Saturday, November 25, 2006

Post-Hosp Day Four Summary: Ashes to Ashes

The monotony of exercises and walking in circles has been broken by the commencement of the Ashes! It's a series of five games of cricket, between Australia and England, to win an urn containing the ashes of the original trophy that was won by Australia in a series between the two countries in 1882. In England, it was declared that the performance of the losing team was "the worst in living memory". And indeed, the most memorable quote of the time from the Sporting Times newspaper helped the legend of the Ashes develop:

In Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket Which Died At The Oval on
29th August 1882
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances
R.I.P
NB: The body will be cremated, and the ashes taken to Australia.

The game is played for six hours each day, for five days. It starts in the morning, and I am transfixed to the television. It's riveting stuff! England won the last series in a major shock, so everyone wants to see Australia kick their arse and get the Ashes back!

At night, my mom's younger sister arrives. She is here to visit for a few days. As if two of them wasn't bad enough, now there's three! The volume of talking and laughter in the house has risen accordingly, and in complete and utter desperation I have taken to shutting myself in my room and reading Harry Potter!

2 Comments:

Blogger groodle said...

yawn yawn yawn

1:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Englishmen & Australian men are the same when it comes to cricket... and the Auzzies are winning by a lot at the moment!!! But at least cricket is supposed to be more sophisticated than football...

9:31 AM  

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