In my fatherly comment to Kasper, the main game was studying and getting
that piece of paper at the end (that ticket to financial security,
hopefully). Poets need a trade or a piece of academic paper to keep the wolf
from the door. Of course, a poet's main game is poetry, but if its the only
thing you do in your life, your work becomes too faux-poetic, if you know
what I mean.
However, the main game in my dotage is cricket - you're so right Roger. I
don't keep stats or bet on games (huge amounts of money change hands on the
subcontinent especially), but I try to watch every ball bowled and every run
ran.
My son Charlie is a cricketer and he had the honour of being '13th man' on
the first day. He wore the full Aussie gear and ran drinks and things out a
couple of times for players. This is no small honour - he was taking the
place of Hogg who was feeling unwell, and Adam Voges who was busy in the
nets (cricket talk for practising batting in a long cage-like structure with
netting as walls).
Sorry if this is too 'etc' >g<
Andrew
On 18/01/2008, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I thought it was cricket for Andrew?
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> On Jan 17, 2008 1:48 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Andrew which one is the main game?
> > Puzzled Patrick
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> Andrew
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