jbarter wrote:avanutria wrote:Uh oh. Can I bring my Gameboy?
That's no way to describe Mr Milner.
Well John, if you press my buttons right...
I was just telling Beth about the last time I tried (with my father) to see an England-Australia Test at Lords.
Ten minutes before the match was due to start, the heavens opened, SPLOOSH, it poured cats & dogs for half an hour, then the next half hour we watched the water hogs drying the pitch.
Just as the hogs left the pitch, the heavens opened, SPLOOSH, it poured cats & dogs for half an hour, then the next half hour we watched the water hogs trying to dry the pitch.
The pitch was not quite dry again, when the heavens opened, SPLOOSH, it poured cats & dogs for half an hour, then the next half hour we watched the water hogs trying to dry the pitch, until one of them broke its sponge roller.
Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, the heavens opened, SPLOOSH, it poured cats & dogs for half an hour, then the next half hour we watched the water hogs, with increasing desperation, trying unsuccessfully to dry the pitch.
To make matters worse, the radio commentary had not come on air, so we had no chat about pigeons, buses, and cake to distract us from our increasingly damp misery.
We wandered round the shop, the pavilion museum, and the practise nets. Eventually, around 4pm, we gave up and headed home. There was about 1/2 an hour of play right at the end of the day, which we caught on TV at home. We did get a partial refund, but we really wanted to see some live Aussie cricket!
So, yes, Gameboys are required kit, plus knitting, a good novel, warm clothing, waterproofs, and sandwiches and a thermos of soup.
They might not allow concertinas and fiddles, but then again...