As 2023 winds down, catch the gang in a mood that is equal parts dark and humorous. There's a bit of looking back with dollops of recency bias thrown in and there's a bit of looking forward with pessimism and optimism jostling with each other for screentime in a set of moving pictures called imagined reality. Time is a circle, they say and the circle of Centurion has made us none the wiser. Oh, and don't miss the many in-jokes that all of you are in on, dear listeners and the needles that are ready to pierce your bananas. Here's to bits and pieces of everything that's good sprinkled across 2024 for all of us and Sanju Samson! Find us on Elon's servers: Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket Chops: https://twitter.com/el_chopernos Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony Sameer: https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148 Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci Iman: https://twitter.com/imanpande Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins Adi: https://twitter.com/adi1112 Show Notes: Notytony's quest for Bill Watterson throughout the 2023 Men's ODI World Cup: https://whereisbillwatterson.substack.com/p/one-day-standhttps://whereisbillwatterson.substack.com/p/tantalus-finalushttps://whereisbillwatterson.substack.com/p/peace-plus-the-hooting CSA decides to send SA C team to NZ for Men's Tests: https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3842534 Looks like the Men's T20 World Cup 2024 is all set to outdo the Men's ODI World Cup 2023 but in not such a good way: https://twitter.com/PeterDellaPenna/status/1741435794290520356?t=okrQjzzV3WtsJ5jyerKvXA&s=19 Have you subscribed to our Youtube channel yet, dear current listener and potential viewer?: https://www.youtube.com/@bitsandpiecesthefriendlies7100