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Among the many things that have changed since last Thursday, surely one of the biggest is that it is now possible for a Lancs fan to write articles mocking teams for consistently coming second with absolutely no sense of irony. Truly the world is a better place.
A better place Bert? I fear for the future if this advert on the Surrey CCC online shop portends the future: http://wp.me/pEv9Z-1EG
Urgh, even I can use Photoshop better than that.
Prove it
I see what you mean about the future, Ceci, and no doubt it is worrying. But that is the future IN SURREY. I’m not sure we should expect anything more from a county named after a muttered apology.
Rest assured that the future will be brighter elsewhere. Now that Lancashire literally rules the world (again), you can look forward to a far better range of novelty cricket figures, including Keedy Smurf, Kerri Smurf, and of course, Freckly Ginger Smurf.
It all stems from the battle of Sedgemoor, the culmination of the Duke of Monmouth’s abortive revolt against James II in 1685, when the good people of Somerset were all too easily brushed aside by stronger county levies from elsewhere in the realm. Wounds like that can take centuries to heal.
Classic! = “If they handed out awards for coming second, they’d come second.”
Pity Somerset…the team must hate reaching the finals now!
Your name is glorious.
Trescothick by name, tres thick by nature.