WalkingCivilWar

Nothing a re-tread can’t fix. We don’t want it to end up in landfill. 🙃

Sort of, OD. I mean, it still doesn’t make much sense, but it’s highly entertaining nonetheless.

England WISH they had their “Sheilas” opening for them. Their girls would likely score more than their men. Having said that, these two have put on 60 without loss, so we may be in for a competitive match for a change.

You know your team is sh**it when Lunch is the best thing about it. 😉😆

I still, at least once a day, shake my head and marvel at what happened on that sweet, sweet night in September. Maybe it will completely register when round 1 rolls around. Maybe it never will. Regardless, it’s our premiership, and nothing can change that. Nor can anyone take it away. ❤️💙

If that scarf could talk, right?

Every Saturday arvo my brother took me to the footy much to our mum’s disquiet, as she worried about my safety. Her reservation was justified since I heard and saw things that would disturb a 56yo let alone a 6yo. Thing is, she remained none the wiser. Pretty much every week my brother would have occasion to say, “don’t tell mammy about this.” One time at Victoria Park there was a Collingwood supporter a couple of rows behind us. She was hands down the most feral, filthy-mouthed piece of scum ever there was. She was literally screaming obscenities at the top of her lungs at anyone and everyone, with Collingwood players being the sole exception. And the language! I was hearing words that I never knew existed and to this day I don’t think I’ve ever met/heard/seen anyone, male or female, so disgusting. She was flanked by two huge Neanderthals, her meathead friends, so since everyone in earshot valued their lives, no one dared say a word. Nor even look at her. They all learned from my mistake: I foolishly turned to sneak a furtive glance at her early in the piece to which she responded, “what’re you [censored]in’ lookin’ at, ya freckle-faced, c**k sucking lil mole?!” And that was nothing compared to what she had to say about oppo players and the umpires! I was silent all the way home. When my mum saw me she was mortified. She turned to my brother and said, “what happened to her?! She’s as white as a sheet! She’s looks like she’s seen a ghost!!!” My brother, bearing in mind that if she knew the truth that’d be the last match to which he’d be allowed to take me, said, “Oh, she’s just kinda in shock, we just witnessed the most scintillating footy match ever!” 😆 That’s just one of many, many experiences that wouldn’t and couldn’t happen nowadays, but were commonplace back then.

I’m quite sure she would’ve declined anyway. No doubt (like all females from a very young age) she had been warned against getting into a car with a strange man.

You… uhm… didn’t think to… you know…offer the old dear a lift to the clinic? But then again, no; god forbid you should rush your coffee down. 🥴😁🙃

Yep, my brother used to tell me to make sure I’d been to the loo before we left home for Princes Park since there was no way he was gonna wait ‘two lifetimes’ for me queuing up for the ladies’ room. Pretty harsh of him since I was only 7 or 8 years old. 😐

Hope you’re feeling better with the passing of each day, @The heart beats true. 💖 You mentioned all in your family and friends circle, as well as yourself, were double vaxxed. Had you or any of the others been given the booster before contracting it?

Too easy for you, mo! 🙂

The Ashes is on ch. 7, fair enough. But they’ve got three other channels in 72, 73 and 76 on which to televise AFLW. I guess some people can’t go a night without Alaskan ice road trucking gold fever picking swamp junkyard overhauling oil digging storage wars and Down East Dickering 🙄

Ok, so I’ve got a quick one in case one of Tim’s eleven contracts Covid. The clue is: Catty Car

Okaaay

Which end did you start at? Because I imagine the grip would be the hardest part to smoke.

It’s easily done you know, Daisy. Wouldn’t wanna try smoking a cricket bat, though 😬

I intentionally posted the pic upside down, Jontee. That’s how I first saw it. Otherwise, you see it’s The Big Show’s bat. 😁 I call our illustrious captain my “winter Maxy” and Glen Maxwell my “summer Maxy.”

Thanks for turning us all prematurely grey!!! 😁

That’s one of those runs you score when you or your batting partner get out but don’t realise you crossed on the wicket!

David Warner???!! As in, wave-ed? And a Spanish boat called a Dorner or similar? Damn! Seems Mazer beat me to it.

Hope it’s okay to post this here despite it being not about footy. But it’s also not about hwfua, so hopefully it’s all good. 🙂 This is how I first saw today’s HS back page, ie, upside down… I was aghast. I thought, ‘Scott Boland smokes?! He smokes while training?! The HS has published a pic of him smoking?!’😆

We could say @Doggas front teethwas my runner (like back in the day). While the run is credited to me, he should get half a point, at the very least for not getting me run out. 😁

I thought by swashbuckling opener, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew meant he’s the first player on this list and not necessarily an opener in real life. Like @Salems Lot(above), I can’t veer away from it being a Marsh because of “swamp.” All I can offer is Doug Bollinger. Bog for swamp, and the slimmest chance of there being in existence a Spanish boat called a Dullinger (stop laughing!) Methinks this guy’s gonna end up carrying his bat. Unless of course Tim is kind enough to give us a clue (?)

I was definitely in a foul mood. But only because we didn’t win. As for the bet, iirc they paid out for that.