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5 minutes ago, Blinkybill said:

To me it looked like one mum would make a kid when she couldn’t afford to buy a proper one.

Gee..a little unkind..lol. The design harks back to a much simpler era.

But as you say... I wonder who among us here actually had their mum knit them a jumper. Mine did when I was a lil tacker. There was no shame. Many of us had knitted jumpers :) The best ones were Red and Blue of course. Some interesting shades of blue though....often what was on special at the Haberdasher's ;)

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5 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The jumper was fine, but this year we have worn the following jumpers:

  • Traditional
  • Redback
  • Retro blue clash
  • Indigenous
  • Anzac Day (which is basically our traditional)
  • BCNA
  • Heritage one

That's a lot of different jumpers in one year.

I suspect our bottom line will be very healthy after the season and the above will be helping it. 

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23 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Gee..a little unkind..lol. The design harks back to a much simpler era.

But as you say... I wonder who among us here actually had their mum knit them a jumper. Mine did when I was a lil tacker. There was no shame. Many of us had knitted jumpers :) The best ones were Red and Blue of course. Some interesting shades of blue though....often what was on special at the Haberdasher's ;)

Hey, as a kid I never had a “proper” jumper. ? Even as an adult, when I was a Fitzroy supporter my wife knitted me a scarf with three different shades of blue (she refused to waste wool). I wore it with pride.

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2000's definition of knitting...Knit one purl one, knit one purl - AND cast off...

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3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The jumper was fine, but this year we have worn the following jumpers:

  • Traditional
  • Redback
  • Retro blue clash
  • Indigenous
  • Anzac Day (which is basically our traditional)
  • BCNA
  • Heritage one

That's a lot of different jumpers in one year.

ANZAC day and BCNA are really variants of the traditional jumper and for a good cause, so I support them.

I'd try to combine the clash jumpers - red and retro blue - with any Indigenous or Heritage efforts.

But at the same time I understand these heritage jumpers were $300 a pop to get your names on them. Even if there's only 50 people who paid up that's 15,000. Not a bad little earner. 

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3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The jumper was fine, but this year we have worn the following jumpers:

  • Traditional
  • Redback
  • Retro blue clash
  • Indigenous
  • Anzac Day (which is basically our traditional)
  • BCNA
  • Heritage one

That's a lot of different jumpers in one year.

But thankfully no white or silver abominations

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7 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Yes... always other opinions...lol

I quite liked it. A good old fashioned footy jumper that  gave a big nod to our heritage.

Thank God we have moved from that heritage.

It is now the 21st century not the 19th.

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9 minutes ago, old dee said:

IMO it is running a lose third.

Lose ? We WON ???

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On TV, looked like Essendon, go back to the brighter blue. 

At the game, it was fine. 

A Geelong mate said we looked good, its not a beauty contest we want to win.

Reminds me of the advertising competition between BMW and Audi in 2006. Then Subaru chimed in with engine of the year. And Bentley outdoes them all.

 

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2 hours ago, Wolfturdo said:

Is this a joke? Honestly can't tell. 

No wolf BT said the new strip was celebrating an anniversary of the MFC I just may have heard th length of time wrong. 

Also I never joke when I’m drinkin my bundy. 

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6 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Gee..a little unkind..lol. The design harks back to a much simpler era.

But as you say... I wonder who among us here actually had their mum knit them a jumper. Mine did when I was a lil tacker. There was no shame. Many of us had knitted jumpers :) The best ones were Red and Blue of course. Some interesting shades of blue though....often what was on special at the Haberdasher's ;)

I think blinkybill is 100% accurate bb.

 

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1 hour ago, DemonOX said:

No wolf BT said the new strip was celebrating an anniversary of the MFC I just may have heard th length of time wrong. 

Also I never joke when I’m drinkin my bundy. 

I’m sure the bundy bear was in fine voice though!

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17 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

The healing process after someone iron bars your shinbone.

Col, I live down on the Bellarine... you were referencing the dodgy parts of the area the other day... with the comment above, god knows what you got up to down here in your youth....

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