WalkingCivilWar

11 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Any suggested cryptic crossword alternatives, WCW??

While I’m not too shabby at solving cryptic clues, I’m rubbish at setting them. Would love to hear what you can come up with. ?All I can say is that I was sure one of the S’s stood for a word that means excrement. 

14 minutes ago, MrReims said:

Melbourne Football Club Supporter Syndrome

That’s so sad. ?
Sad because it’s not antagonistic or belligerent, like I thought it might be. 

23 minutes ago, dl4e said:

T o answer the question. Confidence.

Speaking of questions, what does the SS stand for in MFCSS?

4 hours ago, binman said:

Am i right in thinking cannabis has been, or will be taken off the WADA banned list of drugs?

Idk why it’s on the WADA list: it’s hardly performance enhancing. 
Have you ever seen a stoner get off the couch to go to the kitchen? They’ll take the circuitous route, be gone for hours and come back empty-handed anyways. 
?

16 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

30 years ago I was weaving my way through a crowded nightclub making my way back from the ladies’ room when I was hit in the head with a jug of beer. It wasn’t deliberate, one big drunk guy was passing the beer to his mate, but it was reckless. My then-boyfriend was furious and asked me to point the guy out, which I did. What happened next? Nothing, that’s what. Turns out the big drunk guy was Darren Millane and the then-bf was a diehard Magpies fan. 
Needless to say, that relationship didn’t exactly flourish. 

I just wanna clarify something re the above story. The then-bf wasn’t an aggressive person at all. Thing is, I told him that the big drunk guy probs wasn’t even aware that he’d hit me. The then-bf (naively, I suppose) wanted to let the big drunk guy know, and for him to apologise. I wouldn’t have pointed him out had I even remotely suspected there’d be trouble.  There’s a happy postscript to the story: Millane indeed didn’t know and when told, said “no worries mate, bring her over and I’ll definitely  apologise.” But he never got the chance to coz by this stage I was out front hailing a cab. Being doused with beer usually signals the end of the night. For me, anyways. The then-bf ended up having a beer with Millane so all was well that ended well. 

Zac Tuohy ?

Ol’ twinkle toes, Josh Kennedy. 

2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Was said nightclub the Tunnel?

If memory serves me well it was Chasers nightclub. 

30 years ago I was weaving my way through a crowded nightclub making my way back from the ladies’ room when I was hit in the head with a jug of beer. It wasn’t deliberate, one big drunk guy was passing the beer to his mate, but it was reckless. My then-boyfriend was furious and asked me to point the guy out, which I did. What happened next? Nothing, that’s what. Turns out the big drunk guy was Darren Millane and the then-bf was a diehard Magpies fan. 
Needless to say, that relationship didn’t exactly flourish. 

2 hours ago, Better days ahead said:

TMac was very sure on saturday night but he has missed a few this year.

Ben Brown's technique seems to be very effective. He split the posts with his 3 goals and was on line with his chance from outside 50 iirc but just fell short with the distance.

 

I’m just glad he doesn’t do his ridiculously long run-up as he used to. I’d be at risk of nodding off halfway through it. Coz old. 

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

Oliver.

Redheads unit! 

A Ranga Revolution!!! ❤️?

2 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Melksham is good too, Brown as well.

Fritsch if he stops being so tight in the arms is also solid. He’s the most nervous tho - must have nightmares about missing goals in the nude or something.

And cheers for this mental image. I can’t get it outta my head. ?

Those of us of the older persuasion would remember watching “The Big Replay” on black and white TV. (And there were no big-screen TVs back then.) Watching Richmond v. Essendon was the hardest since the white shorts were the only distinguishing factor. And more often than not, players would be covered in mud so there goes that one distinguishing factor. Talk about 50 shades of grey!

You can’t leave! You practically  just got here. ?

I watched it in real-time but thought I was watching it in slo-mo: coz the time that elapsed from May’s contact with Franklin, and Franklin’s head being thrown back, was enough to make myself a cuppa. 

Defs Petracca ❤️?
Or Salem ❤️?

A Christian, either way. 

39 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I found the conversation they had with TMac after the game on 7 a really interesting example of what they think their role is. Tom spoke eloquently and very insightfully about the complexity of his preparation and both Ling and Darcy looked at each other in way that suggested this was all a bit high brow for the audience. 

I really do think they’ve been told to commentate to a grade 4 level - ‘go in harder’, ‘run faster’, ‘take a speccy!’

Surely it can’t be an accident. It’s such a shame that we have to accept such low assumptions of us as an audience. It’s pretty insulting.

That’s interesting. I never gave it much thought, but now that you mention it... 

27 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

A Worldwide Viral Pandemic ? that is now out of control in India ?? 

Didn’t know afl matches were played in India. ? 

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

Darcy offers nothing. He is a moronic automated cliche machine. I’m Staggered he has a job in media at all, let alone a prominent one 

take him out and the rest would look better

The thing I hate most about him is the way he speaks. It’s as though he has a mouthful of marbles and he’s trying not to let any of them fall out. 
He only completes about 20% - 30% - max of each individual word he speaks. The other 80% just sadly meld into one another. 
And while one can be forgiven eliding a syllable here and there, Darcy commits the dreaded double: two syllables missing from a two-word, four-syllable phrase! Instead of saying “Port Adelaide” he says “Pohr-Lay.”

End of rant. 
Go Dees!!!!

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

What’s happening with crowd numbers this season?! Only 35,000 last night at ours. 

6 minutes ago, Vagg said:

Well, if so, that's plain dumb!  We're the oldest team in the game!  If others' gear clashes with ours, let THEM change theirs!

We’re also the oldest club in the world (of any/all footy codes). And I know this is true coz it was a question on The Chase. ?

2 hours ago, Craig Hutchinson said:

First time on Demonland .

I, too, have only recently discovered Demonland. How cool are the faithful here?! There’s such a great vibe here. Everyone is so bl00dy nice! Sure, there’s the odd spot-fire of narkiness here and there, but in general Demonlanders are awesome!!! Oh, and...

GO THE MIGHTY DEEEEEZ !!!

❤️?

2 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

Even though Sydney kicked the first goals , their players were strutting around like they owned the place and the Swan supporters all around us (how are they allowed to nominate our members area on the ticketing system as the place to sit) were vocal in their arrogance, sure they were about to see a typical Melbourne mental meltdown and capitulation, I was calm, and confident the boys would bounce back. What is this new feeling? Never felt this way at a footy game before. This team is different. After each Swan goal they gathered in their groups and talked tactics, supporting each other, a real team lifter. They didn't panic. They had faith in each other.

Yes, some players had an off night, but others rallied to drag them along. The Sydney flood returned, but it was a sign of Melbourne's unwillingness to give in that allowed them to counteract everything the Swans tried. (Note to Sydney players: beating up on young players while the umpires are preoccupied with the centre bounce is not a sign of toughness.) 

The Big Mac was magnificent. What a master of a goal kicker. When he was lining up on the boundary line on the city end I was supremely confident in him scoring a goal. My friends around me had their heads in their hands. Oh yea of little faith. This is Tommy Mac!

Big Ben took a mark right in front of us with one finger. Ho, ho, what a show off!? Looking forward to bigger and better things from BBB.

Even though it was a hard fought win and close all night, it was thoroughly enjoyable. I was never worried or stressed. This is truly a new existence.

This is brilliant!

You’ve echoed mine and probs most everyone’s sentiments. ❤️?

1 hour ago, rpfc said:

I don’t know about that...

I want you to work the body too.

Second only to Toby Greene imo 

51 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

I think labelling Melksham a pea heart is poor form from a generally thoughtful poster. 

He showed better intensity this week getting involved in the hard slog. He played his role well IMO.

 

What is a pea heart? I’ve not heard this expression before.