Hello

[Snowflake]

They didn't?

[Jamski]

No, they didn't.

-Jam

[Snowflake]

Who said they did then?

[Vev]

We didn't.

[Octavian X]

I did.

[Snowflake]

What are we talking about? What is the googlie? Who invented it? Who said who invented it?

[Octavian X]

I have no idea. I thought it was just spam and went with it...

[Vev]

Google search a googlie!

[Googlie]

You need to read The Spartan Chronicles for the explanation.

See the post of 16:8:2000:

I chuckled.

"Ah," I said, "That takes me back a whiles. It's an old term we don't use here on Planet, derived from my pre-Lander days on Earth. It's taken from an organized sport called 'Cricket' - look in the datalinks, it might be there. Played with a bat and ball, somewhat like another similar sport called 'Baseball' - some of the young Spartans play that - they will have seen a few of the Landers at it at some time or another I guess.

"Anyway, I was what was called an all-rounder - a batsman who could bowl, and I bowled a ball that seemed to come from the back of the wrist and spin one way, but in reality spun another when it bounced…"

I saw that she was utterly confused.

"Here. Let me demonstrate."

I had a paperweight on the desk - an ugly ball of an early attempt at glass manufacturing from the rough Chironian sands.

I picked it up, and showed Sharra how I gripped the ball, then simulated an overarm bowl showing how the wrist broke on delivery but the ball rolled off the fingers with a different spin. Zakharov looked on intently, reminding me of a nagging thought that I needed to mention to him.

Turning back to Sharra, I continued:

"The batsman, seeing the wrist flicking on the delivery, would anticipate the ball breaking a certain direction when it pitched on the ground just before he made his stroke, but in reality it broke the other way, often coming of the edge of the bat and being caught by a fielder.

"It's called a 'googlie' - and that's how I got the nickname.

"One of the best batsmen around in those days is actually working with me here - General Gupta - nicknamed 'Sweep'. It's named after a cricket stroke that actually was a very effective counter to the googlie."

I could see that, her question answered, Sharra wasn't all that interested in the game of cricket, so I shut up and turned to Zakharov.

That's the googlie

[Vev]

And a certain fat banned cricketer in hot water who uses it too.

[Jamski]

Isn't he from Australia though?

Googlie - you play cricket? But you're Canadian... what's going on? Where's the tea? When will England win the Ashes again? Eh?

-Jam

[Octavian X]

Bah, we need more ignorant Americans in here. More people should be as clueless about cricket as I am.

[Vev]

They are tasty and crispy when roasted. Mmmh mmn.

[Snowflake]

I did figured out the cricket part all by myself. Isn't that impressive?

And I googled googlie, and guess what I found:

In here

1 definition found.

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googlie

Being smitten by a girl but not having the balls to tell her.

Eugene is really googlie around her.

[Vev]

That really opens up a another realm of possibilities, doesn't it?