# Ask the bloke who's forgotten more about cricket than you'll ever know

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bloke-whos-forgotten-more-about-cricket-than-youll-ever-know/292545>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bloke-whos-forgotten-more-about-cricket-than-youll-ever-know/292545 "2005-03-02T03:23:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bloke-whos-forgotten-more-about-cricket-than-youll-ever-know/292545/81 "2005-03-07T10:09:15Z")

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> [@Askance](#):
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> Cork is a form of wood …

Cork is the bark of the cork oak. When people speak of wood they don’t usually mean bark.

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bloke-whos-forgotten-more-about-cricket-than-youll-ever-know/292545/82 "2005-03-07T11:56:01Z")

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> [@Jeff Lichtman](#):
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> Cork is the bark of the cork oak. When people speak of wood they don’t usually mean bark.

I was just coming back to say that!  
The first definition of cork I looked at described it as bark, and the first definition of bark I read said it surrounded the woody stems and roots of trees.

I didn’t check whether botanists, etc. include bark in the definition of wood… in common usage they’re distinct.

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**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bloke-whos-forgotten-more-about-cricket-than-youll-ever-know/292545/83 "2005-03-07T12:25:55Z")

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> [@grimpixie](#):
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> Hola cricket fans - I’ve just discovered this game - [http://www.stickcricket.com/](http://www.stickcricket.com/)
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> Quite fun, sometimes monotonous, but tricky to master… I have yet to progress beyond the pool stages in the tournament…
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> Grim

Damnit, I love this. Way too much. I could play this for hours

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