Bikini Cricket is here!

Lo and behold! After beach volleyball and beach football, it’s time for Bikini Cricket! But is this the right format for it? I think not.

If they are wearing bikinis, they should play this on the waterfront, eh? Australia (ever the pioneers) seem to have their team in place. England may soon need to put theirs together!

So coming up: the beach Ashes? Hope no one drops the urn in the sand!

And head over here for the photos. This is a family site!

[Via The Corridor]

p.s.: Wonder what the Indian team would look like… and will they ever get an apparel sponsor for this? Heh!

33 Names of Things you never knew

Well, I definitely didn’t! And if you are telling me that you know what an Aglet is, then sir/madam, you are a more learned person than I. Not that you otherwise won’t be, but just! So here’s an interesting list.

And no, I have not done the research. This has come via Canongate and the link was from a good old friend Gautam D.

• AGLET – The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
• ARMSAYE – The armhole in clothing.
• CHANKING – Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
• COLUMELLA NASI – The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
• DRAGÉES – Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
• FEAT – A dangling curl of hair.
• FERRULE – The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
• HARP – The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
• HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER – A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
• JARNS,
• NITTLES,
• GRAWLIX,
• and QUIMP – Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
• KEEPER – The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
• KICK or PUNT – The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
• LIRIPIPE – The long tail on a graduate’s academic hood.
• MINIMUS – The little finger or toe.
• NEF – An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
• OBDORMITION – The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep’.
• OCTOTHORPE – The symbol `#’ on a telephone handset. Bell Labs’ engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
• OPHRYON – The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
• PEEN – The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
• PHOSPHENES – The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
• PURLICUE – The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
• RASCETA – Creases on the inside of the wrist.
• ROWEL – The revolving star on the back of a cowboy’s spurs.
• SADDLE – The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
• SCROOP – The rustle of silk.
• SNORKEL BOX – A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
• SPRAINTS – Otter dung.
• TANG – The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
• WAMBLE – Stomach rumbling.
• ZARF – A holder for a handleless coffee cup.

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Regift (v.)

Wish I’d seen this at Diwali. Sigh.

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Perverse security?

Perverse? Secure? It’s a fine line. And I doubt if multiple layers of clothing would help, either!

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LIC Disease

Only in England!

LIC is a disease!

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