BenJamin on Deesy St

Ralphy from the HS pre-empting the MRC/O decision with Pickett, calling it (i.e. suspension) a "slam dunk". The smug, high and mighty commentariat in full swing. I found Goodwin's response and body language in last night's presser instructive when asked about this particular incident. Dees still fuming, I reckon, about last September. Double standards, conflicts of interest and inconsistency continue to abound in this industry.

"Yes, Maynard was a bit worse". The understatement of the year.

Yes, Rod Carter did a fine job on him, Gerard thought. How about Bunghole’s (Dunstall’s) remark after Bayley’s fifth: “I haven’t really noticed Fritsch that much.” And Dwayne whipping himself into a frenzy after the Hawks’ goal early in the last, then checking himself mid sentence: “And that brings the 32-point margin from quarter time back to . . . 30 points.” Volume down next time.

He also has great difficulty with past participles: “would of went”, “could’ve came” etc.

I got the letter but not the e-mail. No matter, I had already voted via proxy in favour of the Board’s - on the whole - pragmatic, reasonable and incremental changes to the Constitution. I would urge other members to do the same if for no other reason than to save the Club $200k now (and a whole heap of time) associated with electronic voting for director elections. More substantive changes can happen later. And another thing. I’m sorry, Deemocracy, but the cynic in me views your proposal to make wholesale changes to the Constitution (particularly around club purpose & identity, and inclusion & diversity) as noble posturing, when it appears what is really sought is easier access for a member or members of your group to get on the Board, having missed out repeatedly in the past. In my view, the incumbents are united and cohesive, were well and truly vindicated in their stance to stand by our senior coach (and CEO) and jettison he-who-must-not-be-named last year and, of course, presided over the Club’s first Premiership in 57 excruciating, long years. I mean, really, what is this all about? The Club has never been in as good a shape - in my lifetime, which is reaching the half century mark - as it is now. Finally, and no offence to all the lovely CAs out there, but we have enough Chartered Accountants on the Board as it is. (I can say that because I’m a CA myself, although not working as one at the moment - no great loss to the profession, I’m afraid to say!)

Done!

Back on topic, might be time to change my moniker. It's a bit too close to the truth. I had noble reasons for using my real name - wanting to be accountable for the things I said online, keeping myself in check. But to hell with that now! Also, I don't want to be confused with @BenF, @Ben, @Ben Elliott, @Bendigo Demon, @benman (binman's NZ counterpart!) etc. I'm liking all this music talk. Perhaps that's where I'll go with the new name . . .

"The Gospel of Luke", deary me. If The West Australian had only consulted the wordsmiths of Demonland (and tapped into the rollercoaster of emotions screaming out on every page of this voluminous thread) , I'm sure they could have come up with a more memorable headline. How about "The Gospel of Puke"? Ok, that was childish. What about "Dees bent over, Dogga-style"? Too risqué? (Sorry to all the missionaries out there.) Or any one of the following: Way to go, Luke, as Dees’ hearts bleat poo Every Dogga has his (pay)day Lukewarm Dee docks, grins then sinks in Freo Harbour with ship full of gold The Jackson 7: monster deal has Luke singing “I’ll be there” The Bell tolls for Dee: behind the secret mid-season meeting (with diminutive, cloaked man in bar) that brought Luke home Mum’s the word: young star unable to articulate reasons of move Ok, perhaps not. Maybe "The Gospel of Luke" ain't so bad after all. I'll see myself out.

How generous of Geelong.

I was taking the pess, dd, but thank you for the coronation!

Our dynasty is over.

We would be unstoppable with Demon Warlord.

“It’s coming home, back where it belongs.” He stole that from Max Gawn (and Ben Gibson).

This is disgusting

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