Longest time as the last post

[chridd]

*flutters*

[ratammer]

*scurries*

[chridd]

*watches*

[ratammer]

*clocks*

[madge]

*crickets*

[ratammer]

*baseballs*

[chridd]

*footballs*

[ratammer]

Night!

[madge]

*wins the ashes, again*

[chridd]

Whose ashes, and what were they a prize for?
And why were someone's ashes a prize for something?

[madge]

They're the ashes of a burnt cricket bail that represent the death of English cricket at the hands of Australia

[chridd]

I don't know enough about cricket to know what that's referring to.
We just have baseball here, and I don't even pay that much attention to that.

[madge]

well basically it means australia rules and england drools

but u knew that already

[ratammer]

*wins the ashes, again*

You won because it rained! You can't celebrate that!

[chridd]

Wouldn't the rain wash away the ashes?

[ratammer]

Exactly!

[chridd]

(I still have no idea what you're actually talking about.)

[ratammer]

A famous recurring cricket match called the Ashes, played between England and Australia. The burnt cricket bail mentioned by Madge is the reason it's called the Ashes. The latest one ended with a victory for Australia because rain prevented the rest of the match being played.

[chridd]

Ah.

[ratammer]

Anyway... kitty!

[chridd]

*looks all around me* Ooh, where?

[ratammer]

Look down!

[madge]

Geez you obviously know more about cricket than I do. I just heard that we won, which I'm used to.

[chridd]

They're the ashes of a burnt cricket bail that represent the death of English cricket at the hands of Australia

…so I take it this means England lost, rather than that cricket has become less popular or stopped being played in England and/or with the English variant of the rules (which is how I initially interpreted it).

[madge]

yeah, i think it was saying that once Australia was able to beat England, English cricket was dead