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Lumberjack – Leisure V Devils 31st July

I write my first ever lumberjack report with a beaming smile on my noggin after just witnessing England smash India by 319 runs in the second test back in good old Pomland, surely on their way to becoming the best cricket nation in the world, not that any of you ozzy’s, kiwis or Scots could give a (full) toss….

And so to the real cricket; it was the usual un-godly 7am-ish meet at everyone’s favorite Shanghai institution The Camel Toe, the boy’s were all amassed and the mood a little somber, it was clear something wasn’t quite right – other than the fact that the pies had been replaced by a watermelon (?!?) there was a distinct lack of X-Rated entertainment being pumped out of the devils layer across the road, Sad times indeed. So after a little macho broken paw comparing (it’s all the rage this season) it was time to board the Basher Mobil and plod our way to Auschwitz to face the Devils. (more…)