>OK.. I couldn't resist....
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>- What's with the bat that looks more like a paddle?
Well that's like saying why is a tennis racket like a fishing net. The batter not only has to hit the ball but also has to protect the stumps from it - so a little extra width.
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>- What's with games that last days at a time?
Because they're not all out so easily and can score exciting high runs. Anyway, there's such thing as limited over cricket and one-day cricket. An "over" is 6 deliveries of the ball to the batsman by the bowler.
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>- What is this thing anyway?
Hmmpff!
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>- Why a sport named after a bug?
Why is Americn Football named so when only one person on each team actually touches it with the foot?
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
