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Australia has lost their aura says Andrew Strauss (not his fault, someone asked him this question).

Oh Der say the rest of us.

How is this a story?

Is there anyone in the world who thinks the Australian team hasn’t lost their aura.

Some of us noticed it when they lost to India, got jumped by a minnow, and then lost at home for the first time since I started masturbating.

How is this a story now?

Because there is nothing else to talk about.

Ian Bell has been flogged to death.

Mitchell’s mum refuses to bag him again.

Edgbaston is under water.

And Thommo and Boycs have been quoted enough.

Even if they win this series 3-1, which is now impossible, they won’t be getting the old aura back.

Auras, like airfares from IATA affiliated airlines, are non transferrable.

I think people should stop talking about Aura and start talking about the momentum of winning one match in a row.

Tagged as: andrew strauss, ashes, aussies

7 Comments

1. Homer  •  Jul 29, 2009 @22:04
   

   It may be a non story but it had to be said. Its a pity the Poms took so long to realize what the rest of the world already knew.

   Cheers,

2. Rob  •  Jul 29, 2009 @22:53
   

   It is a good job they lost the aura — from what I hear with all the water in England they would have shorted it out by now.

3. 2nd Slip  •  Jul 29, 2009 @23:37
   

   Aura? WTF is going on. If they keep talking shit like this I’m going to start following another sport. Fuck me, this sort of new age mumbo jumbo is enough to get me to read the Womans Weekly to regain my manhood. I feel like I’ve been ripped off like a sailor in singapore who doesn’t know about lady boys.

4. Steve  •  Jul 29, 2009 @23:57
   

   Tis better to have aura-ed and lost, than never to have aura-ed at all.

5. Moses  •  Jul 30, 2009 @00:37
   

   Well said steve.

   Strauss has an aura of bullshit about him

6. Peter Della Penna  •  Jul 30, 2009 @02:06
   

   “When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field.” – Curt Schilling of the Arizona Diamondbacks, during the 2001 World Series when asked if their opponents, the Yankees, had a big advantage in games at Yankee Stadium with its “mystique” and “aura”.

7. Lou  •  Jul 30, 2009 @17:02
   

   Stuff all this talk of auras. Shane Watson with his giddy 19 average at 6 is opening the batting.

   I feel like weeping.