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Well can you please go and redesign them, as I always get sprayed with juice when I pull the lid off of a can of chopped tomatos

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Its not funny having to get tomato stains out of your work shirts. How do you expect me to put across a competant and professional image in the work place when I have splatters of pink all over my arms and chest

We have enough trouble with the damn things now! So it's over to Madent (seeing as he was the closest.

Alji

You forgot to change the subject line there Alji...

Sorry, it's getting late (01:23am) and time for sleep.

Alji

Okay here's one you'll either know or maybe you won't.

During a cricket match, the batsman scores four runs, without leaving the crease and without the ball crossing the boundary. The game occured in England. At which ground was the match played and how did he do it?

This could happen if the batsman is injured for some reason and has a runner run for them. A decent whack stopped near the boundary and miss on the return ball giving a few over throws, and you've got your four.

But from the the line of your question. I guess you're looking for something really rather specific

Isn't there a cricket ground somewhere in England with a tree growing in the middle of it? Hit the tree and score four....

Now to try and find out where it is....

Oh yes I forgot about that one. Its the St.Lawrence ground in Canterbury.

But it gets whacked by a ball on a pretty regular basis, so I'm not sure that that is the answer.

And to be fair, its not in the middle of the ground. Its right at the edge and depending upon which wicket is being used the tree might or might not be within the boundary rope.

And even if it is within the boundary rope, the ball still has to cross the line to score four.

as i know buggar all bout cricket i'll sit this one out & save my brain power

omy

I've just thought of a couple of ways it could happen:

The ball doesn't actually have to cross the boundary to score four, merely hit it.

If the ball were racing to the boundary and a fielder stopped it, but let his foot touch the rope at the same time he had hold of the ball, then that counts as four (trivia: one of Gary Sobers' (the fourth one I think) famous six sixes was caught very close to the boundary by a fielder who then fell backwards. After much discussion the umpires decided he might have touched the rope, in which case the catch didn't count and the fortunate Sir Garfield was awarded a six instead).

I'm going to have to give it to GreyDesk.

It is indeed the ground at Canterbury. There is a lime tree growing inside of the boundary and traditionally the batsman has been awarded a four if the ball hits the tree (which would be quite difficult to do deliberately) after all it might easily have gone for a six ... to which the counter is of course but we might have caught you. A typical English compromise.

Apparently the tree is now getting on a bit and they are making preparations to replace it in the event that it becomes unsafe.

Well done GD, over to you .....

Sorry I'm a bit pushed for time right now, and I wasn't expecting to get this question right, so my question is a bit rushed (and not terribly good). Well here goes.

Which is the missing country?

Denmark
Belgium
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Croatia
Russia

Ah, it seems I was wrong about the ball still needing to cross the boundary after hitting the tree.

As for Grey Desk's question, I think it's random guessing time.
BULGARIA

Bagpuss,
don't change the subject!

For the question:
Half of them are kingdoms, only one uses the euro, two contain napoleontic battle fields, all are bordering the sea, but that are most of the countries in europe....

You're absolutely correct. But that isn't what I'm looking for

Are you looking for a football connection here?