Random Thoughts

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Indeed.

Here we often say' Jimbo', or 'Davo" for David  or perhaps 'Pauly', long before mafia flicks.

I had a terrific nick name which I had from grade seven until  I left school. I was called "Deadly" or 'Dead' for short  by my intimate friends. It was Mr deadly by the school principal who thought he was funny. He was uniquely of that opinion.. School boys have  merciless wits, with a good sense of irony. All I'm saying is that my nick name was the result of an incident at cricket. Nobody was killed or even injured, except from laughing.

How can you play cricket and not kill someone?

That's like playing footy without a sacrifice first!

Well, you get good at catching the ball or hitting it with your bat. l managed by having a position a long, long way from the pitch. I would sometimes fall asleep.

My father lost his two front teeth by playing 'silly mid on'. You're almost sitting in the batsman's lap. Hence the name. I was thrown off the team for refusing to play that position