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Was this whole article written for the sole purpose of using the word “paean”?
Hardly.
Searching this site, we find the word ‘paean’ has previously been used in reference to words about…
Sachin Tendulkar
Three-dimensionality
The blocker
“An entire continent”
Lord’s
Brendon McCullum
Reliable mediocrity
“All the players who were able to show us their skills for a prolonged period”
If you are a connoisseur of the mascot race and find yourself in America, the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals (baseball teams) have mascot races often. The Brewers race sausages, and the Nationals race Presidents.
I fear that I may not have gotten that whiff of a point.
It must have been paean down in Tsunton last night.
Ged’s been on the small Sauvignon Blancs again
Just imagine what a horlicks I’d make of the typing if I was on the large Pinot Grigios again.
That cricket ball-dented washing machine story made me laugh. (And no easy ‘spin’ or ‘delicates’ jokes either.)
It was a perfect example of that cricket crowd thing where you’re all thinking, “What the hell is this? Who authorised them to do this and thought it was appropriate?” and then you all just get really into it, because why not.
Lancashire’s problem is that they didn’t think about it properly when the whole mascot thing was first mooted. “Lancashire,” they thought, “Lanky lanky lanky lanky Lancashire.” Now what does that suggest? Lan-key? As in Rob Key, but without the Rob. And what is it called when there is no Rob? A police state, that’s what, where even minor thought-transgressions are mercilessly punished. How punished? By hanging the reactionaries from lampposts of course. Now lampposts have no legs, so that’s not a suitable mascot. Hence a Giraffe, which is equally tall and thin and electrically operated.
If only the team had been called something fast, like Lightning or something.