# Village cricketers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 29, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764 "2004-02-29T17:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/1 "2004-02-29T17:46:37Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/2 "2004-02-29T18:37:19Z")
A starve-in to raise money for cricketers? Geez, doesn’t anybody play charity matches any more? Get Rory Bremner and Co. to town! ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/3 "2004-02-29T18:50:41Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/4 "2004-02-29T19:28:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/5 "2004-02-29T19:35:16Z")
> [@\-Gnome-](#): > > I still cant see why Village Cricket actually matters 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. > [@\-Gnome-](#): > > All I can see when I imagine it is old men trying their hardest to keep themselves fit and . . . ? London\_Calling - aged, but already invited to turn out for a certain Scandinavian city in a summer competition . . . ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/6 "2004-02-29T19:55:34Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/7 "2004-02-29T20:43:53Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/8 "2004-02-29T21:00:51Z")
A 48 hour fast? Geez, I do that fairly frequently from simple _absent-mindedness_. Big deal! ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/9 "2004-02-29T21:02:00Z")
You should do it while being sponsored then You’d make a bomb ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/10 "2004-02-29T21:50:54Z")
> [@\-Gnome-](#): > > 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). 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. ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/11 "2004-03-01T14:19:24Z")
What a curiously English storm/light shower in an exquisite Wedgewood teacup. I thought it was a headline from the [Framley Examiner](http://www.framleyexaminer.com/pages/new_menu.html). ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/12 "2004-03-01T15:47:52Z")
Well the thread wasnt a joke, I just find the Starvation a bit extreme ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-cricketers/231764/13 "2004-03-02T01:16:22Z")
They’re starving crickets to raise money for a picnic shelter? That’s animal cruelty!