My thoughts on…the West Indies’ loss to New Zealand

March 14th 2006 -

Yes folks, they did it again. The West Indies managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again when they lost by 27 runs to New Zealand yesterday. To those who were crushed by the loss, your faith in the West Indies is admirable. Misplaced, but admirable. To those who expected it, welcome to the club. My mother was one of those hopeful few. A die-hard West Indies fan, she faithfully watched each game, even the ones that lasted into the wee hours of the morning. Both of us struggled for control of the remote, as her dedication to the West Indies caused me to miss some Star Trek episodes, and I love me some Trek.

She was really into the game, and asked me for my opinion a couple times. I really couldn’t give an honest one, because I wasn’t paying much attention to the game. I lost my faith in the West Indies a long time ago. In fact, if a meteor crushed the entire West Indies team, it would barely register a blip on my radar. Ok, maybe that was a bit too harsh. If the meteor crushed Lara. Did you see the way he was out? The duck wasn’t the worst part, but the amateur way in which he was dispatched. Wicket struck on the first ball! I bet if you listened hard enough, you could hear the hopes of the Caribbean being crushed right after the defeat. Even Bangladesh could have pulled off a win with such a great start! In saying that, I have now realized that after years of mediocre performances, the West Indies have finally hit rock bottom. Pity. There’s one good thing that has come out of this though. My dominance of the television set has been restored, and I can once again nerd out on Star Trek, uninterrupted by the failures of Lara and company.

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7 Responses on “My thoughts on…the West Indies’ loss to New Zealand”

RainStorm1212 Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 5:02 am
STAR WARS all the wayyyyyyyyy!
Leon Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
I love both Star Wars and Star Trek.
Abeni Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Yuk to Star Wars and Star Trek.Welcome to the club,am over Windies a long time now
Mad Bull Says:
March 16th, 2006 at 8:06 am
You only needed to day to Mom, “You will be assimilated. It is futile to resist!”, and then take away the remote…
Leon Says:
March 16th, 2006 at 10:19 am
A fellow Trekkie eh? I’m more Vulcan than Borg.
RainStorm1212 Says:
March 16th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
I’d rather be a borg. lol
RC Says:
March 18th, 2006 at 3:00 am
Latin america is still looking good in the WBC.

–RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com