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Thread #121575   Message #2670549
Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
03-Jul-09 - 08:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Musing On Wimbledon
Subject: RE: BS: Musing On Wimbledon
The scoring system is, despite the lines below, a strength of tennis, I think, Bonzo - because it produces numerous "big points" in a match. (And that's probably also why table-tennis games are now first to 11 rather than 21 - more big points.)

Poem 96 of 230: PARADIGMS

"Thirty-all" is, in effect, "deuce";
    Nobody has seen an "atom":
An atom remains a model;
    "Thirty-all" an umpire's call.
"They we just simply had to bomb";
    And there are other given "truths"...

If we humans evolved from apes,
Why on earth are there living apes?

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PS: I also think Tim Henman has quickly turned himself into a fine tennis commentator - as well as a near-scratch golfer!