Traditionally, the New Year's Honours were bestowed by royalty to worthy recipients who usually worked selflessly and tirelessly sucking up to those responsible for assessing the candidates for nomination.

My awards aren't like that at all - I look for people who are really special so my NY nomination goes to one of that rare breed of human who is humble and willing to make enormous sacrifices for the betterment of mankind; to a man who has given up the opportunity to play for the most popular football club in the world to join the long suffering, downtrodden and oppressed Melbourne Demons.

Listen to Heritier Lumumba as he describes his love for his former coach and captain and his personal development from his early days as plain old Harry O'Brien to the his present glory as royalty personified.

Along the way, Heritier has seen much doom, gloom and a fair measure of tragedy which makes him such a perfect fit as the Melbourne Football Club's recruit of 2015 ~

Wonderful Oration by a deep thinking well read Human.

I liken him to Col. Sylvia. LOL

Wonderful Oration by a deep thinking well read Human.

I liken him to Col. Sylvia. LOL

Except that his IQ is about triple that of Col and his value to the club he plays for even greater than that.

In all seriousness, isn't it great that AFL footballers can come from any background and with IQs from both the deep and the shallow ends of the gene pool. It's a great game made even greater by its everyman status.

It is Sir WYL from this day forth.....

nothing for earl

in fact i heard there was a move to revoke his current honours

still, if rolfy can hang onto his , he'll probably be ok with all his hipster friends

It is Sir WYL from this day forth.....

Congrats ... Long overdue !!

nothing for earl

in fact i heard there was a move to revoke his current honours

still, if rolfy can hang onto his , he'll probably be ok with all his hipster friends

The Earl will be devastated if that is so. He was very confident of being recognised. He may well top himself if worst comes to worst!!

New Years Honours should go to Jack Watts who i saw in good form down at Lorne Falls Festival. Before anyone jumps down his or my throat, he seemed very well behaved.
Also saw a couple of players from other clubs, who i cannot say the same thing about though...

Happy New Year gang!

Traditionally, the New Year's Honours were bestowed by royalty to worthy recipients who usually worked selflessly and tirelessly sucking up to those responsible for assessing the candidates for nomination.

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WJ am I to take this as a slur not just on me but on the legacy of Likes of Sir Billy, Sir Joe and Sir Terry Lewis?

Edited January 1, 201511 yr by Earl Hood

As BBOs training regime is not going so well we could knight him....

Sir Cumference.

nothing for earl

in fact i heard there was a move to revoke his current honours

still, if rolfy can hang onto his , he'll probably be ok with all his hipster friends

DC oh how bad news travels fast! Yes I was refused entry to the Governor's Christmas tea party over a purely administrative oversight I believe, my name was not on their guest list. And yes some time later I was detained by security staff trying to mount the back fence to Government House from the Botanical Gardens to gain entry. Yes there was an unfortunate scene caught by ACA cameras that I now regret but my people are dealing with it and I have refused all requests for interviews with Tracy Grimshaw.

Let me assure you DC that I am following up these issues with Westminster pronto!

New Years Honours should go to Jack Watts who i saw in good form down at Lorne Falls Festival. Before anyone jumps down his or my throat, he seemed very well behaved.

Aah, so he's soft when it comes to partying, too.

*jokes*

The Earl will be devastated if that is so. He was very confident of being recognised. He may well top himself if worst comes to worst!!

Once you are an earl, there is only marquess and duke to go, and those are the privilege of the sovereign alone, IIRC. Hence expecting the New Years Honours (which are Australia Day honours in this country) to announce an award of a marquis or a duke is a bit like expecting someone from neither of the teams in the Grand Final to get the Norm Smith medal ...

WJ am I to take this as a slur not just on me but on the legacy of Likes of Sir Billy, Sir Joe and Sir Terry Lewis?

What a bunch of scoundrels . I'm disappointed Governor General Cosgrove accepted a knighthood from the " No Surprises Man " . I've more respect for the likes of our Bodyline captain ,Bill Woodfull , and more recently , David Bowie , who famously declined the "honour" .

New Years Honours should go to Jack Watts who i saw in good form down at Lorne Falls Festival. Before anyone jumps down his or my throat, he seemed very well behaved.

Also saw a couple of players from other clubs, who i cannot say the same thing about though...

Happy New Year gang!

Watts did look very well behaved when I saw him too but that nose jewelry he had going on was horrific!

I saw a few other players too and the most cooked award would be a tie between a Port player and a Bulldog. Both had plates for eyes when I saw them. I wonder if they were the same guys that you saw?

Watts did look very well behaved when I saw him too but that nose jewelry he had going on was horrific!

I saw a few other players too and the most cooked award would be a tie between a Port player and a Bulldog. Both had plates for eyes when I saw them. I wonder if they were the same guys that you saw?

Ahah nah mine was a Don' and a Cat. Won't name, names but they're held in high regard. They were chain smoking cigarettes like it was going out of fashion (suppose it kinda is!)