Bizzare news

[wyntir_knight]

It's like something out of the old Saturday Night Live sketch. You know the one ... with the two cheerleaders who are at totally inappropriate events? Like tennis and golf and chess?

Well, now cricket has decided that they need to boost their image and have hired Washington Redskins Cheerleaders to cheer on the teams and give a new look to the sport.

Now, I don't know about you, but I don't get cricket. It's a sport that involves guarding three pegs that some other guy is trying to knock down with a ball, and if you hit the ball, you get to run back and forth across a 22 meter long pitch until ... uhm, I'm not sure why you stop running, but eventually you do. I don't get how the game is scored, and I certainly do not understand why it lasts as long as it does! I mean, what kind of a game lasts for FIVE DAYS!

I seriously doubt that cheerleaders are going to bring new blood to the sport. Something tells me that even scantily clad, athletic women are not going to win over the general public, if watching them means having to sit through cricket. Besides, I've met cricket fans. They're almost as rabid as soccer fans, and I doubt they need additional motivation to sit through a match. ... but maybe I'm missing the power these girls actually have. Maybe they can make cricket cool ... who knows ...

Comments

[ladystarscream.livejournal.com]

Did I just imagine it, or did you have a post about meeting anyone before BotCon, and you were flying in Saturday? I could've sworn that post somewhere, and now I can't find it.
*hears the Twilight Zone theme playing in the background*

I was just wonder 'cause hubby and I would be in the areah, and could possible give you a ride over to BotCon. But I wanted to ask which airport it was.
(If it wasn't you, I'm sorry (and feel even dumber, now. LOL)

[wyntir-rose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was me ... hmmm ... that's odd. It's possible that I accidentally deleted it while updating it?

Anyway, thank you for the offer, if you can! I'm getting into the Cincinnati/Northern Kentuky International Airport.

[ladystarscream.livejournal.com]

I'll talk to my husband about it. It would be nice to meet you. :-)
What's the name of the airpoort?

[wyntir-rose.livejournal.com]

It's the "Cincinnati/Northern Kentuky International Airport". Thank you so much for this offer. I look forward to meeting you too!

I'll be getting in tomorrow at 12:50 Cincinnati time. If you can, please let me know tonight, since I'm catching a 7am flight tomorrow and will be out of communication until I land.

If you can't provide that drive, no worries! We'll still get to meet at BotCon itself! :)

[ladystarscream.livejournal.com]

sorry for all the deleting comments. The livejournal wouldn't let me edit. You're arriving tomorrow, not saturday? (I thought you'd be arriving Saturday.) I won't be in Cincinatti tomorrow, but I'll probably see you at the convention. I'll be the person in the Elita-1 costume. :-)

[wyntir-rose.livejournal.com]

No worries at all! I've seen your pictures of the costume so I will definately be looking for you! I look forward to meeting you and your husband :) (since I'm not CosPlaying and I don't even know what I'm packing yet, I can't tell you what I'll be in)