Hello - Page 15

Jamski · August 18, 2003, 02:52

Thanks Vev

Its taken some time, but finally I am the only Hive Emperor. We can at last look the other factions in the eye.

-Jam

Vev · August 18, 2003, 03:00

Gotta love those bouncers

Now HongHu has to catch up.

Jamski · August 18, 2003, 06:59

she won't be far behind me

-Jam

Snowflake · August 18, 2003, 16:17

I still don't want to be that old yet.

Jamski · August 18, 2003, 18:44

to you dear Comrade

-Jam

Vev · August 18, 2003, 18:48

And thus they spammeth.

Vev 6:12

Snowflake · August 20, 2003, 16:26

Comrade Xenodoughnuts, you live in Columbia MO?

I demand ten dozons of xenodoughnuts delivered to my door.

Vev · August 20, 2003, 21:22

Or else ...

Octavian X · August 21, 2003, 02:55

I had thought that information had been in my profile for a rather long time. A new shipment is on it's way.

Still, it's nice to know a Hive citizen lives in my area. I almost went to Peace because FlameFlash was also from Missouri.

Where in these here parts are you?

Vev · August 21, 2003, 02:58

Brisbane.

Oh, you are refering to HongHu not me.

Snowflake · August 21, 2003, 09:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Octavian X

Where in these here parts are you?

Closer than you could ever imagine!

Haven't you noticed the girl next door yet?

BTW SU is in St Louis too right?

What is Brisbane?

Jamski · August 21, 2003, 10:26

Its a village in New Zealand, I think, or perhaps the Cook Islands. One of those places where they have sheep and are really BAD at cricket anyway :P

-Jam

Snowflake · August 21, 2003, 12:47

You mean they have sheep and BAD crickets?

Jamski · August 21, 2003, 14:50

Sheep and bad (fat) cricketERS

-Jam

Googlie · August 21, 2003, 15:20

Nor did they invent the googlie, either

G.

Snowflake · August 21, 2003, 15:26

They didn't?

Jamski · August 21, 2003, 15:57

No, they didn't.

-Jam

Snowflake · August 21, 2003, 16:22

Who said they did then?

Vev · August 21, 2003, 19:50

We didn't.

Octavian X · August 21, 2003, 20:05

I did.

Snowflake · August 21, 2003, 22:37

What are we talking about? What is the googlie? Who invented it? Who said who invented it?

Octavian X · August 22, 2003, 01:25

I have no idea. I thought it was just spam and went with it...

Vev · August 22, 2003, 01:32

Google search a googlie!

Googlie · August 22, 2003, 02:50

You need to read The Spartan Chronicles for the explanation.

See the post of 16:8:2000:

I chuckled.

"Ah," I said, "That takes me back a whiles. It's an old term we don't use here on Planet, derived from my pre-Lander days on Earth. It's taken from an organized sport called 'Cricket' - look in the datalinks, it might be there. Played with a bat and ball, somewhat like another similar sport called 'Baseball' - some of the young Spartans play that - they will have seen a few of the Landers at it at some time or another I guess.

"Anyway, I was what was called an all-rounder - a batsman who could bowl, and I bowled a ball that seemed to come from the back of the wrist and spin one way, but in reality spun another when it bounced…"

I saw that she was utterly confused.

"Here. Let me demonstrate."

I had a paperweight on the desk - an ugly ball of an early attempt at glass manufacturing from the rough Chironian sands.

I picked it up, and showed Sharra how I gripped the ball, then simulated an overarm bowl showing how the wrist broke on delivery but the ball rolled off the fingers with a different spin. Zakharov looked on intently, reminding me of a nagging thought that I needed to mention to him.

Turning back to Sharra, I continued:

"The batsman, seeing the wrist flicking on the delivery, would anticipate the ball breaking a certain direction when it pitched on the ground just before he made his stroke, but in reality it broke the other way, often coming of the edge of the bat and being caught by a fielder.

"It's called a 'googlie' - and that's how I got the nickname.

"One of the best batsmen around in those days is actually working with me here - General Gupta - nicknamed 'Sweep'. It's named after a cricket stroke that actually was a very effective counter to the googlie."

I could see that, her question answered, Sharra wasn't all that interested in the game of cricket, so I shut up and turned to Zakharov.

That's the googlie

Vev · August 22, 2003, 02:55

And a certain fat banned cricketer in hot water who uses it too.

Jamski · August 22, 2003, 03:19

Isn't he from Australia though?

Googlie - you play cricket? But you're Canadian... what's going on? Where's the tea? When will England win the Ashes again? Eh?

-Jam

Octavian X · August 22, 2003, 04:36

Bah, we need more ignorant Americans in here. More people should be as clueless about cricket as I am.

Vev · August 22, 2003, 05:14

They are tasty and crispy when roasted. Mmmh mmn.

Snowflake · August 22, 2003, 09:27

I did figured out the cricket part all by myself. Isn't that impressive?

And I googled googlie, and guess what I found:

In here

1 definition found.

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googlie

Being smitten by a girl but not having the balls to tell her.

Eugene is really googlie around her.

Vev · August 22, 2003, 09:46

That really opens up a another realm of possibilities, doesn't it?