21 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

For years the only time I hear from him is when he shoots me a snarky text after a Melbourne loss. Especially if it’s at the hands of Carlton.
🤔 Funny thing, I haven’t heard from him in quite a while. 😁

You may not again in my lifetime.

6 hours ago, 640MD said:

Can I ask

is Nigel Farage the UK pollie, is he a secret contributor to this thread and if so what is his moniker?

he is all over the Banana Republik thing.

We don’t allow idiots on here, so no, he is not a contributor. 

On 1/3/2022 at 5:54 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

Yes, yes we can.

Uncle Bitters is that you?

On 1/10/2022 at 1:34 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

For years the only time I hear from him is when he shoots me a snarky text after a Melbourne loss. Especially if it’s at the hands of Carlton.
🤔 Funny thing, I haven’t heard from him in quite a while. 😁

If I can remember Carlton correctly, they had some success in the 80's. Also a few good coaches had gone there and failed big time. I pity any Carlton coach and player. It a very thankless task.

12 minutes ago, DemonFrog said:

If I can remember Carlton correctly, they had some success in the 80's. Also a few good coaches had gone there and failed big time. I pity any Carlton coach and player. It a very thankless task.

They have been ordinary since the league cracked down on paper bag payments. That made it very difficult for them to go out and buy the best players. They failed to adapted to the new system in the similar way that the MFC did in the 60'S. 

22 minutes ago, old dee said:

They have been ordinary since the league cracked down on paper bag payments. That made it very difficult for them to go out and buy the best players. They failed to adapted to the new system in the similar way that the MFC did in the 60'S. 

Indeed, it has been fantastic watching them suffering over the years. If only it could last another 57 years.

1 hour ago, old dee said:

They have been ordinary since the league cracked down on paper bag payments. That made it very difficult for them to go out and buy the best players. They failed to adapted to the new system in the similar way that the MFC did in the 60'S. 

The problem is that their golden era was at a time when football coverage was restricted to match of the day replays on a Saturday.

All people really got to watch on a weekend was their premiership third quarter comeback. Hence why they have so many enduring supporters.

20 years (and counting) in the doldrums, a deeply ingrained delusion that they are some type of latent super power (when they are likely to fall out of the big 4 Melbourne clubs the way they are going) and an impatience that prevents them from  fixing the joint up properly should see the status quo prevail for some time.

19 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

The problem is that their golden era was at a time when football coverage was restricted to match of the day replays on a Saturday.

All people really got to watch on a weekend was their premiership third quarter comeback. Hence why they have so many enduring supporters.

20 years (and counting) in the doldrums, a deeply ingrained delusion that they are some type of latent super power (when they are likely to fall out of the big 4 Melbourne clubs the way they are going) and an impatience that prevents them from  fixing the joint up properly should see the status quo prevail for some time.

Hope so.

 

26 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

All people really got to watch on a weekend was their premiership third quarter comeback. Hence why they have so many enduring supporters.

 

and iirc watching the sydney swans on tv . my neighbour was a swans supporter and it seemed like they were on every weekend, but it was probably only swans home games

23 hours ago, Redleg said:

We don’t allow idiots on here, so no, he is not a contributor. 

I won't hear another cross word against Nigel.

Despite your sullying of his good name, he is a generous and thoughtful soul as is demonstrated by this video of him sending birthday wishes to his former MEP constituents.
 

 

Edited January 12, 20223 yr by Colin B. Flaubert

19 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

The problem is that their golden era was at a time when football coverage was restricted to match of the day replays on a Saturday.

All people really got to watch on a weekend was their premiership third quarter comeback. Hence why they have so many enduring supporters.

20 years (and counting) in the doldrums, a deeply ingrained delusion that they are some type of latent super power (when they are likely to fall out of the big 4 Melbourne clubs the way they are going) and an impatience that prevents them from  fixing the joint up properly should see the status quo prevail for some time.

Hope so.

23 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Hope so.

There must be an echo echo echo echo

15 hours ago, Redleg said:

Hope so.

Maybe Carlton can merge with Collingwood so both irrelevant teams can become one?

Hope it’s okay to post this here despite it being not about footy. But it’s also not about hwfua, so hopefully it’s all good. 🙂

This is how I first saw today’s HS back page, ie, upside down…

I was aghast. I thought, ‘Scott Boland smokes?! He smokes while training?! The HS has published a pic of him smoking?!’😆

And upside down too.  What a talent.

Edited January 14, 20223 yr by Jontee

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Hope it’s okay to post this here despite it being not about footy. But it’s also not about hwfua, so hopefully it’s all good. 🙂

This is how I first saw today’s HS back page, ie, upside down…

I was aghast. I thought, ‘Scott Boland smokes?! He smokes while training?! The HS has published a pic of him smoking?!’😆

world's first. ......woman in australia mistakes cricket bat for cigarette

lol

1 hour ago, Jontee said:

And upside down too.  What a talent.

I intentionally posted the pic upside down, Jontee. That’s how I first saw it. Otherwise, you see it’s The Big Show’s bat. 😁

I call our illustrious captain my “winter Maxy” and Glen Maxwell my “summer Maxy.”  

Edited January 14, 20223 yr by WalkingCivilWar

15 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

world's first. ......woman in australia mistakes cricket bat for cigarette

lol

It’s easily done you know, Daisy. 
Wouldn’t wanna try smoking a cricket bat, though 😬

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It’s easily done you know, Daisy. 
Wouldn’t wanna try smoking a cricket bat, though 😬

yeah, happened to me once, smoked half way down the blade before i realised

13 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yeah, happened to me once, smoked half way down the blade before i realised

Which end did you start at? Because I imagine the grip would be the hardest part to smoke. 

35 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Which end did you start at? Because I imagine the grip would be the hardest part to smoke. 

now you are not going to believe this......but i actually started at the base of the handle.......you see, i was hacking pieces off, mixing it with molasses ........then putting it into my shisha on a a bit of alfoil on the coals.

it burned and tasted terrible until i woke up to what i had done

and that is how i mistook a cricket bat for a cigarette........dinks

(c) Dc

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

now you are not going to believe this......but i actually started at the base of the handle.......you see, i was hacking pieces off, mixing it with molasses ........then putting it into my shisha on a a bit of alfoil on the coals.

it burned and tasted terrible until i woke up to what i had done

and that is how i mistook a cricket bat for a cigarette........dinks

(c) Dc

Okaaay 

 

jok is on novax

novax  vic  nojok

On 1/4/2022 at 4:00 PM, Redleg said:

Now I find out that HWSNBN, thinks he is a cricket umpire as well and once called our beloved Captain Maxie for chucking.

How dare he suggest that Maxie would bend the arm when bowling.

It was probably because he got a close up look of him bending his Back whilst Chucking.