Comments on: Import/Export

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:54:12 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. Meaning, I suppose, that there must be some sort of English national team? How droll. Oh, and look --- even the U.S. is an associate member of the International Cricket Council! We must have a team, too. Wow. I had no idea this was such a popular sport. I'm sure it's all over ESPN-3.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:40:12 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. BAH. I think you mean "English" as well of course as some of the more populous nations of the world.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:05:14 +0000

In reply to rr. Oh right, cricket! Heard of it. I wondered if I wasn't triggering some sort of obscure British reaction there.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:10:25 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. Cricketers hit (a) single quite a lot. I should have made the sport I was referring to clearer I think. But no matter :-)

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:54:48 +0000

In reply to rr.

Thanks. No, not deliberate. “Hit single” was meant to refer exclusively to music — it’s not really a sports term, though “single hit” would be.

By: rr

rr — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:12:06 +0000

I like this very much but feel compelled to ask whether the cricket / hit / single / ball combination was a deliberate evocation of both insect and sport or accidental. Because it slightly confused this slow-witted reader.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:34:44 +0000

In reply to Beth. Thanks, Beth. Oddly enough, I think I was reading your latest post at the cassandra pages (the book review about the Lebanese civil war) at the very same time you were reading this!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:30:33 +0000

I appreciated this one a lot, Dave. Beautiful and poignant.