On 2/11/2023 at 9:54 PM, Redleg said:

Well some Barristers are nice.

If you're a Barrister, I contend you are not combative enough!!

4 minutes ago, dworship said:

If you're a Barrister, I contend you are not combative enough!!

Incorrect contention.

4 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Incorrect contention.

Now this is what I mean my learned colleague. Far too polite and evidence supports the contention.

20 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Weather-wise, yes. But in every other respect probs wouldn’t last a day at Windy Hill. As awesome as our ponchos are, they’re not feral-proof enough to endure that. No, that’d be a job for a hazmat suit. 

Edit: have I told you how much I despise Essendon? I hate that club with every fibre of my being. I wouldn’t subject my beautiful poncho to the filthy air that stills hangs over that entire suburb. 

You would have loved the Dons fan I was speaking with on Monday, he was really pumped about Weid and how a second chance is all he needs.

He may be right but still, sheesh. 

10 minutes ago, layzie said:

You would have loved the Dons fan I was speaking with on Monday, he was really pumped about Weid and how a second chance is all he needs.

He may be right but still, sheesh. 

Soz Layz, I stopped reading after the first sentence. 😁

24 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Soz Layz, I stopped reading after the first sentence. 😁

I was with about 6 of them on Monday watching the Super Bowl at Sporting Globe. All so miserable about the bummers!

6 minutes ago, layzie said:

I was with about 6 of them on Monday watching the Super Bowl at Sporting Globe. All so miserable about the bummers!

And long may they remain miserable!

21 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE!

I got a lovely Valentine's Day note from my dearly beloved which went something along the lines of 

" Roses are red and chocolates are brown, but you're getting neither so calm the F ..... down ! "

10 hours ago, dworship said:

Now this is what I mean my learned colleague. Far too polite and evidence supports the contention.

Yes; needed, "...and I'll see you in court."

11 hours ago, dworship said:

Now this is what I mean my learned colleague. Far too polite and evidence supports the contention.

I think you can be polite and combative at the same time.

Ever heard the phrase “ smiling assassin “?

9 hours ago, Redleg said:

I think you can be polite and combative at the same time.

Ever heard the phrase “ smiling assassin “?

I've had people call me that, although the emphasis wasn't on the smiling part.

43 minutes ago, dworship said:

I've had people call me that, although the emphasis wasn't on the smiling part.

Julius Caesar didn’t see his assassins smiling either. Mainly because Brutus and most of the brave boys, stabbed him in the back.

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

Julius Caesar didn’t see his assassins smiling either. Mainly because Brutus and most of the brave boys, stabbed him in the back.

I'm not that clever, you'll see it coming.

2 hours ago, dworship said:

I'm not that clever, you'll see it coming.

Hopefully I have time to duck.

12 hours ago, Redleg said:

Julius Caesar didn’t see his assassins smiling either. Mainly because Brutus and most of the brave boys, stabbed him in the back.

What's the problem with that Red?

It seems quite logical to me. If you need to stab someone, do it in the back. It's certainly safer for the stabber, not so much for the stabbee, and I'm sure quite effective. Plus it's sneaky.

23 hours ago, Redleg said:

I think you can be polite and combative at the same time.

Ever heard the phrase “ smiling assassin “?

Whenever Brad Johnson is on TV.

7 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What's the problem with that Red?

It seems quite logical to me. If you need to stab someone, do it in the back. It's certainly safer for the stabber, not so much for the stabbee, and I'm sure quite effective. Plus it's sneaky.

Well the Ojays would probably agree.

Well today I broke the months long drought and had a banana smoothie and it was delicious.

13 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Well today I broke the months long drought and had a banana smoothie and it was delicious.

Make 'em YOPROfessionally now, Red!

49 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Make 'em YOPROfessionally now, Red!

Will have to look into that.

10 hours ago, Redleg said:

Well today I broke the months long drought and had a banana smoothie and it was delicious.

The question is: why so long between 'drinks'?

Edited February 16, 20233 yr by layzie

19 minutes ago, layzie said:

The question is: why so long between 'drinks'?

Trying to lose some weight for the season ahead.

Does anyone think that May might kick out to his right at all this year?

Hopefully the long bomb to the left forward pocket, where we have one key forward against three tall defenders, is off the menu.

With Tom and Benny fit and firing and with JVR hopefully getting his chance and Max or Brody, we have options.

25 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Does anyone think that May might kick out to his right at all this year?

Hopefully the long bomb to the left forward pocket, where we have one key forward against three tall defenders, is off the menu.

With Tom and Benny fit and firing and with JVR hopefully getting his chance and Max or Brody, we have options.

I'm looking forward generally to what new elements there might be in our ball movement. Ours is - or at least has the capacity to be - the fastest, most skilled, most disciplined squad.

Meanwhile, to your opening query, he'd probably end up doing - you guessed it! - a banana, that accordingly still ended up out to the left.

On 2/16/2023 at 9:03 AM, Bitter but optimistic said:

What's the problem with that Red?

It seems quite logical to me. If you need to stab someone, do it in the back. It's certainly safer for the stabber, not so much for the stabbee, and I'm sure quite effective. Plus it's sneaky.

Machiavelli tells a wonderful story of an Italian prince who conquered a new territory, essentially adding a city-state to his realm. To establish order and root out the corruption that was his pretext for an 'invited' conquest, he sent an absolute hardened b-stard to overzealously crush everyone who was even vaguely suspected. When the locals started arcing up about things going to far, the Prince used this agent as a scapegoat, and arranged to have him assassinated, body cut in half and dumped in the middle of the town square, thereby both 'satisfying and stupefying' the populace, because they got what they wanted but... Mio Dio! Quello è selvaggio!

Now, that is how you stab someone in the back.

Also an example of a surprising historical fact; you're much more likely to be stabbed in the back/assassinated/betrayed and so forth by someone more senior to you who fears your ambition, than by someone beneath you trying to climb.

Of course, this is all in the old days before the invention of the banana smoothie brought peace to the world.