Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: super bowl thingee Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:03:04 +0900 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <400CE0B8.7090400@hotmail.com> References: <40078523.2060209@hotmail.com> <3279311b.0401181619.55baa4a7@posting.google.com> <3279311b.0401182309.766b4c1@posting.google.com> <400B9879.1090504@hotmail.com> <400BA085.2040106@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.jp (61.195.247.171) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1074585889 19038127 61.195.247.171 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:10944 Raj Feridun wrote: > On 19 Jan 2004 06:01:22 -0800, Brett Robson wrote: > >>>Some American baseball pitchers now throw fastballs in excess of >>>100MPH. > >>Try a ball travelling at 100mph *after* it has bounced off a wicket (peice of >>hard mud, grass optional) of dubious bouncability, coming up at your head and >>you don't know whether to duck, pull back or hit the thing for 6 (a home run). >>If you are like me you try doing all 3 and get a huge bruise on your right >>shoulder. > > Are there cricket "fatalities"? It would seem likely. Some, but not many. This is probably the best indicator of risk I've seen: http://www.salixcc.com/features/lit2.htm Can't work out the fatalities from snooker though.... -- I am not who I think I am I am not who you think I am I am who I think you think I am ...or some such shite.