Flags: 000000000000 Path: utastro!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!ssbn!looking!funny-request From: nair@quintus.UUCP (Anil Nair) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: Cricket match which is funnier than baseball Keywords: chuckle Message-ID: <4012@looking.on.ca> Date: 15 Aug 89 23:30:04 GMT Sender: funny@looking.on.ca Lines: 27 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca Reply-Path: Sun.COM!quintus!nair The Baseball description reminds me of how this native went to his first cricket match and described it to his witchdoctor after he got back. I heard it when I was in college and have no idea where it originated. He said "It was a beautiful sunny Sunday. A big crowd of people gathered around this giant grass field with a thin strip of mowed and flattened pitch in the middle. There were three sticks at either end of the strip. A man in a long overcoat came out with two men in sweaters and he tossed a coin in to the air. They went out and out came eleven men in sweaters and white pants. One of them was padded and had big gloves. Then out came two men with pads on their legs and small gloves holding big sticks. They took positions at either end of the strip and one of the other men came running towards the wickets and threw this ball at the person holding the stick. And lo and behold it started to pour. White man sure knows how to make rain" -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. If you MUST reply to a rejection, include a description of your joke because there is 0 chance I will remember which one it was.