From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 09/02/2023 1:20 pm, David Brown wrote:   
   > On 09/02/2023 12:41, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   >   
   >> A very straight bat, very well played.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Is that a cricket metaphor?  I'm Scottish, and we don't really do   
   > cricket.   
      
   An effective but unimaginative defensive stroke.   
      
   >  What's the point of having a game with sticks if you   
   > can't hit the other players when the ref is looking the other   
   > way?  :-)   
      
   If the ref's looking the other way, I really don't see what's   
   stopping you.   
      
   Or maybe that's why in cricket you have two refs?   
      
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