Jump to content

Another great article on our captain.

John Crow Batty
John Crow Batty
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

In 1986 I managed a Sydney-based wine company in Melbourne. One of my clients was the Marquis of Lorne. I was attracted to a woman who worked there. I asked her out, the venue, The Melbourne Concert Hall, the occasion, a Leeuwin Estate sponsored visit by the Staatskapelle Berlin. 

She agreed, specified she would pay for her own ticket, then she suggested we have dinner afterwards. 

We went to a Bistro in Bourke Street. I ordered Clos De Tart, 1980. It was $125 on the list. Halfway through the dinner a waitress who had been a friend who she hadn't seen in years walked past. She asked the waitress to sit with us and because it was her last shift there she said why not? She then ordered another glass - one of those huge balloony things which held half a bottle - and she poured the rest of the Clos De Tart for her friend, yes, half the bottle.

After I had paid the bill - this was after she had insisted she would pay half - she asked me if I could drop her off at her boyfriend's house.

I mention this in light of this great article about our Capitano Max who at the end of festivities after the GF sat with our Angus on the roof of their hotel and drank a decanted bottle of Clos De Tart. Apparently it costs $1500  these days. It's a Monopole, you see, and that ain't a Polish thing...

Edited by dieter

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    • Thanks 1
    • Love 1
    • Haha 4
     
    7 minutes ago, dieter said:

    In 1986 I managed a Sydney-based wine company in Marquis of Lorne. I asked her out, the venue, The Melbourne Concert Hall, the occasion, a Leeuwin Estate sponsored visit by the Staatskapelle Berlin. 

    She agreed, specified she would pay for her own ticket, then she suggested we have dinner afterwards. 

    We went to a Bistro in Bourke Street. I ordered Clos De Tart, 1980. It was $125 on the list. Halfway through the dinner a waitress who had been a friend who she hadn't seen in years walked past. She asked the waitress to sit with us and because it was her last shift there she said why not? She then ordered another glass - one of those huge balloony things which held half a bottle - and she poured the rest of the Clos De Tart for her friend, yes, half the bottle.

    After I had paid the bill - this was after she had insisted she would pay half - she asked me if I could drop her off at her boyfriend's house.

    I mention this in light of this great article about our Capitano Max who at the end of festivities after the GF sat with our Angus on the roof of their hotel and drank a decanted bottle of Clos De Tart. Apparently it costs $1500  these days. It's a Monopole, you see, and that ain't a Polish thing...

    her friend must have been a polish magnate 

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    8 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    well to make it crystal clear the the mcg is 82.2 maxies long x 70.2 maxies wide

    Love your work. 

    Someone needs to offically raise this as a motion at the next MCC general meeting, to have the unit of official measurements of the MCG changed from the metric system (SI units) to Gawn units of maxies.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
     
    9 hours ago, BDA said:

    Journalists aren't renowned for getting their facts right

    As quoted from the article in question:

    "AFL coverage fails to inspire him. He tries, but listening to commentators with little knowledge of modern football’s arcane strategy makes him groan or curse. It’s not worth the grief."

     

    Though said article was none the less written by a journalist as well!

     

    Best guesses for which coverage / comentators this was aimed at?

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    10 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    I think the writer got Neil Daniher's saying the wrong way round. Wasn't it "when all is said and done, more is said than done"

    What ever the correct wording was suposed to be, it should go down in modern footy folklore and replace / contemporise that Kennedy one.

    The force lives strong in the Reverend.

    Edited by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    9 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    I think they wanted fathoms.

    1.138888889 fathoms

    8 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Chains and roods please DC.

    0.103535354 chains.  Roods would get me censored here. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1
    11 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    As quoted from the article in question:

    "AFL coverage fails to inspire him. He tries, but listening to commentators with little knowledge of modern football’s arcane strategy makes him groan or curse. It’s not worth the grief."

     

    Though said article was none the less written by a journalist as well!

     

    Best guesses for which coverage / comentators this was aimed at?

    With Gawn making those undoutably wise comments, he can expect a lot of flak by the media next year,. Very brave of him.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    21 hours ago, bananas said:

    I'm a bookseller, and my store's got it too. Maybe with all the supply chain madness the publishers have said "screw release dates, if we can get it to you just sell the bloody thing!" It's definitely out there.

    Where's your store. Can I visit next weekend when down for the big show

  • Quote
    20 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    well to make it crystal clear the the mcg is 82.2 maxies long x 70.2 maxies wide

    Just name them "gawns". It could become a measure of football grounds, like "sydharbs" is to water capacity.

    For large distances, like between grounds, you might need megagawns or gigagawns.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 3

    First order of business after replanting the goal posts is to relabel the 50 metre arcs to 24.03 Maxie arcs

  • Quote
    • Haha 2
    3 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

    First order of business after replanting the goal posts is to relabel the 50 metre arcs to 24.03 Maxie arcs

    Just move them out by another 0.97 maxies and make the a 25 maxie line.  Not sure your average footballer, let alone comentators would understand decimal points and fractions of maxies.

  • Quote

     

    This comment nearly caused me to shed a tear

    When his superstar friend Christian Petracca appeared to have the grand final at his feet, Gawn’s three-quarter time message to the ballistic midfielder was one of love: “I’m so proud of the man you’ve become.”

    As I said in another post, Max is like a big brother to all the players.

  • Quote
    On 11/27/2021 at 6:21 PM, Biffen said:

    One percent of a Furlong .

    20.5 Hands

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    9 hours ago, hardtack said:

    20.5 Hands

    or 3.97 cubits (royal egyptian)

    the great pyramid is 65.4 maxies

    Edited by daisycutter

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    On 11/27/2021 at 9:09 PM, dieter said:

    she asked me if I could drop her off at her boyfriend's house.

    Ouch.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    On 11/27/2021 at 11:16 AM, Dee Dee said:

    What’s that in real money please?

    I think I’ve solved the problem: 6’8” is 208000000 micrometers (give or take)! That’s very tall😀!

     

  • Quote
    On 11/27/2021 at 11:14 AM, daisycutter said:

    his arithmetic is bad too. maxy is 6'10" not 6'8"

    Looks like the author reads Demonland, both the Neale Daniher quote and the height have been corrected as noted here, “more” instead of “less” and 6’10. Good work team!!!

    Edited by deejammin'

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Hawthorn

      There was a time during the current Melbourne cycle that goes back to before the premiership when the club was the toughest to beat in the fourth quarter. The Demons were not only hard to beat at any time but it was virtually impossible to get the better them when scores were close at three quarter time. It was only three or four years ago but they were fit, strong and resilient in body and mind. Sadly, those days are over. This has been the case since the club fell off its pedestal about 12 months ago after it beat Geelong and then lost to Carlton. In both instances, Melbourne put together strong, stirring final quarters, one that resulted in victory, the other, in defeat. Since then, the drop off has been dramatic to the point where it can neither pull off victory in close matches, nor can it even go down in defeat  gallantly.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Footscray

      At twenty-four minutes into the third term of the game between the Casey Demons and Footscray VFL at Whitten Oval, the visitors were coasting. They were winning all over the ground, had the ascendancy in the ruck battles and held a 26 point lead on a day perfect for football. What could go wrong? Everything. The Bulldogs moved into overdrive in the last five minutes of the term and booted three straight goals to reduce the margin to a highly retrievable eight points at the last break. Bouyed by that effort, their confidence was on a high level during the interval and they ran all over the despondent Demons and kicked another five goals to lead by a comfortable margin of four goals deep into the final term before Paddy Cross kicked a couple of too late goals for a despondent Casey. A testament to their lack of pressure in the latter stages of the game was the fact that Footscray’s last ten scoring shots were nine goals and one rushed behind. Things might have been different for the Demons who went into the game after last week’s bye with 12 AFL listed players. Blake Howes was held over for the AFL game but two others, Jack Billings and Taj Woewodin (not officially listed as injured) were also missing and they could have been handy at the end. Another mystery of the current VFL system.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons head back out on the road in Round 10 when they travel to Queensland to take on the reigning Premiers and the top of the table Lions who look very formidable. Can the Dees cause a massive upset? Who comes in and who goes out?

      • 125 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Hawthorn

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Demons loss to the Hawks. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • 52 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Hawthorn

      Wayward kicking for goal, dump kicks inside 50 and some baffling umpiring all contributed to the Dees not getting out to an an early lead that may have impacted the result. At the end of the day the Demons were just not good enough and let the Hawks run away with their first win against the Demons in 7 years.

      • 360 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Hawthorn

      After 3 fantastic week Max Gawn has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award from Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Ed Langdon who round out the Top Five. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

      • 34 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All