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Why do you Americans hate cricket

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  • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

    >>My favorite sports are Football I lost interest in football after Falcon(s) (pun intended) started sucking. The only interesting game I remember seeing is the Super Bowl 2002 this is what is the excitement in a normal cricket game.

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    Jeremy Falcon
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    Rama Krishna wrote: Falcon(s) (pun intended) started sucking Aw gee, thanks! ;P Jeremy L. Falcon "You do not know the power of the dumb side." Homepage : Sonork = 100.16311
    Maybe my mangling might misguide malicious miscreants momentarily?

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      I don't get it. Why do all foreigners feel compelled to stereotype Americans and assume that all of us like/dislike the same things? As soon as you get off your holier than thou high-horse, you'll realize that there's more cultural diversity in America than any other country on the planet. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio.

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      Rama Krishna Vavilala
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      >>As soon as you get off your holier than thou high-horse, >>you'll realize that there's more cultural diversity in >>America than any other country on the planet. I never disputed that. That is the best thing about America. Just the choices of different cuisines available show you that. It is the only place in the planet where you could see people from all part of the world, (people from places where you did not even know existed.)

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        Most Americans don't have the patience for 30 second commercials and you expect them to be thrilled to watch a game that takes three days to complete? I've played Cricket and watch it occasionally. A saying one of my former employers had was "The intelligence necessary to play the game diminishes proportionaly to the size of the ball". He was talking about golf.

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        Roger Wright
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        Mark Nischalke wrote: "The intelligence necessary to play the game diminishes proportionaly to the size of the ball". He was talking about golf. That's why I play with marbles and BB guns.:-D

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        • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

          My friends asked me how I enjoyed my vacation and I told them that I watched and played as much cricket as I could. So their reply was "Cricket it is worse then watching wet paint dry". I donot get it. Cricket is more thrilling then any other gain invented by mankind. Watching Baseball or Football is not even half as thrilling or exciting as watching cricket. I think any impartial non American would agree with me on that.

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          Simon Walton
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          I'm British, and I hate cricket. You'll probably find that most people do. :) Simon Following an eye test, I have discovered that I do not need pointdexter-style glasses with 6-inch thick steel frames in order to continue staring at my monitor. How gutted am I? Sonork ID 100.10024

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            Mark Nischalke wrote: "The intelligence necessary to play the game diminishes proportionaly to the size of the ball". He was talking about golf. That's why I play with marbles and BB guns.:-D

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            Roger Wright wrote: That's why I play with marbles I used to but lost most of mine

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              I'm British, and I hate cricket. You'll probably find that most people do. :) Simon Following an eye test, I have discovered that I do not need pointdexter-style glasses with 6-inch thick steel frames in order to continue staring at my monitor. How gutted am I? Sonork ID 100.10024

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              Uncle Monkey
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              He's right, I'm British and I hate the game. I don't know anyone who watches or plays it either. Although I enjoy golf and snooker, 2 sports which can fairly span time, I fail to see even a pulse of excitment in cricket. Do they not just have to smack around ball for 5 days? :-D It ain't what you know that matters. Uncle Monkey

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              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                My friends asked me how I enjoyed my vacation and I told them that I watched and played as much cricket as I could. So their reply was "Cricket it is worse then watching wet paint dry". I donot get it. Cricket is more thrilling then any other gain invented by mankind. Watching Baseball or Football is not even half as thrilling or exciting as watching cricket. I think any impartial non American would agree with me on that.

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                Rama, I've never seen cricket played. I know nothing of the rules. I don't hate it, i know nothing of it! Yeah, i could watch it on pay-per-view, but it is insanely expensive. :( If you want to write an article "Cricket for ignorant Americans", go right ahead :-D --------_**

                I don't think that I'm a sell-out but I do "Enjoy Coke!"...

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                • U Uncle Monkey

                  He's right, I'm British and I hate the game. I don't know anyone who watches or plays it either. Although I enjoy golf and snooker, 2 sports which can fairly span time, I fail to see even a pulse of excitment in cricket. Do they not just have to smack around ball for 5 days? :-D It ain't what you know that matters. Uncle Monkey

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                  Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                  >>He's right, I'm British and I hate the game Probably becuase the England team is sucking for quite some time now. :)

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                    Rama, I've never seen cricket played. I know nothing of the rules. I don't hate it, i know nothing of it! Yeah, i could watch it on pay-per-view, but it is insanely expensive. :( If you want to write an article "Cricket for ignorant Americans", go right ahead :-D --------_**

                    I don't think that I'm a sell-out but I do "Enjoy Coke!"...

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                    -- Bloodhound Gang, The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope

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                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                    >>"Cricket for ignorant Americans" That's a great idea but Issac Sasson might be the right man to do it. He is an expert in writing such articles:)

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                    • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                      >>He's right, I'm British and I hate the game Probably becuase the England team is sucking for quite some time now. :)

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                      Uncle Monkey
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                      Well not really. Firstly I'm not English, secondly does England even have a cricket team anymore? I thought everyone got fed up beating them all the time and they just gave up :P It ain't what you know that matters. Uncle Monkey

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                      • U Uncle Monkey

                        He's right, I'm British and I hate the game. I don't know anyone who watches or plays it either. Although I enjoy golf and snooker, 2 sports which can fairly span time, I fail to see even a pulse of excitment in cricket. Do they not just have to smack around ball for 5 days? :-D It ain't what you know that matters. Uncle Monkey

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                        Uncle Monkey wrote: Although I enjoy golf and snooker, 2 sports which can fairly span time Good god, you share my exact unusual taste in sports viewing! :-D Simon Following an eye test, I have discovered that I do not need pointdexter-style glasses with 6-inch thick steel frames in order to continue staring at my monitor. How gutted am I? Sonork ID 100.10024

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                        • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                          My friends asked me how I enjoyed my vacation and I told them that I watched and played as much cricket as I could. So their reply was "Cricket it is worse then watching wet paint dry". I donot get it. Cricket is more thrilling then any other gain invented by mankind. Watching Baseball or Football is not even half as thrilling or exciting as watching cricket. I think any impartial non American would agree with me on that.

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                          Kannan Kalyanaraman
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                          Hare Rama :) ,most of them do not know what you where talking about. Probably they would think immly of the insect rather than the game :-) Kannan

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                            Hare Rama :) ,most of them do not know what you where talking about. Probably they would think immly of the insect rather than the game :-) Kannan

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                            Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                            >>Hare Rama :laugh:

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                            • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                              My friends asked me how I enjoyed my vacation and I told them that I watched and played as much cricket as I could. So their reply was "Cricket it is worse then watching wet paint dry". I donot get it. Cricket is more thrilling then any other gain invented by mankind. Watching Baseball or Football is not even half as thrilling or exciting as watching cricket. I think any impartial non American would agree with me on that.

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                              Christian Graus
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                              Cricket sucks. Football sucks. Baseball sucks. Give me a comfy chair, a fast internet connection, an IDE and a few good books any day. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002

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