Re: ?Computerworld? article

["Steve Landess" <sjl_123@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like John Cleese trying to describe a Monty Python skit to me...
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Steve Landess

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Bull" <Jeff.Bull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:41 AM
Subject: RE: ?Computerworld? article


> A Foreigner will possess the essential knowledge of cricket when he fully
> understands the following:
>
>  You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.  Each man that's in
> the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man
> goes in until he's out.
>  When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's
been
> in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.  Sometimes you get men
> still in and not out.
>  When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, that's the
end
> of the game.
>
> Kind regards,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Maynard [mailto:jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 October 2003 13:27
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: ?Computerworld? article
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 10:00:38AM +0100, McCallion, Martin wrote:
> > Indeed.  I accidentally saw some baseball on telly the other night, and
> > guess what?  It was (to my surprise) _every bit as boring_ as cricket.
>
> At least baseball has rules. I'm not at all sure about cricket.
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