this position was ‘bat’s end’). The fieldsman would field no more than three and a half yards from the batsman.

Cover
The origin was that the fielder in this position was referred to as ‘The Man who covers the Point and Middle Wicket’

Mid On and Mid Off
The terms are actually a contraction of the earlier position ‘middle wicket off’ and ‘middle wicket on’. The manuals and illustrations of the early 19th century all show middle wicket as one of the standard fielding positions of the game at that time. Middle wicket was an offside fielding position between extra cover and the bowler. However, an equivalent leg-side position was also occasionally used, so the two ‘middle wicket’ positions as middle wicket off (Mid-Off) and middle wicket on (Mid-On). Mid-Wicket, although an ancient cricket term only received its current meaning in the 1930’s. Prior to that time mid-wicket or ‘middle wicket’ was simply another name for mid-off. The position currently called mid-wicket in earlier times would have been called forward square leg or perhaps extra mid-on.

other explanations
Silly: Very close in to the batsman.
Short: Closer in towards the batsman.
Deep: Further out towards the boundary.
Long: Right near the boundary.
Forward: Further in front of the batsman's popping crease.
Backward: Further behind the batsman's popping crease.
Fine: Closer to the line bisecting off and leg sides.
Straight: A synonym for fine.
Wide: Further from the line bisecting off and leg sides.
Square: Closer to the line of the batsman's popping crease.

[carey]

Women

[Alaska]

Women

Ultimate question.......Why do they say one thing, but mean something else????

[The Ash Man]

Women

As per other thread

[dedja]

Tell me about it ... I live with 4 of the faarkers

[The Dark Knight]

Women

Ultimate question.......Why do they say one thing, but mean something else????

Ahaha yep, that sh!ts me so much.

[dedja]

why Australia is not a republic ... FFS

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/worl ... 6527788744

[Psyber]

why Australia is not a republic ... FFS
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/worl ... 6527788744

From my perspective, the only reason is because the only model we were offered was one that would weaken the checks on the behaviour of our party machines, and we wanted more such checks not less. Although I became a Republican in 1966, I couldn't vote for that con job, just to get a symbolic Republic, and lose the chance to get a better system later.

[MightyEagles]

The Queen's English.

[GWW]

The family in America winning $293m in the Lottery, and then allowing the media to photograph and identify them, so that the whole world (including their local neighbourhood) now knows about it.

[RJM]

The Queen's English.

Correct. And she's married to a Greek