Mel Bourne

I see. So what is the term for a word such as “woke”? Where a word is commonly-understood to be “incorrect”, but forges on regardless to become part of the lexicon? Is that just another malapropism? Seems like such a thing deserves it’s own term.

Isn’t a malapropism a knowingly-incorrect usage of a word or term (as opposed to an ignorant one)? Or are you saying that there’s nothing “knowing” about it?

Awful, but could it be considered a malapropism rather than poor grammar?

A lot of learnings in this thread.

It’s not often an entire team embarrasses themselves like this. It will be a very handy weapon for all other teams when it comes to future on-field taunts.

Meanwhile “Tex” from Broken Hill writes… “The camp that we went on as a footy club, personally I found one of the most beneficial and rewarding camps I've ever been on as an individual. "And I encourage any of my mates or family members to do the same thing” - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (that’s a real quote)

That poster just admitted they were trolling. 😒 Edit: Soz, this has been mentioned already.

Look, I’d just gotten home from a fun night out at the Forum, and was lacking the clarity to notice what havoc autocorrect was wreaking.

Despite him constantly reminding me of one of those infallible dudes out the front of a tyre centre, I still get weirdly thrown-off knowing he’s on the ground. I hope you’re right.

I’ll never forget the organiser of a very big Victorian music festival (which is still going) describing them as “Jive Bunny with a Mooks endorsement” after watching their set.

I don’t mean to start a war, but this version is not as good as Them’s. comparing Graham Bonnet’s voice to Van Morrison’s is not going to end well for Graham. I will probably be enjoying some kind of jazz-cigarette this evening, and will be willing to write some kind of pointless thesis on the whole matter soon afterwards , if requested. 😉

“I’d like to see Melbourne to do this performance for…..” Just the grammar alone is enough to make me steam.

Really? I dunno, that's a bit unprofessional. But whatever works, I guess.

Sorry Sam, we’ll get back to you in a moment…. For my money, the best version was by Them.

That’s a Bob Dylan song!

I’m possibly being a bit over-dramatic here, but I think he got some serious yips after the June ‘19 missed kick after the siren. If you recall, for some reason the cameras were in the Demons rooms, focusing on Sam who was literally in tears (it was a pretty rank thing to broadcast imo). I think something got to him that night that he hasn’t been able to shake.

Oh sure, just thought you’d be interested if you’d missed it.

There’s a whole other thread about this.

Can you imagine how awkward that photo would be for LJ today? It’s hard to imagine any scenario where he’s actually happy to see something like that in the paper, and extremely likely he’s quite p’d off by it.

Dying seconds of the match. Demons three points down. Oliver gets his final desperate clearance of the match and kicks wildly into the forward 50. Huge mark taken by Luke Jackson, thirty metres out on a slight angle. Siren sounds…

You’d imagine all clubs do high-pressure match sims, right?

Is it bad that whenever Mitch Brown is selected I immediately think “We are in trouble”? Anyway, it’s important I go on-the-record as having a pot at Mitch, because it means he’ll kick five goals this week

Watch last year’s Grand Final again. It’s a big loss, and though many here have come to his defence with level-headed and compassionate arguments for him leaving, I can’t shake the opinion that he’s let down the club. I also can’t see how this doesn’t negatively affect his mental approach (and those around him) going into the pointy end of the season. In general, I wish there was a way to keep any trade-talk strictly off-limits to players mid-season. It’s just not good for the game.

Speaking of running, MFC social media have just released a clip of Tom MacDonald going a fairly purposeful, seemingly-unhindered run at training. Obviously going to need more time, but early signs are good that he’ll be right for finals.

I’d say Petty. And I think Brayshaw has generally risen a whisker this season. But yeah, you’d wan’t that list to be much bigger.