Southern Village cricketers have decided to have a 48 hour starve in to raise money for a new pavilion
No matter how much you want a new pavilion having a strop and starving yourselves is not going to do any good. How about you hold your breath for 10 minutes aswell.
My Verdict: Morons!
I havent been able to find the full story as its only Local News and is very difficult to find, when I get it Ill post it
A starve-in to raise money for cricketers? Geez, doesn’t anybody play charity matches any more? Get Rory Bremner and Co. to town!
I still cant see why Village Cricket actually matters
All I can see when I imagine it is old men trying their hardest to keep themselves fit
Hey, don’t knock it for keeping old guys fit. The captain of the side I played on in Oxford was 70 years old, and still opened the bowling. If I can run like that when I’m 70, I’d consider playing cricket time well spent.
Steady. It matters to them. Who gives a fuck what you think; does everything have to matter to you to be of value ?
But yep, a ‘starve in’ is stupid. It’s also a lie. But it got the media’s attention which was, presumably, the idea in the first place.
Name of the game is self-publicity. Obviously.
and . . . ?
London_Calling - aged, but already invited to turn out for a certain Scandinavian city in a summer competition . . .
Does anyone have a cite? I couldn’t find one. (How is it a lie? Are they doing this or not?)
I agree a hunger strike is over the top, but it’s their bodies. They got a lot of publicity for their cause, they might be able to keep their hobby, is there nothing you’d do it for?
It seems some of my comments have been taken to seriously, yes I can see why it matters to them and yes I would play cricket if my legs are still in reasonable condition when Im 70(the fact my legs are kind of destroyed at a much younger age I cant see that being likely).
A 48 hour fast?
Geez, I do that fairly frequently from simple absent-mindedness.
Big deal!
You should do it while being sponsored then
You’d make a bomb
There’s a simple reason for that; you’re not supposed to post joke threads in this forum and to do so may result in you being banned. I, for one, didn’t think people were still stupid enough to post joke threads here, which explains why I took your OP at face value.
You will see there are plenty of forums, I’d suggest MPSIMS for ‘humour’.
Welcome, you crazy rib tickler, you.
What a curiously English storm/light shower in an exquisite Wedgewood teacup.
I thought it was a headline from the Framley Examiner.
Well the thread wasnt a joke, I just find the Starvation a bit extreme
They’re starving crickets to raise money for a picnic shelter? That’s animal cruelty!