Funny Incident (Cricket)

The best one

(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by
Harold "Dickie" Bird)

"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character,
played for Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He
used to bat at No.11 since one
couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to
paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an
equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES' for a run,
it is merely the basis for further negotiations!"
Incidentally, Compton was no better.

John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who
would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same
time." Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an
equally horrendous runner as the No.10. During a
county match, horror of horrors.......both got
injured.

*Both* opted for runners when it was their turn to
bat.

Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run,
forgot he had a runner and ran himself. Ditto at the
other end. In the melee, someone decided that a second
run was on. Now we had *all four* running. Due to the
confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO",
eventually, *all* of them ran to the same end.

Note - at this point in time, the entire ground is
rolling on the floor laughing their behinds out. One
of the fielders - brave lad - stops laughing for a
minute, picks the ball and throws down the wicket at
the other end. Umpire Alec Skelding looks very
seriously at the four and calmly informs them "One of
you buggers is out. I don't know which. *You* decide
and inform the bloody scorers!".

 

Friendship

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning,he wrote on a stone:

" TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. "

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him,"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone,why?"

The other friend replied:"When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them,but Then an Entire Lifetime to Forget Them.