You may have noticed, a week or so ago, an article on crapinfo listing interesting quotes from the 2011 World Cup. You may also have noticed that none of the quotes were from Australians.
It's easy to assume that this is because it's crapinfo and they are just biased against us. And that would be a fair assumption, but this time it just isn't the case. This time the Aussies were left out because all of their quotes were either inappropriate or so stupid that even the crapinfo staff couldn't believe it had been said.
Here are the ones that didn't make the cut:
"Of course my protective gear broke the TV, my package is that big" Ricky Ponting goes against Cricket Australia's advice when speaking to the ICC about the television incident.
"Who are all these brown people and why haven't any of them delivered my curry yet? Hey you, little brown man ..." Haddin excels himself right before the quarter final against India.
"We are playing against Canadians? I didn't even know Canadia had a cricket team." Shane Watson speaking to Ponting about the team's upcoming fixtures.
"Hey, Brett ... Rick just gave me this hard, red ball thing ... erm, what do I do with it?" Steve Smith has lost his bowling mojo.
"I think I've just realised something. I'm not Mike Hussey, am I?" Callum Ferguson faces reality.
"The people of India are friendly, passionate, all kinds of things put together." Brett Lee in his superbly planned and executed video blog.
And finally, one that probably should have made the cut, "If Lord Nathan wasn't injured, there's no way I'd be here." The K-word, making a quote that would shortly after be proved completely incorrect. But we love him for making the effort just the same.
Prat.
9 comments:
Kreja is a good bowler, isn't he? Better than Beer atleast!
Loved what Smith asked about the ball when Punter gave it to him...
And did you make Watson say Canadia? What's that?
Separately, congratulations for the Wisden thing :)
The Brett quote sounds too real!
Blog looks great :)
not to nitpick...but, wouldn't Steve Smith's confusion originate from the 'white' ball and not the red one? :P
They were using a white ball?? I can never keep up, mate. Just go with it, ok?
The Brett Lee quote, sadly, is all too real. It's the only one that is.
Probably.
I can believe in the Haddin one, the man loves to make me cringe.
And thanks Som, I was a bit miffed because I had been lead to believe I was in there and then it seemed I wasn't ... but I am. It's amazing.
You missed Mitchell Johnson's quote. It was him complaining to his agent - 'I don't wanted to play IPL, so why am I in India again?'
I bet that's exactly how he said it, too.
Haddin didn't wanted to play there either.
Me grammar's getting better all the time.
Hey Sid, did you see any of Gilly's blast from the past for King's 11 against Deccan?
It's good watching. I'd still rather watch him bat than anyone in the current Aus line-up apart from Mitch.
lou
So far, it has been the only match of the IPL I have tuned into and I was treated with the delight of watching Gilly bat up a storm. When he got out, I went back to the other channel to swear at Manchester United, though.
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