PMQs to our Prime manager Februs

Just seen the picture. First reaction - Pink must be in the picture, but surely she isn't a top, so that leaves...

Second reaction: the picture seems to show an extremely elaborate way of giving someone a kick in the balls.

... should pull down the blinds when removing their trousers ...
(Spike Milligan)

Ooo I just spotted that pic too LOL.

I would most definitely be the one on the horse, top or not

I wouldn't trust my mares to not drop a foot and know exactly what they were doing either

Goes to show how much fun you can have with horses and a few men!! You don't see that in footy

It is a deeply disturbing picture. I wonder at your definition of fun, Your Pinkness! I hope he is wearing a fairly solid box or he will be singing soprano for the rest of his days! Most of us, even Jimisim, would sooner far rather watch Man Untd!!!

HA you of all people should be aware of my idea of fun by now Blimpy

Good point Your Pinkness!!! Just don't bother asking for volunteers!

It has just occurred to me that the picture in fact shows a game of cricket played by a Lithuanian army brass band against the Lithuanian Navy. Two stories have helped me to this conclusion: first, one told by Alistair Cook (the dead journalist, well, he wasn't dead when he told the story, not the Essex and England cricket star) about an Englishman next to an attractive American woman at a dinner party. She asks about cricket. He starts to explain. She seems fascinated. He expands - LBW, slip cordons, the lot. Finally, awed, she says: "And to think they do all that on horseback!"

Story 2 is true, though I don't have the precise words for some of the incidental bits. The Test Match Special radio commentary team are covering a test (international) match. The batsman takes a ball travelling at some 80 miles an hour in his most sensitive area and the protection of the box is not enough. The commentator comments: "And...oh, dear, he's been hit in the...ahm...unmentionable region...and he's had to go off...(long pause)...one ball left."

This reminds me of George Carlin's (in)famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." He was talking about how some words couldn't be said, depending on the context. For instance, it was perfectly all right for a sports announcer to say, "Roberto Clemente has two balls on him," but he couldn't say, "I think that last pitch hit Roberto Clemente in the balls."

@barretthunter

The late Brian Johnston was well known for incidents and gaffes whilst commentating during live radio cricket broadcasts. I found these on Wikipedia.

'In one famous incident during a Test match at the Oval, Jonathan Agnew suggested that Ian Botham was out hit wicket because he had failed to "get his leg over". Johnston carried on commentating (and giggling) for 30 seconds before dissolving into helpless laughter.

Among his other gaffes was:
"There's Neil Harvey standing at leg slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle"

The oft cited quote:
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"
occurred when Michael Holding of the West Indies was bowling to Peter Willey of England in a Test match at The Oval in 1976.'