Paula,

Venables Scrotum, "The Old Retainer", once said that in order to successfully execute a "Pettengale Sweep", the hazard must be cleared by a reverse involute coupled with a googly. Mind you he did wear jodhpurs whilst playing, as was his wont since his time with the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade.

alistair

On 2011-07-08, at 2:38 PM, ed donnen wrote:

> Alistair, Loren: I feel disadvantaged in this august company, so I turn my
> keyboard over to me WIFE!  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, HAHHHHH...
> (Somehow the mechanical laugh does not translate well into email.)
> 
> Alas this anthropological footage of Dwile Flunking does tend to confuse
> first time watchers into thinking "Trumpington�s Variation" has been
> employed because of the angle of shooting.  While historians naturally
> disagree, the locals, after sufficient swagging, will confess they follow
> Crossmead�s Spiral Regulations, the subtle object of which is to
> successfully girt with a Widdershins Crossmead above the third toss in a
> stable formation to provide full cross-planar tunneling.   In advanced games
> this occurs at quantum level which grants more tactical options then
> employing a "Pettiplace," or the more deadly "Pettengale sweep."  As for
> poor Fettiplace, his seminal match against by Mrs. Trellis in the VWDFC (VW
> Dwile Flunking Classic [German title totally untranslatable]), when she was
> allowed an unimpeded Euro/Colonial Straddle causing his defeat and
> subsequent  defection to Suffolk.  His form has slumped since, then , but
> whose hasn�t?
> 
> Paula