Quote of the Month: Bat and Ball Mystery Unraveled

hammerondaridiculous writes:

'Think about it, one bloke throws the ball to another bloke, who doesn't want the ball, so he hits it with a stick!

Then a bloke out in the paddock goes 'hey what's that?' and catches it. Realising that he doesn't want the ball either, he throws it back in the general direction it came from.

In the meantime, the bloke who hit the ball with a stick, and his mate, are running up and down trying to avoid getting hit by the incoming ball.

Then one of the other blokes standing around at either end go "hey, what's that?" and catch the damn ball again!!! Realising quickly that they don't want the ball, they vary things slighly by throwing the ball at some sticks???? (they must be spares)

Then a man who gets paid to adjudicate all this, decides who stays, who goes, and who gets the ball next, and they start all over again. The lucky ones who go, get to go back to the stand and drink beer!

Meanwhile the stands are full of people who also don't want the ball, but seem to want do pay money to dress silly, shout stupid things, while drinking crap overpriced beer in plastic cups.

At home, people who want to drink decent beer out of glasses, while also avoiding the risk of coming into contact with the ball, have actually convinced a whole lot of other people to point cameras at the balls, the sticks, the blokes, the drinkers in the stands etc... and broadcast this so they can sit on the couch.

Amazingly, this pointless game has taken off to the point that people from other countries fly around the world to play against each other ...

Beats war I guess.'

Deftly taken from The Chaser.