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Where did this stuff come from? Do you agree that on it's own it looks rather depressing?

― Anna, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What is it?

Dastoor or Mark S: It's this thing

jel: no what is it really?

― jel --, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.signswithimpact.co.uk/images/bunting.jpg

― Graham, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now I'm depressed.

― N., Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

>hug<

― Graham, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I suppose a quick bunt is out of the question?

― Pete, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

SHOW ME YOUR BUNT

― N., Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

PERVERTS.

When I was little we were visiting my grandparents in Devon one year and for some reason there was bunting everywhere (some local festival or something I suppose) and my dad said 'look Emma they knew you were coming and put the bunting out' and I believed him. What an egomaniac child I was.

― Emma, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I bunt. You bunt. we bunt. We are BUNTERS.

― Tim, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely a Bunter is one who resembles Billy Bunter in some way.

Oh. I see your point.

― Pete, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought this thread was going to be about birds.

― MarkH, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was going to be about poetry.

― Archel, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Proper Tehniques for Bunting

1. Examine the situation.
2. Disguise your intention to bunt.
3. "Square up" to bunt. Both feet should be parallel (image a.)
4. Move your top hand several inches upward for better control. (image b.)
5. Keep your fingers out of the way. Form a "U-shaped" grip by placing the thumb on the top. (image c.).
6. Keep your legs apart.
7. Keep your elbows and knees bent slightly to make it easier to adjust.
8. Try not to run out of box prematurely. ( Image d.)
9. After making contact, follow through by gently pushing. (image e.)
10. Run!

― Jeff W, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And where does it come from? Websters tells me that it might be related to the English dialect verb 'to bunt' meaning sift. I'm none the wisoh.

― Nathan Barley, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

(I may have missed out something important above)

― Jeff W, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

9a. Don't pop it up like a stupid fuck (do you hear me Rey Ordonez??)

http://www.mysportsguru.com/CDA/Images/baseball/Illust/BA_pivotbu nt2_ts.gif

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sissy baseball players who bunt should be forced to run around the diamond or whatever it's called with a trail of bunting flowing behind them.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bunting is not physically demanding and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Good technique is the key, not brute force. Bunting is notoriously difficult to teach in the abstract, particularly the hand positions and arm movements. If you are intending to have a go bunting, please ensure that you bring suitable footwear. Rubber-soled shoes are ideal. Leather-soled shoes or shoes with high heels are not recommended for reasons of safety. Similarly, we do not recommend that people bunt in their bare feet. Finally, do remember that, being flat-bottomed, bunts are extremely stable. You can rock a bunt enthusiastically from side to side and you won't tip it over."

― Archel, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Those who tried bunting off me just got it high and tight. It is a lost art, howevah.

― Andy K, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't pop it up like a stupid fuck

How should I pop it up, then?

― Rey Ordonez, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Top hand above bottom hand" = tautology of the WEEK! you put top hand below bottom hand -> it isn't top hand any more! best thing since the tech library's new copy of 'Drumming For Dummies'!

― petra jane, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But what about "Bye baby bunting/Daddy's gone a-hunting/he's gone to get a rabit skin/To wrap the baby bunting in" there must be another meaning?

― isadora, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Why aren't there more girls called Bunty? I've always liked that name

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In Middle English bunting meant a loose arrangement of cloth.

― anthony, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sissy baseball players who bunt >BR>
The suicide squeeze is not for sissies.

― felicity, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Felicity should be a baseball broadcaster. She'd put some people in their place. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh dear, I'm much too biased and ignorant to be a broadcaster. Now a camera woman, on the other hand . . .

― felicity, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bah, you do yourself a disservice -- though I'm sure you could take good pictures and all. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bunting is ruining the sport, damn it. SACRIFICE bunting, that is - pitchers can't do it, hitters shouldn't, and, either way, you're giving up an out. Play for the run MY ASS.

That Opening Day bunting, though - the red, white, and blue pleated half-circles draped over the walls on the 1st & 3rd base sides, and behind home plate - is forever classic. (Did I describe that right? I'm not sure.)

― Daver, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Daver Motherfucking Popshots do you mean:

http://worldseries.com/ws/photo/photogallery/ws_game1/03.jpg ?

― felicity, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bunting is ruining the sport, damn it. SACRIFICE bunting, that is - pitchers can't do it, hitters shouldn't, and, either way, you're giving up an out. Play for the run MY ASS.

Pfft. Yer probably all for the deignated hitter too.

― bnw, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

mmmmmm.
http://www.wetakethecake.com/images/large/dbcslice.jpg

― man, fuck this baseball shit., Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, Bundt-ing is definitely ruining the sport.

― felicity, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Any baseball game where the hitter bundts = CLASSIC!!!

― Dan Perry, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Daver probably likes astroturf and short porches as well feh. My guess is he was either 1) a first basement or 2) a third basemen or 3) a catcher and once and got burned by a crucial surprise sacrifice bunt. To hell with moving runners over let's just hit the ball as far as we can, right Dave nudgenudge? What's the point in setting the table when you can just have a bunch of solo homers? Defend yourself Mr. Popshots! (Or is offense the best defense?)

― Andy K, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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