55 The Emerald Phoenix

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:31 pm

nope, but you're not a million miles away...

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:46 pm

is it because 'm r deux' said quickly is basically french for shit? (merde)

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:04 pm

Bang on - the French would pronounce MR2 as merde - over to you FSM.

Incidentally, I saw this pic in Kinross at lunchtime. I'd love to get one for my car to try and slightly offend the people you see driving about with the Christian symbol on their motors.

EDIT: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flying-Spaghetti- ... dZViewItem

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:11 pm

Ah my blessed children are spreading their influence, truly they shall one day visit the beer volcanoes and obtain gifts from the stripper factories!

More stuff available from here:
http://www.venganza.org/fsm-store

Bit of a sports question:

In what bizarre way was Kevin Pieterson dismissed in the 3rd test against the West Indies at Old Trafford in 2007?

gambogaz1 · Post by **gambogaz1** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:15 pm

Did he hit his own stumps ?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:17 pm

Did his helmet fall onto the stumps?

Sure I remember something bizarre happening like that...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:19 pm

Did he fart on the stumps, thus blowing them over?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:19 pm

i believe he was timed out (i.e. took longer than two minutes to get to the crease)

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:23 pm

Matt is spot on, the bowler caught him in the head with the ball and his helmet came off hitting the stumps

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:42 pm

Sue Denim wrote:i believe he was timed out (i.e. took longer than two minutes to get to the crease)

Just as a point of info (and pedantry) the batsman has 3 minutes to get to the crease.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:42 pm

Thankyou Mr Crabby Pasta...

Right, if in a game of ten-pin bowling (tenuous Cricketing link here!) you hit a 9+spare on your first frame, what would be the maximum you could score for the entire game?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:53 pm

As a Wii bowling aficionado, I'd confidently predict:

9 for the 1st, 30 for the next 9 = 279 ?

EDIT: For confident, read arrogant. It helps if I read the question.

1st end = 20, 30 for the rest.... therefore would it be 290?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:21 pm

The Cardinal gets it correct on his 1.5th attempt...

Over to you, my good man!

Anecdote: In the Friday night doubles bowling league I participate in, we have a pot for the first player to hit over 260 (between me and my bowling partner chum of course, not the entire league) we put a pound in each for each of the three games, so that's £6 a week. The pot is currently at £186!!! I struggled to a 237 last Friday, but alas, it was still short.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:19 pm

That's quite impressive. I'm lucky if I make triple figures.

Okay, similarly (and bear in mind I'm working this out so if it's wrong I'm sorry)...

If you knocked down all the pins each end, what is the lowest score you can achieve?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:24 pm