Oh this is just surreal

[tree_and_leaf]

It's Bush, trying to play cricket wiht Pakistani school kids, in a bit to impress their fellow countrymen and cricket lovers everywhere.

I particularly love his attempts at bowling, as he's obviously having difficulty stopping himself trying to 'pitch'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/bb_rm_fs.stm?clippos=0&clipurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da68003b610/bb/09012da68003b974_16x9_bb.ram&title=Pantomime%20dame%20attacks&wintype=normal&rhs=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4760000/newsid_4768500/bb_rm_4768514.stm&cs=news&fsname=bb_rm_fs&bw=bb

You have to give him credit for taking an (admittedly very slow) ball to the head well, though....

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[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Actually, the link you've posted is to the (admittedly very funny) Pantomime Dames public information video...

Still, I think I can make a mental image of what Bush was like - and realistically, how much difference is a cricket ball to the head going to make to someone like that?

[tree_and_leaf]

I've just noticed that! I've just been poking around, and can't fint theURL of the Bush video, but there should be a link to it on the bottom of the pantomime dame footage.

realistically, how much difference is a cricket ball to the head going to make to someone like that?

Agree one hundred per cent. It did remind me a bit of the story about the very tough Yorkshire and England player, Brian Close, whose preferred fielding position was ridiculously close to the batsmen (so the other players could catch the rebounds).

Interviewer: But Brian, what would have happened if the ball had hit your head?
BC: He'd have been caught at second slip, not third.

[gramarye1971]

*quietly refrains from making a very crude joke about a sticky wicket*

[mrs-wolf.livejournal.com]

I don't want to even think about Bush's sticky wicket.

[mrs-wolf.livejournal.com]

Well, as much as I'd have liked to see Bush give a...um...whack at cricket this was plenty amusing.