Childish behaviour from the MCC

rich p · 26 Jun 2008

BBC Sport headline says that 'England cut Zimbabwe Cricket Ties'.

Now that seems childish and ineffective to me. :becool:

alecstilleyedye · 26 Jun 2008

i'd prefer to call it a principled stance, effective err it be not.

domtyler · 26 Jun 2008

They could have just turned them into cravattes?

magnatom · 26 Jun 2008

I think bananas in car exhaust pipes is much more effective! :becool:

rich p · 26 Jun 2008

domtyler said:
They could have just turned them into cravattes?

could they not have just tucked them in when they have soup for lunch?

girofan · 26 Jun 2008

rich p said:
could they not have just tucked them in when they have soup for lunch?

No. It's a black tie dinner!

Flying_Monkey · 26 Jun 2008

Well, they won't be allowed in the Members' Bar now though will they? That'll teach them...

marinyork · 26 Jun 2008

Ah, so this is one of the other sanctions other than taking away an honorary knighthood? ROFL.

Dayvo · 26 Jun 2008

I suspect the real reason was that they feared our boys might have got 'ne helluva beating' from a so-called minor team!

Anyone remember, or even heard this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjørge_Lillelien#Your_boys_took_a_hell_of_a_beating

and on youtube

View: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PqZTP8-8wIs

Keith Oates · 27 Jun 2008

It's not much a gesture but it's a start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!