“Monty went beserk, like a toddler who's just been told he can't have a Happy Meal.”

—  Ben Dirs

England vs West Indies, 1st Test as it happened, 2007-19-05, BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6672179.stm,

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