Rodney Ulyate
2015-05-25 20:27:37 UTC
Let's pause, shall we, and celebrate the evolution of this crucial piece of equipment? I've just read and watched, in quick succession, two excruciating reminiscences:
Viv Richards on Brian Close: "He was a tough, uncompromising man. I remember him getting badly hit in the box once. Unfortunately for him, he was wearing one of those old plastic affairs. When they broke they tended to splinter and snag in a very painful way. Even the brave Close was in agony as the doctors had to use a pair of pliers to prise the remains of the box away from the torn and bleeding flesh. For some inexplicable reason, anyone hit in that particularly painful place tends to become the butt of black humour -- even though only a man can know just how it feels. But on this occasion the laughter was all the fault of the injured party. Close, in typical fashion, sat puffing a cigarette as the medical men completed their delicate surgery. Brian looked less concerned than any of those around him" (SIR VIVIAN (2000), pp. 41-42)
David Lloyd on being hit "there" by Jeff Thomson:
How can it be that the manufacturers were never sued?
Rodney
Viv Richards on Brian Close: "He was a tough, uncompromising man. I remember him getting badly hit in the box once. Unfortunately for him, he was wearing one of those old plastic affairs. When they broke they tended to splinter and snag in a very painful way. Even the brave Close was in agony as the doctors had to use a pair of pliers to prise the remains of the box away from the torn and bleeding flesh. For some inexplicable reason, anyone hit in that particularly painful place tends to become the butt of black humour -- even though only a man can know just how it feels. But on this occasion the laughter was all the fault of the injured party. Close, in typical fashion, sat puffing a cigarette as the medical men completed their delicate surgery. Brian looked less concerned than any of those around him" (SIR VIVIAN (2000), pp. 41-42)
David Lloyd on being hit "there" by Jeff Thomson:
How can it be that the manufacturers were never sued?
Rodney