Oh how I hate being slapped with a wet lettuce. In my case it is all true. I am the stereotypical Melbourne supporter, the only differences being I buy a membership every year, I sold the Range Rover and I know who number 9 is. Smile, we are unbeaten playing well and they are taking notice of us. I want to hear it every day for years, and I will smile and say we are doing well may have to ski overseas more if we keep winning. 

PS. Is young Neitz still the captain?

20 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Oh how I hate being slapped with a wet lettuce. 

Damn right, just laugh the silver-tail jokes off regardless of it applying to you personally or not. For those struggling with that then may I suggest having a cup of concrete.  Keep it true to the stereotype and accept only the best - Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC).   

I've been to 5 Demon Games this year, also arranging a weekend at Hotham (when we're playing interstate). Best of both worlds!

When our team and club is up and about, they have nothing else to attack us on, except our supporter base. Not many other clubs ever cop this. It's also a bit of a pathetic put down. "YOU HAVE MONEY!!!!" And no, I've never been to the snow.

On 4/25/2021 at 11:36 AM, Demonland said:

They also couldn’t help themselves disrespecting Nathan Jones by labeling the 300 gamer a perennial loser. 

Pffft...

Jones is a champion.  People know that.  Has as much respect in the footy world as the next man/woman.

I'm a Bayside-living, charcuterie-plate eating, Pinot-drinking, ski-loving Demon fanatic!

Edited April 26, 20214 yr by Pollyanna

At the local shopping centre and I just spotted an old guy sporting a Dees baseball cap that was so brand spanking new he may as well have left the label on it. I see this guy all the time and never knew he was a fan. In my neck of the woods Dees supporters are few and far between; ones who show their colours, anyways. It made me think about a tweet I read after Richmond won the grannie in 2017. It read along the lines of Now you’ll see only two types of Richmond regalia: Brand new gear or 32yo gear that reeks of mothballs. So I’m sure we have to expect a barrage of this type of discourse should we go all the way. Incidentally, the newest MFC merch I own is a guernsey I won in a competition two weeks ago. And not a single item of the sh*t-tonne of stuff I’ve amassed over the years smells of mothballs. Brave is the person who even entertains the idea of labelling me a bandwagonner. ? 

3 hours ago, Pollyanna said:

I'm a Bayside-living, charcuterie-plate eating, Pinot-drinking, ski-loving Demon fanatic!

I’m the complete opposite type of Demon fanatic. I don’t own a car, let alone a Range Rover; I only know what a charcuterie plate is coz I saw it on the Hans ad. on TV; and as for snow, the closest I would ever get to seeing white powder is if I’m walking down the main street of St. Albans and the meth-head in front of me falls over and the baggie of ice in his pocket comes tumbling out onto the footpath. (This actually happened.)

Own the stereotype! And then point to the ladder!

4 minutes ago, Range Rover to the snow said:

Own the stereotype! And then point to the ladder!

bbbbbbbbbbbbut what would kornes say??!?

I couldn’t care less about the joke. Like others have said, I’d rather be known for that than be missing teeth or on the dole. 
Water off a ducks back for me, let the haters hate. 

8 hours ago, TRIGON said:

Is this what happened? Verbatim? Doesn't ring true; coerce is too big a word for a Herald Sun editor.

Haha...very good. My words, not his.

55 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

bbbbbbbbbbbbut what would kornes say??!?

Wwsw, Kornes played for Port Adelaide, have you been to Port Adelaide? Have you been to Adelaide? They just got colour TV. They are still driving Valiants. They think that lake Torrens is a river! Don't worry what he says he will catch up eventually.

Edited April 26, 20214 yr by ManDee
Tongue in cheek, I actually like Adelaide, reminds me of my childhood

Work colleague (Collingwood supporter) got into me one day about owning a Range Rover and renting a chalet at Hotham during footy season.

I replied that at least the value of my car didn’t fluctuate (had to tell him what that means) depending on how much petrol was in the tank. And by the way, we Dees supporters don’t rent, we own. And we don’t let our 14 year old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.

2 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Work colleague (Collingwood supporter) got into me one day

Next time he has a go, tell him that the Police can never solve murders in Collingwood.   He'll ask why.

You can then explain it's because there are no dental records and all the DNA is the same.

Finish him off with an Addams Family song:

"Your sister is your mother, your father is your brother, you all (bonk) one another, the Magpie family".

Apparently Dale "Daisy" Thomas (the former Collingwood and Carlton player) made a "joke" on social media in a video calling up ski resorts to ask if any Demons supporters have cancelled their bookings to the snow for this year.

All very lame and the typical stereotype against us. I have only every been to the snow 2 or 3 times in my life. I am also just a regular working class Melbourne supporter.

Sadly, we won't be able to stop this joke and ridicule about us until we finally end our Premiership drought. Winning flags is the only way to shut up those who hate us and make fun of us. 

I'm usually in the south of France in April each year so my chalet is generally on loan to family and friends. I traded out of the Rangy 18 months ago (it was already a year old with 10k on the clock) and leased me the new Porsche Cayenne. I was a bit nervous when Covid hit that I'd have to keep it for three years, but as life is back to normal here in Brighton, I should be able to flip it in the usual 24 months. The partners in the firm are now on board with Charles and have stopped calling him Nieta. Oh, and what's this thing called a 'weekend'? (And well done number two Ol' Chap.)

Edited April 26, 20214 yr by Queanbeyan Demon
Typo

I can’t believe anyone gives a [censored].

Just enjoy relevance.

9 hours ago, Pollyanna said:

I'm a Bayside-living, charcuterie-plate eating, Pinot-drinking, ski-loving Demon fanatic!

Hence that snow-capped mountain, hey, mate? ?

I just like watching Melbourne win. The rest is fugazi.

4 hours ago, ManDee said:

Wwsw, Kornes played for Port Adelaide, have you been to Port Adelaide? Have you been to Adelaide? They just got colour TV. They are still driving Valiants. They think that lake Torrens is a river! Don't worry what he says he will catch up eventually.

i'll go one better - i worked for the pear when kornes was there :P

On 4/25/2021 at 2:48 PM, chookrat said:

In fairness Lord Nev, it is difficult to spot the difference between a Beetoota article and the actual news. The recent article about the hit kids show Bluey not representing minority groups including dogs of colour and with disabilities.

One has to be pretty vigilant taking in news these days, unfortunately. The term “false-flagging” refers to media organisations concocting outrage that centres around supposed “debates” that in actuality, really aren’t occurring in any real sense. Recently Ch 9 ran a story about how the Golden Gaytime was being targeted for a re-naming by the LBGTQ community. Turns out it was just somebody who started a petition and managed to get a few hundred idiots to sign it, but that didn’t stop Ch 9 hyping it to the point that it’s Facebook page was full of furious and, worst of all, hateful language from it’s viewers/readers towards a community that never even picked the fight in the first place. In reality , the overwhelming majority of the gay community are either genuinely uninterested in the issue (there are bigger societal issues they face than this) or wholeheartedly embrace the name. 
 

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. These media companies know this, but rather than searching out genuine issues with that difficult, draining and meddlesome stuff called “journalism”, many have discovered it’s just so much easy to create the wheel AND the grease out of thin air. It gets people interested in their crappy product just as effectively as any journalism could, at a quarter of the price. The downside? A society being further divided by skewed impressions of the world they live in. 
 

So next time you see an article saying “they bloody want to change the name of Smarties because it’s not inclusive of stupid people” ask yourself “Is this real?”  The answer is invariably “no” or “not really”. 
 

And sure there are occasionally very worthy examples where a call for social change is very loud and absolutely warranted, but it’s important to know how to differentiate and not conflate these things. The narrative that so much of our media pushes of “outraged, whingy, lefty snowflakes” is a dangerous one, because it’s purpose is to dilute other more crucial progressive thought. 
 

Anyway, sorry for the essay. Got on a roll. I’m of to Perisher Smiggins for a cognac. 

We're the only team that gets these personal habit/life digs. You don't hear about Geelong fans heading down the Bellerine to go fishing or Richmond fans heading to certain establishments. 

On 4/25/2021 at 2:37 PM, In Harmes Way said:

I haven’t waxed my skis for the last 3* years.
 

* would have last year if not for covid

You are a true skier if you know about waxing .... hmm that has other connotations.

4 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I'm usually in the south of France in April each year so my chalet is generally on loan to family and friends. I traded out of the Rangy 18 months ago (it was already a year old with 10k on the clock) and leased me the new Porsche Cayenne. I was a bit nervous when Covid hit that I'd have to keep it for three years, but as life is back to normal here in Brighton, I should be able to flip it in the usual 24 months. The partners in the firm are now on board with Charles and have stopped calling him Nieta. Oh, and what's this thing called a 'weekend'? (And well done number two Ol' Chap.)

That would have been funnier if you weren't the "Queanbeyen Demon"