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Sports satire and spoofs, illustrated with cartoons by Martin Griffiths.

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21 September 2020
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First up – Rugby …

The Cock Up Times in a special rugby feature includes an interview with loose forward, Cunning Cummings.

In the interview he reveals how he likes to pretend to play on the blindside and is happy to work round any law that doesn’t suit him He thinks being offside is a positive thing and will do any dirty trick in the scrum to get his way and distract the referee. He credits the results of a visit to Durham as demonstrating he can do literally anything and the management team (which he actually coaches) supports him. He outlines why he has no respect for referees or foreign players and why he doesn’t want them spoiling his game.

He says: “Yes, the rucking law wanted changing. But its main advantage is that it distracts everyone from the mess the Number 10 and the rest of the team are making in the match against Covid. We’re losing this match so badly because of constantly changing tactics, bad planning and general incompetence”.

Now for Cricket …

Captain U. S. E. Less drops the ball again as Lords debate controversial international law changes.
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Martin grew up on a small farm on the Herefordshire/Worcestershire borders where he seemed to spend all summer picking fruit and all winter chasing lost sheep. After College he set up a successful ceramics workshop in Cirencester but after travelling in Africa he took on a teaching post including Art, Drama and Sports before eventually becoming a Housemaster and wearing a suit and tie every day! He spent the next few years teaching mainly Art, Photography and Literacy part time at an FE College and combined this with being a Barman, Chef, Photographer and Food Writer. He moved back into full time teaching with posts in Greece, Switzerland and France, mainly teaching Literature, and now combines examination work for the International Baccalaureate with making Ceramics, Drawing and Writing. He remains Chair of Tewkesbury for Europe.

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