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1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

moonie, you wouldn't know a blue rinser from a cross dressing pervert even though you attend games with one

 

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    18 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    Or an ex-lawyer with a background of defending dubious companies. Probably supports West Coast ?

     

    West Coast supporters went into hiding about three weeks ago, over here.

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    2 hours ago, DemonFrog said:

    West Coast supporters went into hiding about three weeks ago, over here.

    Maybe she was slow to catch on? ?

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    did you know......?

    the collective noun for demons is a "legion of demons"

    consider yourselves educated

     

    ,,,,go the legion,,,,

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    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    did you know......?

    the collective noun for demons is a "legion of demons"

    consider yourselves educated

     

    ,,,,go the legion,,,,

    Don't think it is going to fly DC. But thanks for the info.

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    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    Don't think it is going to fly DC. But thanks for the info.

    So there will be several legions of demons there on Friday week?

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    3 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    So there will be several legions of demons there on Friday week?

    A legion was generally considered to be around the 3300 to 3500. 

    So that means about 10 legions R and B

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    A legion was generally considered to be around the 3300 to 3500. 

    So that means about 10 legions R and B

    Seems a lot more variable according to Wikipedia --- somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 depending on when. So fittingly for some AFL crowd figures, there is some room for variability there.

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    4 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    So there will be several legions of demons there on Friday week?

    I was at the Dee's last finals game, back in 2006 at Subiaco Oval. 

    That day we only had around 2,000 supporter at the game. The Shockers had around 40,000 of their supporters there. My father was a member of the Shockers up until his passing around 10 years ago. I still has fond memories of singing our theme song to him over the phone every time the Dees beat the Shockers. That is until the time when he would no longer speak to me after our games.

    2006 was my first and only AFL finals game that I have see live and the last time my wife went with me to a football match. I also think it was the first finals match the Shockers had won.

    My best memery of the games was singing our theme song when the Dees ran on to the ground. The lady in front of me had to put her fingers in her ears, so I just had too sing louder. I love our theme song, and its even better when it annoys the opposition.

    I assume most of you guys and gals (not a 100% sure what Old Bitter is because of his avatar) will be attending our next finals game? Well give them a rowdy version of The Grand Old Flag for me if you are there at the game.

    GO THE DEES!

     

     

     

     

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    5 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    Seems a lot more variable according to Wikipedia --- somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 depending on when. So fittingly for some AFL crowd figures, there is some room for variability there.

    I understood a Roman legion had between 3,000 to 6,000 men plus followers and auxiliary.

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    14 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    So there will be several legions of demons there on Friday week?

    I owned a horse called Legion, that became a stallion, much like my good self.

    BTW, we are f....d. Hopefully I can still be posting this in 3 weeks.

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    9 hours ago, DemonFrog said:

    I understood a Roman legion had between 3,000 to 6,000 men plus followers and auxiliary.

    Are the auxiliary legions like the interchange bench?

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    49 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I owned a horse called Legion, that became a stallion, much like my good self.

    BTW, we are f....d. Hopefully I can still be posting this in 3 weeks.

    Amen to that, Stallion

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    56 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I owned a horse called Legion, that became a stallion, much like my good self.

    BTW, we are f....d. Hopefully I can still be posting this in 3 weeks.

    What do you mean "hopefully" it will be correct either way.

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    48 minutes ago, old dee said:

    What do you mean "hopefully" it will be correct either way.

    I think Redleg would prefer one correct way over the other ... ?

     

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    15 minutes ago, SFebes said:

    My grass still isn't growing

    Keep watching.

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    19 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

    Are the auxiliary legions like the interchange bench?

    No they are more like an WAFL player.

    Less pay and lesser working conditions but shorter seasons.

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    On 8/7/2018 at 3:34 PM, beelzebub said:

    So many lines ?

    You have to do so many lines to get through this.

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    I've had this strange fear of speed bumps whilst driving. But I'm slowly getting over it....

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    7 minutes ago, SFebes said:

    My grass still wont grow 

    Leave the gro-lights on a bit longer

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    4 minutes ago, ManDee said:

    Leave the gro-lights on a bit longer

    Haha brilliant! You've got me off to a good start to the day ManDee! ?

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