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Chuck writes…
I recently attended a non-cricket match – actually a Pixies concert – in the Simmonscourt Arena in the RDS, Dublin.
At the bar before the concert – yes, dear reader, I drink – I discovered a pale, somewhat commercial, and rather flimsy looking imitation of The Device).
These were being handed out free to punters, but nobody was using them.
“These are Pixies fans, not cricket lovers,” I thought to myself, “so how would they possibly know?”
My daughter, who was accompanying me to the concert, asked why I was photographing this travesty (or “that piece of cardboard”, as she called it).
As she has not (as yet) been initiated in the ways and lore of cricket, I instead distracted her by saying, “Let’s go look at the merchandise!”
Needless to say, I didn’t use the ‘thing’ pictured. I can only assume that the Pixies were unaware too.
I can’t help feeling that a flimsy cardboard thing with four holes in it is not a device. By definition, a device is a robust wooden thing.
I’m not sure that flimsy thing even qualifies as an imitation of a device. It might just about qualify as a facsimile of a device, or a template for a device.
But it is important that we King Cricket readers see and get to assess such items. Thank you, Chuck.
Obviously you cannot provide details of The Pixies match itself, but you could go into more detail about the magnificent picnic spread you doubtless took with you to the match and the assortment of beverages (in addition to Guinness) that you and your companions merrily imbibed.
Here Comes Your Simon Mann
Rob Key Gone To Heaven
Crackity Geraint Jones
Break My Bodyline
Tony Greig’s Theme
Wavell Hinds of Mutilation
Nimrod Marsh’s Son
Ed Smith is Dead
Alec Stewart Eiffel
Been trying to come up with my own, but can’t compete with Wavell Hinds of Mutilation
I’ve Been Retired Hurt
…see?
I thought The Pixies might be one of the new IPL (Irish Premier League) cricket franchises:
The Dublin Pixies
The Limerick Leprechauns
The Bangor Bangers
The Boomtown Rats…
That sort of thing.
The Bangor Bangers is something else entirely, Ged.
KC does actually check his inbox from time to time.
(Apologies for the delay.)