Its closes Mi5,gets PM's steamed and is a definite APster precursor.

[Matthew X]

Once a year the Brits secret services shut down,the PM's of several 
commonwealth countries are distracted at various times and the people 
directly(and sometimes indirectly) involved are offered obscene amounts for 
their 'opinion' on such trivial matters as the lay of the land and/or the 
weather.
Some of the same people interested in such trivia may or may not have been 
caught betting on the whereabouts of the next religious atrocity.
WTF am I on about now?
Cricket.
How is that an APster precursor? Well JB himself saw AP,(as it was known 
then,circa 96) as,perhaps best instigated as a betting proposition.Now we 
have had spread betting on the various stock exchanges for years and 
various scandals and bank collapse's later,we might recognize APster as 
being so close now its not funny.
There may even have been a plane crash pool for Hansie.
Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets - [23/07/2001 ...
... Sports. Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets Vijay Dutt 
London,
July 22 The sacked South African Hansie Cronje owned eight properties and ...
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230701/detSPO14.asp - 30k - Cached - Similar 
pages
Not that auditors are too be trusted.APster,it's not just cricket.
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