My Perfect Dinner Guests Would Be.....

[MommaMystique]

FAO Aidan.....please will you explain the rules and aim of hurling. I watch this game avidly when it is on and have only managed to work out that one rule seems to be to inflict maxium physical damage to the opposing team. Th sheer passion these players have for the game is amazing and makes for mind boggling viewing

[Aidan]

Momma - rules of hurling :
Players CAN :
flick the ball from the ground with the end of the hurley ( which is flat & wide ) ;
catch the ball in mid-air or once flicked up ;
run with the ball on the end of the hurley like egg&spoon ;
hit the ball in mid-air or on the ground.
CAN'T :
pick the ball from the ground ;
run with ball in hand for more than five steps ;
throw the ball.

A goal is worth three points.
A point is when the ball is over the crossbar between the posts.
A free-shot from 65 metres is awarded instead of a corner.
Players are amateur & depend on the generosity of fans to send them on a well-deserved holiday in the off-season , i.e. winter.

[Oggy]

Sounds complicated to me....

[MommaMystique]

Thanx Aidan...makes a difference when you know whats goingon on the pitch!

[MommaMystique]

Hurling simplified

Sounds complicated to me....

Oggy daeling.... think Rugby with giant spoons and more violence!

[Aidan]

Hope Mom&Og's kids become the Henry Shefflins ( top hurling star ) of Brum ! Did ye see the game live or on tv ?

[MommaMystique]

Hurling!

Hope Mom&Og's kids become the Henry Shefflins ( top hurling star ) of Brum ! Did ye see the game live or on tv ?

Seen mainly tlvised gaames Aidan but did get to see one live game on the Isle of Man........ damn good game it was too!
BTW...... our wee man is built like a Prop forward so its going to b Rugger for him when he is older....got his first Rugger ball and England squad Sleepsuit of Santa

[Aidan]

He'd probably get his game for England now the way things are going...

[Oggy]

he's built like Jonah Lomu now.

[MommaMystique]

Yeah he does.... but he is far better looking than Msr Lomu

[nottrikk]

OK, here is my list:

Peter Ustinov - No explanation necessary really.

Alexander the Great - Language barriers notwithstanding, he would have some great stories to tell.

Bill Bailey - The guy cracks me up whenever I see him. (also I can ask him how he does the receding thing gracefully, my hair isn't what it used to be)

Orson Welles - he has already been mentioned, but it's my list and I can invite who I like . I'm a bit of a film buff and the man fascinates me.

Catherine the Great - Just to find out if the stories about her were true

Bill Hicks - A comedy Genius taken well before his time

Gregory Peck - I'm studying To Kill a Mockingbird at the moment for an MA and I think he might be able top provide some insight.

Jerome K. Jerome - The man was a top slacker of his day and I need some pointers

Stephen Fry - Can sit there being brainy

My brother Peter - You died just when you were starting to get interesting.

Actually, that has really depressed me, I've just realised that with the exception of Messrs. Bailey and Fry, all of my favourite people are all dead

[Oggy]

Nice choice, Bill Bailey is so kool and funny, Gregory Peck a legend, and to kill a mockingbird is a class act, though prefer him in the Guns of Naverone.

[MommaMystique]

Re: My Perfect Dinner Guests Would Be.....

Dear Nottrikk, know that the most special guests are with us at every meal time as long as we carry their memory.

[Oggy]

Re: My Perfect Dinner Guests Would Be.....

Touchings words Momma, none more so than out beloved Nans.

[Aidan]

Re: My Perfect Dinner Guests Would Be.....

Sorry to hear about Peter, nottrikk ( and Oggy's Nan ) God rest.