MUSTACHE OF THE DAY: CRICKET WORLD CUP SALUTE

That’s John Chavis! (DC for UT)

That is sooooooo John Chavis.

http://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/tenn/sports/m-footbl/06-07roster/06coaches/chavis-john.jpg

Merv’s running the spread option with the handlebars, there. Chavis’ stache builds up on the upper lip alone.

I was referring to dave whatmore, not merv.

Merv’s stache action is also awesome for mopping up beer that drunkenly spills outside the mouth. Not a drop wasted.

The danger of all these immigrants to Scotland has always been that they will bring their suspect habits with them – the Poles and their hard work, the Pakistanis and their hard work, the Indians and their hard work, and of course the English and everything they do and say.

Cricket has always seemed another inevitable downside to immigration, especially since golf and shooting pheasants have provided ample outside entertainment that doesn’t involve much exertion.

However, if cricket means that we can supplement more traditional names like McCallum and Hamilton with Navdeep Poonia then it’s probably worth it.

A mention of the Cricket World Cup without Dwayne Leverock? He doesn’t have a ‘tache, he’s only a 280lb spin bowler who can make catches like this…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_eEfP-3GjM

The face says Chavis, but the crazy eyes say Wario.

How dare you dip mention cricket and Australia but leave off any shout-out to one of Down Under’s true heroes, Big Merv contemporary David Boon, who has a fine ’stache and probably easily drank Big Merv under the table: http://www.thefanatics.com/content.php?id=330

He has even inspired inspired his own Chuck Norris style site: http://www.davidboonfacts.com

(Granted, I can’t make heads or tails of the facts because a) they were presumably written by Aussies and b) they’re about cricket.)

as the awe-inspiring top aussie guide put it:

Merv is a top Aussie. He is like David Boon but he’s bigger and his moustache is bigger and he was a fast bowler. However, he still could crack a massive six whenever he wanted to. Sometimes during cricket games when Australia was destroying some shithouse team, Merv would get so excited that he would stick his tongue in other players ears.
His main bowling weapon was his massive moustache, which he used tohypnotise batsmen while running in to bowl. When he was warming up in the outfield the crowd thought he was playing “Simon Says” and copied his actions. Big Merv is a top Aussie.

We’re…we’re…

We’re in love.

Simpson thought somebody had won a card game until the plane’s captain announced Boon had consumed 52 beers. "Simpson went purple with anger and I mentioned to (selector Laurie) Sawle that maybe Boonie should be sent home and I would bat in his spot," Jones recalls….

"When we got off the bus, Boonie was in quite a bit of trouble with Simmo, who was disappointed with him for drinking so much, and he called us into a team meeting and said. ‘Righto, a couple of things: David, I’m very disappointed with you and you’re on probation, but also I don’t want this story to leave this room. It’s not to leave the Australian cricket team." And Merv Hughes at the back put his hand up and said. ‘Oh, Bob, I’m sorry mate, I’ve done radio interviews with…’ and he named four or five stations he’d done interviews with, and said, ‘Mate, it’s all over the world.’ Everyone started laughing and I think Merv got put on probation along with Boonie."

the top aussie guide on boon:

David Boon is one of the toppest Aussies ever. He was a member of the Australian cricket team from 1984 to 1996. They called him ‘Stumpy’ because he batted with tree stumps instead of SS Jumbos. Boony is a proud Tasmanian and if you knocked Tassie in front of him he would probably kill you. In 1988 he spewed on national TV when he was playing
at Adelaide Oval. Although Boonie is a short man, he has been known to sink a shitload of piss. In 1989 he became an Australian cricketing hero when he put back 52 beers on the way to a cricket match in England. If you tried to drink as much as Boonie you would probably die. Boonie is a top Aussie.

This must be some kind of parallel universe where you seppos (apart from Kanu and DC Trojan) would know a little something about cricket. I’m gobsmacked : – )

That David Boon facts site is quite excellent. I am trying to think of a parallel to explain why the joke about Ian Botham checking under the bed for Boonie is funny, but I am stumped, ho ho.

Those aussies..light years ahead.

That’s THORNY from Super Troopers!

I dunno, I think you’d have an easier time explaining checking under the bed than you would this one:

David Boon actually kept wicket in a World Cup match. After Boonie completely misjudged a Peter Taylor off-spinner which went on the bowl the batsman, PT shook his finger at Boonie, to which he replied, “Good Pill.”

Now that’s a challenge.

Reminds me of a great T-shirt I once saw:

“Guns don’t kill people, men with moustaches do.”

Now that’s a challenge.

True. I was thinking more about whether I could think of someone in football who was like Ian Botham… in terms of winning personality etc. Maybe like Brett Favre but with the Old Ball Coach’s personality.

Not one mention yet of Monty Panesar’s glorious beard and cult-hero status? Or is bringing up a Pommie on this thread going to just elicit scorn?

It might, if I knew what a Pommie was.

Pommie, or more commonly “whinging POM”: Prisoner of Her Majesty, a derisive Australian nickname for residents of the United Kingdom.

Not sure that under the complex name-calling protocols of the Commonwealth that Monty Panesar counts as a POM quite yet.

2011 Cricket World cup schedule is shorter to plan. for more info about World cup 2011 go at

http://wc2007upset.blogspot.com/

Stay tuned Cricket fans….