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If you really look, they will either be stolen from another culture, I will however have a look tomorrow, (never heard of one of those..so thanks for the post!)but frankly, Thais are without culture, it is derived from everywhere else in Asia, they have no heritage in that respect! Everything comes from Kmer, China, and India..Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
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Originally Posted by WhiteshivaPerhaps they don't consider a bunch of guys standing in a field lobbing balls at sticks for days at end a sportQuote:
Originally Posted by MissismigginsThe weird thing is, they have basketball, tennis, football, ping pong, table tennis, golf, virtually every game, but have you EVER seen cricket?Quote:
Originally Posted by pompeybloke
I know the Thais have a few sports not recognised in the west, but why the hell is there virtually no coverage of cricket here?
...more of a mental condition, IMHO.....:mid:
If you want to but the Times World Atlas in the UK it will cost you £100 from Waterstones - that's £50 discount off the RRP of £150.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
And two blokes in a ring, but a square ring at that, kicking and bitch slapping each other is a sport too?Quote:
Originally Posted by larvidchr:rofl::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteshivaPerhaps they don't consider a bunch of guys standing in a field lobbing balls at sticks for days at end a sportQuote:
Originally Posted by MissismigginsThe weird thing is, they have basketball, tennis, football, ping pong, table tennis, golf, virtually every game, but have you EVER seen cricket?Quote:
Originally Posted by pompeybloke
I know the Thais have a few sports not recognised in the west, but why the hell is there virtually no coverage of cricket here?
...more of a mental condition, IMHO.....:mid:
At least their is a bit of "sense" to cricket. I hardly see the point of trying to knock someone senseless like Muay Thai, as a "sport", I would have found it far more entertaining to give them both a couple of guns and let them try and blow each others heads off from 20 Yards, quicker, and the outcome will never be undecided!
Yes. I watched the Eng V SA & the Aus v WI tests a few days back. They're always on in Isaan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
Well that is something!
In almost TEN years, I have not seen one single report, sports review or anything else for that matter regarding cricket here...apart from a brief mention of that Asian guy in the UK who clubbed that scum burglar with a cricket bat and ended up in jail.
Tell me though, do any of the locals take up the game, I am in chiang Mai and they have no idea what it is, do the Isaan people follow it, play it?
OK - for all the 'average' educated western folk who paid attention in geography class . . . a simple 'name 47 countries in Asia' test for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
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Ok, thats quite interesting, why not simplify it and make a Thai version like "NAME/POINT TO THE CONTINENTS"Quote:
Originally Posted by genghis61OK - for all the 'average' educated western folk who paid attention in geography class . . . a simple 'name 47 countries in Asia' test for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
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They won't in most cases even be able to do that, then try explaining that Africa is NOT A FUCKING COUNTRY!!!!
Where is the North Pole, where is the South pole...if they get that far then we can progress, I doubt most westerners with a uni education would be able to name every country you outlined, the fucking borders keep changing....what happened to Yugoslavia, Checkeslovakia, The Soviet Union?
you have 47 countries there in a pretty European sort of space, it may hamper them, it certainly hampers me!
We could try naming the Planets! but what do you do about Pluto these days?... but then again, I doubt any Thai will be able to get that far from the Sun!
The funniest thing about all this is that cricket's played on a regular basis in Chiang Mai, probably no more than 1hr from where Miggins lives, and CM is also home to the largest cricket 6's tournament in Asia. :mid:
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Originally Posted by Missismiggins
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I've always found it quite pecular that Thais don't have a clue nor give two shits about maps and geography. Their brains just work differently than farang but that's OK with me. Their food is a whole lot better. Maybe we can verge off-topic to food this time instead of some silly game only a few folks around the globe play, eh?:mid:
I asked my missus this once. "I don't know, but I know it's cold" was her reply. Bless her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
They certainly know where the "HOT" pole comes from!Quote:
Originally Posted by superman
Jesus...100 quid for a book!!! REALLY! Thne the Uk are destined to be as ignorant as Thailand given that sort of pricing!...seriously...100QUID!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lysanderIf you want to but the Times World Atlas in the UK it will cost you £100 from Waterstones - that's £50 discount off the RRP of £150.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
Compared with your food 'back home' maybe, but 90% of restaurant food I've had in Thailand is quite simply, shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boon Mee
When done properly it can be excellent, but that rarely happens.
Watched England v SA on Thai TV the other week, well some sort of cable service not true or UBC and not in falang area. People forgot that cricket was quite popular in the USA before the civil war and an American player called Bart King still was/is mentioned in wisden. For some insane reason baseball overtook cricket.
John Barton "Bart" King (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was one of the Philadelphian cricketers that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. This period of cricket in the United States was dominated by gentleman players—men of independent wealth who did not need to work. King was an amateur from a middle-class family, who was able to devote time to cricket thanks to a job set up by his teammates.
King was a skilled batsman, but proved his worth as a bowler. During his career, he set numerous records in North America and led the first-class bowling averages in England in 1908.[1] He successfully competed against the best cricketers from England and Australia. King was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He dismissed batsmen with his unique delivery, which he called the "angler," and helped develop the art of swing bowling in the sport. Many of the great bowlers of today still use the strategies and techniques that he developed.[2] Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time,[3] and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son."[4]
Philly Cricket
The Philadelphian cricket team was a team that represented Philadelphia in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1913. Even with the United States having played the first ever international cricket match against Canada in 1844, the sport began a slow decline in the country.[1] This decline was furthered by the rise in popularity of baseball. In Philadelphia, however, the sport remained very popular and from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I, the city produced a first class team that rivaled many others in the world. The team was comprised of players from the four chief cricket clubs in Philadelphia–Germantown, Merion, Belmont, and Philadelphia. Players from smaller clubs, such as Tioga and Moorestown, and local colleges, such as Haverford and Penn, also played for the Philadelphians. Over its 35 years, the team played in 88 first-class cricket matches. Of those, 29 were won, 45 were lost, 13 were drawn and one game was abandoned before completion.
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Originally Posted by genghis61
selective vision. The book you mentioned genghis, must be written by JoozeQuote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
they play all those games. Why would any shop have cricket gear if the only customer is you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
exactly the same goes for British food, even French foodQuote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
Just searched the Sport Chalet website, one of the largest sporting store chains in the USA, for cricket and got three hits for fishing lures, guess we are just as backward as Thailand