It’s all over for The Corridor of Uncertainty

I would stay as you are. The site run by this Clark guy is utter self-indulgent shit and the kind of thing that only he reads. His magazine had a place but has been overtaken by events and is now irrelevant.

I vote Andy Clark is a dull pedant!

(would go much stronger but fears said lawyers)

Over Cow Corner
Glance to Slip
Caught Behind
Mullygrubber
The Wrong ‘Un
Off The Splice
Itchy Box
Sticky Wicket
Fast Leg Theory
The Nightwatchman
Slog Sweep
Fully Tossed

Aye, sorry Will, I’ve still been reading avidly over the past few months but hadn’t found any useful words to respond to yours. (Oh and congrats at being mentioned in the Grauniad today, even if they did do their usual trick of editing something beyond comprehension).

For what it’s worth, here’s my suggestion:

Andrew Flintoff’s Ankle

The Red Zone
Hawkeye
Snicko

Over the rope

Silly Point (my favoured)

Good Cricket All Round
Start The Car
Short Game’s A Good Game
Best Blog That Ever Drew Breath
Pie Thrower
Chucker
The Bowler’s Willey

How about, “Andy wishes he could get this many hits”.com

For what it’s worth I don’t think we should check out this guys site as a result of this – it only gives him traffic, and if he’s got Google Ads or anything, he’ll only make some money out of all this.

I love the idea of “The Nightwatchman” but can’t for the life of me see why any cricket terminology wouldn’t have the same problem.

Is wikipedia being sued becasue it mentions Geoff Boycott but not him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_terminology#C)

If anyone would have copyright over the phrase it would seem to me it would be Geoff Boycott not Andy someone

Interesting approach by his lawyers. The first thing I would do is check whether the mark is, in fact, registered. You may have been told that already. When did you start with the name? There must be at least some doubt as to the inherent registrability of the phrase. Email me if you would like to discuss this away from the public (i.e. his) gaze.

‘the follow on’…might capture the blogging spirit,as might ’sporting declaration’ although in all honesty nothing yet has the pith of COU, which as a piece of terminology should surely have remained as part of Crickets common wealth.

The Avenue of Abiguity
The Street of Speculation
The Path of Perplexity
The Highway of Hestitancy
Boyc’s Boulevard

… okay, I’ll shut up now

Jeez, this sucks. I’d be tempted to tell him to stick his idiotic lawsuit up an orifice of his choosing, but then I don’t really know what I’m on about.

Some possible names off the top of my head:

Googly Blog
The Members’ End
Blog Before Wicket (BBW)
The Bat and Ball Blog
Bodyline Blogging
Views from the Boundary
The Fifth Official
Over and Out
In the Gulley
Silly Point

Hell, just about any fielding position would make a decent enough name. Personally I’d go for “Gatting’s Gonads” though. I’ll try to think of some more.

YAY i found it! i just realised you have a google search thing at the bottom of your page. It only took me two minutes to find it

http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2005/10/25/the-corridors-doors-are-closing/

So everyone check out the suggestions there!

Sorry to triple post but i just compiled a list of all the suggestions u have had in BOTH the old post and the knew one. There are a total of 242 suggestions, although there are a few that double up (like some of the fielding position names). So aout 220 to choose from!
I can e-mail the list to ya if you want…
Just need to know which address to send it too!

Oh and for the record i go for any of my sugestions from the old post, ecpially…
“The Aisle of Anxiety”
“The Foyer of Bewilderment”
“The Hallway of Hesitation”
“The Lobby of Uneasiness”

Note i had to get the theasurus out to think of them ones!

“Silly point” gets my vote. Although “Stick of Rhubarb” has a certain appeal . . . Need alcohol to contribute anything original!

oh . . .oh . . . how about “A waste of bloody money if neither Vaughan nor Flintoff are playing”?

Ah, so I owe my inspiration to you then, Elliott. Didn’t mean to copy your idea. Don’t sue me please

I like Adrian’s Stick of Rhubarb, so why not compromise and become The corridor of Rhubarb? P.S. anyone remember Ronnie Barker’s film called Rhubarb. What a gem.

I thought you couldn’t copyright titles. And The Corridor of Uncertainty is a title. Maybee you should put it in inverted commas and give an attribution to G Boycott – then, you are merely quoting the Yorkshire curmudgeon.

Slightly seperate issue but in The Times today was an advert for Jon Lewis which had the tagline; “Never-Knowingly Undersold”. This has to be as much an infringement as the CoU one.

Corridor of Rhubarb is the best yet.

Some suggestions after reading through the comments:

Less Boring Than Boycott
Middle Stump
Cow Shot Corner
Tickle Down To Fine Leg
Less Nauseating Than Benaud
Not As Irritating As Lawrie & Greig

The Uncertain Corridor That Is Cricket…

here is a Cricket Blog called “The Corridor”, that once was called “The Corridor of Uncertainty”, but the unofficial England cricket team fanzine also called The Corridor Of Uncertainty claimed copyright. Now the Corridor of uncertainty blog has be…

‘Sexy Nekkid Cricket Zone’ has a very contemporary feel , and it may entice lovers of the 20/20 variations, as a corporate strategy it has also has real symmetry and perhaps even a couple of synergies.

I’ts not too late Will!! well done bichishort.

The Declaration

“Andy’s Corridor of Indecision”

Bat n Pad Blog
Leather On Willow Online
Forward Short Blog
Deep Square Blog
etc.

Personally, I think that Andy is probably talking through Geoffrey Boycott’s hat.

If you look here:

http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/indetail/revocn.htm

a trade mark can be revoked for being a “common term in the trade”. Given that:

a) It was a common term before 2001.
b) “corridor of uncertainty” gives 129,000 hits on Google.
c) The wikipedia definition doesn’t say a thing about the fanzine.
d) There are other internet sites with the name, including blogs.
e) It has been used on broadcast media (football, cricket, Guardian, TMS etc.) for ages.

This is probably true for this term – probably also when it started in 2001.

Unfortunately it costs £200 to mount a challenge.

However, your blog, your move, your call.

Julian

I have unfortunately come across Mr. Clark – he defamed me. His responses to my complaints were rather shallow – and when I responded, he accused me of stalking him! I would typify him as something of a windbag. He would seem to be arrogant as well as uncouth. He writes before he thinks. Not a man whose website I would take much notice of. He indulges in brainless mudslinging himself, but he cannot justify any of it and complains when you take him up on it! As an editor he should know more about the law than he does.