sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation. A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably. A difficult or unpredictable situation.
Is this not commonly known? I used this expression just yesterday.
Well, there are people outside of the US, some of whom don't even have English as their first language. A quick investigation into this leads me.to believe that there might even be more people outside the US than inside. Most of those people have never heard of a sticky wicket.
I had never heard it, couldn't imagine what the joke was
A “sticky wicket”.
Thank you, I honestly wouldn't have figured it out...Sometimes The Far Side is completely obvious, sometimes it's completely obtuse.
Did someone just say “weaboo”?
I gotta say, this is one of the few comics I've seen where I didn't get the joke at all until it was explained
Thank you for reminding me of AL Jarreau's music. I'm not a huge fan of his genre, but some of his music is really good.
For your cakeday - link w/o Google’s tracker
Well damn. I got so excited about the song I forgot about that. Thanks! And I was not aware of the cake, thanks again.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation.
A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
A difficult or unpredictable situation.
Those aren't wickets, at least not cricket wickets. Unless the hoops used in croquet are also called wickets.
Though depicting a factory that produces an otherwise ordinary wooden pole would be a little more challenging to be unambiguous.
... hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) ...
Of course.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation.
A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
A difficult or unpredictable situation.
