South Africa deserved this.

[wemyss]

Philander and Prior deserved their recognitions today for the two sides (man of the match / series). England need not hang their heads, either: indeed, I think we have seen a bright future unfolding already. England shall regroup and return, and all be well

Comments

[absynthedrinker]

When Americans what to know what a 'wanker' is, you need only point at his photo in response.

Peace,
Bubba

Sad.

[wemyss]

But true. He's a doos.

[nursedarry]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA to that last bit.

YMVWTT.

[wemyss]

ICPC.

[pathology_doc]

Colloquial speech being what it is, the trouble with saying "So-and-so deserved this" is that you can never be sure whether it means:

1) "...for a fairly-played and hard-fought game, deserved the accolades received"

or

2) "...for his crimes, deserved an eternity of screaming agony stuffed under a bench in a place that might or might not be Kings Cross Station."

Precisely.

[wemyss]

Useful thing, ambiguity. Ask any Civil Servant.

Re: Precisely.

[pathology_doc]

Or any horror or sci-fi author dealing with issues of precognition. Frank Herbert's Dune is a perfect example. Our Hero sees multiple futures in which he lies dead from a knife wound, but [Spoiler (click to open)]the payoff isn't for over twenty years, and not at the hands of the people he thought most likely. In much the same vein, SF novelist Timothy Zahn's twisted Jedi Joruus C'Baoth has foreseen that Luke Skywalker's love interest will kneel before him; but when she finally does, [Spoiler (click to open)]it's in order to ram the full length of a lightsabre up into his sensitive parts.

Yes.

[wemyss]

And then there was Tom Riddle and that prophecy....