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Churro being conspicuously indifferent to the status of Wisden

Bowled on 13th April, 2010 at 09:49 by King Cricket
Category: Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket

Miriam writes:

This is Churro, the kitten we were looking after for a fortnight.

Wisdens are not battlements!

As you can see, he isn’t conspicuously indifferent to cricket, as he is using the Wisdens as a protective wall from humans who try to stop him gnawing at books. He is obviously also ruminating on the lost years 1992-1995.

He is, though, giving Ceiling Cat a run for his money.

Stand back, Ceiling Cat, the Internet has a new overlord now.

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  1. Reply
    Bert   //   April 13th, 2010 at 10:19

    He’s only giving Ceiling Cat a run for his money if one is masturbating in front of a collection of Wisdens, which if I was going to do, would not be in front of the editions covering the nineties.

  2. Reply
    D Charlton   //   April 13th, 2010 at 10:59

    But if you did, you would end up covering the 90s.

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    chowkster   //   April 13th, 2010 at 14:03

    A reference to masturbation in a King Cricket post is unacceptable. I come here for cricket, not to feel insecure about my (lack of) sex life.

  4. Reply
    Bert   //   April 13th, 2010 at 14:11

    Short of Wisdens, eh Chowkster?

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    sam   //   April 13th, 2010 at 14:24

    chowsker – quite right. there’s no room for smut round here. keep it clean, people.

    ps i can’t believe you haven’t got the 93 and 94 wisdens. as a warwickshire fan, i feel betrayed. thems was the glory years.

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    chowkster   //   April 13th, 2010 at 14:28

    @Bert: Er.. yes, yes, exactly. I am more upset about the flaunting of Wisdens. That’s exactly what I meant in the first place.

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    D Charlton   //   April 13th, 2010 at 14:44

    Wisden is no stranger to full frontal nudity.

    See p657 of the 2000 Almanack: Leicestershire’s team photo. Take a close look at MT Brimson. He lost his contract for that…

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    Bob Patterson   //   April 13th, 2010 at 21:56

    That cat won’t catch me doing the biz.

    I have people to do that for me, thank you!

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    The Other Ed   //   April 14th, 2010 at 06:45

    Oh, I misread it as “the kitten we were looking for for a fortnight”.

    Naturally, in that case, you’d have assumed he would be indifferent to cricket, so it wouldn’t have occurred to you to look behind the Wisdens for at least a couple of weeks.

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    Bert   //   April 14th, 2010 at 09:34

    In all this talk about wanking, we’ve forgotten to comment properly on Miriam’s tale of feline insouciance. I think it’s time to put that right, and make some comments that are more relevant to the actual story.

    Excellent shelving, Miriam. Well done.

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    sam   //   April 14th, 2010 at 10:30

    we need to know how far back the wisdens go.

    when was the first one? or is that common knowledge that every self-respecting cricket fan should just know?

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    Miriam   //   April 14th, 2010 at 15:49

    The earliest wisden I have was a birthday present, and is from the year of my birth.

    *insert your own joke about how such an early edition must be very rare*

    the shelving is nice, but I would have preferred to paint it the same colour as the walls.

    We don’t have that kitten anymore as the fortnight has long since passed. We have a whole new cat of our own, who I am sure will feature in Kingcricket in time.

  13. Reply
    Fred Grace   //   April 15th, 2010 at 00:25

    Wanking over Wisdens. That says it all, really.

  14. Reply
    Bert   //   April 15th, 2010 at 08:49

    I’m wondering what the alternative to having “a whole new cat” is, and I’m not happy with what I’m thinking.

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