Posted elsewhere from somewhere in Derbyshire:

     Well, as some of you will know, this government is trying to 
     kill off farming. Well, today I discovered that they have 
     help.
     
     Yep, they are in league with the VETS.
     
     THE VETS challenged the local farmers to a social game of 
     rounders. I can hardly blooming well walk. It's a conspiracy 
     to bump the farmers off in what seems like a friendly way.
     
     Yes, rounders with a bat, several balls because there was a 
     LOT of cheating going on and 4 bases plus a lot of pulling 
     and shoving. Oh and it was in a recently vacated cow field 
     and still had some very fresh cow pats in it, just near the 
     bases I might add.
     
     It would appear from my observations today that vets have 
     the lowest of the low when it comes to morals.
     
     They had poles sticking up for bases but they did seem to be 
     stuck in a cow pat, hence the odd shape of the pitch. There 
     were not too many clean farmers at the end of the match. The 
     vets did seem to be remarkably clean though. Next time we'll 
     be ready for 'em.
     
     Some of the farmers had remarkable batting skills and hit 
     the ball way over the field only to have another ball turn 
     up from nowhere and touch a base to get them out.
     
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:15:39 +0100, Elaine Jones
 wrote:

>Posted elsewhere from somewhere in Derbyshire:
>
>     Well, as some of you will know, this government is trying to 
>     kill off farming. Well, today I discovered that they have 
>     help.
>     
>     Yep, they are in league with the VETS.
>     
>     THE VETS challenged the local farmers to a social game of 
>     rounders. I can hardly blooming well walk. It's a conspiracy 
>     to bump the farmers off in what seems like a friendly way.
>     
>     Yes, rounders with a bat, several balls because there was a 
>     LOT of cheating going on and 4 bases plus a lot of pulling 
>     and shoving. Oh and it was in a recently vacated cow field 
>     and still had some very fresh cow pats in it, just near the 
>     bases I might add.
>     
>     It would appear from my observations today that vets have 
>     the lowest of the low when it comes to morals.
>     
>     They had poles sticking up for bases but they did seem to be 
>     stuck in a cow pat, hence the odd shape of the pitch. There 
>     were not too many clean farmers at the end of the match. The 
>     vets did seem to be remarkably clean though. Next time we'll 
>     be ready for 'em.
>     
>     Some of the farmers had remarkable batting skills and hit 
>     the ball way over the field only to have another ball turn 
>     up from nowhere and touch a base to get them out.
>     
Very good!

-- 
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in uk.business.agriculture)

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:57:17 +0100, Peter Duncanson
 wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:15:39 +0100, Elaine Jones
> wrote:
>
>>Posted elsewhere from somewhere in Derbyshire:
>>
>>     Well, as some of you will know, this government is trying to 
>>     kill off farming. Well, today I discovered that they have 
>>     help.
>>     
>>     Yep, they are in league with the VETS.
>>     
>>     THE VETS challenged the local farmers to a social game of 
>>     rounders. I can hardly blooming well walk. It's a conspiracy 
>>     to bump the farmers off in what seems like a friendly way.
>>     
>>     Yes, rounders with a bat, several balls because there was a 
>>     LOT of cheating going on and 4 bases plus a lot of pulling 
>>     and shoving. Oh and it was in a recently vacated cow field 
>>     and still had some very fresh cow pats in it, just near the 
>>     bases I might add.
>>     
>>     It would appear from my observations today that vets have 
>>     the lowest of the low when it comes to morals.
>>     
>>     They had poles sticking up for bases but they did seem to be 
>>     stuck in a cow pat, hence the odd shape of the pitch. There 
>>     were not too many clean farmers at the end of the match. The 
>>     vets did seem to be remarkably clean though. Next time we'll 
>>     be ready for 'em.
>>     
>>     Some of the farmers had remarkable batting skills and hit 
>>     the ball way over the field only to have another ball turn 
>>     up from nowhere and touch a base to get them out.
>>     
>Very good!

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Elaine Jones wrote:
> Posted elsewhere from somewhere in Derbyshire:
> 
>      Well, as some of you will know, this government is trying to 
>      kill off farming. Well, today I discovered that they have 
>      help.
>      
>      Yep, they are in league with the VETS.
>      
>      THE VETS challenged the local farmers to a social game of 
>      rounders. I can hardly blooming well walk. It's a conspiracy 
>      to bump the farmers off in what seems like a friendly way.
>      
>      Yes, rounders with a bat, several balls because there was a 
>      LOT of cheating going on and 4 bases plus a lot of pulling 
>      and shoving. Oh and it was in a recently vacated cow field 
>      and still had some very fresh cow pats in it, just near the 
>      bases I might add.
>      
>      It would appear from my observations today that vets have 
>      the lowest of the low when it comes to morals.
>      
>      They had poles sticking up for bases but they did seem to be 
>      stuck in a cow pat, hence the odd shape of the pitch. There 
>      were not too many clean farmers at the end of the match. The 
>      vets did seem to be remarkably clean though. Next time we'll 
>      be ready for 'em.
>      
>      Some of the farmers had remarkable batting skills and hit 
>      the ball way over the field only to have another ball turn 
>      up from nowhere and touch a base to get them out.
>      
Which farmer lent the field with the cow pats in for the match?  :-)

-- 
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people believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003]

Quoting from message <48a06e8b$0$26074$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>
 posted on 11 Aug 2008 by Old Codger  I would like to add:

> Which farmer lent the field with the cow pats in for the match?  :-)

I'll go find out whether he was playing!!!
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Elaine Jones wrote:
> Quoting from message <48a06e8b$0$26074$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>
>  posted on 11 Aug 2008 by Old Codger  I would like to add:
> 
>> Which farmer lent the field with the cow pats in for the match?  :-)
> 
> I'll go find out whether he was playing!!!

Perhaps he hoped to get the vets in the proverbial.  :-)

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What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make 
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