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Whispering_Jack   29,246

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I didn't know whether to place this here or in the cricket thread on other sports but given that "running off at the mouth" is a common occurrence in this forum (we're all guilty of it from time to time :lol:) I thought this gem from Martin Flanagan deserved to be put right here.

Running off at the mouth a fool's game

Love this one about Brett Lee - "Lee is like a pit bull with hair gel".

And this sums up not only the Morgan/Lee incident but also what makes our game and sport at the highest level so enticing:

When I go to the footy, I always want to sit on the fence. I want to feel the pace of the play, the power of their collisions.

Only then can I begin to appreciate the skill and daring of the players.

We go to top sport to see people perform feats that are beyond our powers. To presume we are their equal in this regard, to presume we have the courage required when we do not know the magnitude nor the nature of the courage required is, as Morgan so gallantly showed us, the act of a fool.

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Flanagan is a lover of sport. He sees the magnificence of fearless and determined commitment regardless of the game, the team or the player. I wish he would write a book about the season he spent at the Demons as it would give us a real understanding of the (often futile) efforts made by those that were truly committed and secure them the appreciation they deserve. There is no better writer on football than him.

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I didn't know whether to place this here or in the cricket thread on other sports but given that "running off at the mouth" is a common occurrence in this forum (we're all guilty of it from time to time :lol:) I thought this gem from Martin Flanagan deserved to be put right here.

Running off at the mouth a fool's game

Love this one about Brett Lee - "Lee is like a pit bull with hair gel".

And this sums up not only the Morgan/Lee incident but also what makes our game and sport at the highest level so enticing:

Isn't that a reworking of the description applied to the former Environment Minister Ros Kelly... "a pit bull with lipstick"? And then more recently the same description was used on Sarah Palin.

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Which in turn emerge from the classic 'no point putting lipstick on a pig'.

I love a little etymology now and then (entomology? well, actually I quite appreciate that too but sucks when I get them confused). Wait til you find out where the expression 'taking a crap' came from. :D

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Isn't that a reworking of the description applied to the former Environment Minister Ros Kelly... "a pit bull with lipstick"? And then more recently the same description was used on Sarah Palin.

Used by Sarah Palin.

She lionised herself, and 'hockey moms,' with the joke: 'What is the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.'

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I've watered the grass a number of times but it is still yellow

LW Just wondering what your watering the grass with! I have my suspicions. Sacrificial wine is quite acidic you know!

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Come join Mr Cruise and your problems will be solved.

No money to have grass, bees, heaters, air conditioners etc.

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forget your lawn lordweaver, it will be resurrected in good time

perhaps you should be praying for the salvation army instead

Yes LW and DC what would Father Peter make of all these allegations I wonder? If I remember correctly LW Father P was a master at massage for the YCW footballers, in fact he extended your career by many seasons I believe with his magical hands, well anyway he extended something.

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Sadly he was moved to another parish in the dead of night

Yes this was very common in the Catholic Church, priests moved on at short notice to new parishes, often just one step ahead of the authorities. No doubt the need to save souls was variable, the devil could appear any where at anytime.

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