Demonstone

Some of the cricket commentators (hello Shane Warne and Michael Slater) don't appreciate the value of silence and just don't know when to shut up and stop talking just for the sake of it. One of Richie Benaud's maxims was to never tell the viewers what they could see for themselves. Less is more, in other words.

If there was an option to just hear the crowd noise without the execrable commentators and ads, I'd love to listen to that. Unfortunately, that's not possible, at least not on the FTA channel which is all I have available to me.

You mean one hour and twenty years behind Victoria?

Sounds draining.

I'm trying to rationalise this. It's not working.

Nasher's blue? Cheer up Nasher! Everything's going to be OK.

One day, a fire broke out in a food stall on the outer wing at Arden Street. I think this may have been a televised match between North and Collingwood and the incident was captured on that night's TV replay. A wag in the crowd (OK, my brother) was heard to yell out "Hot Pies!".

The worst thing about Arden Street in those days wasn't the cramped conditions, the overflowing urinals, the poor facilities, the over zealous parking officers, the lack of seating nor the partisan crowd. It was that godawful Courage Breweries product, which sponsored North, and which was the only beer available in the outer. It was so bad that people were going home sober from a day out at the footy.

Sorry, never heard of him. Didn't play on any of my albums.

Would that be Steve 'The Man' Jordan, who posts on here?

You rang?

Likewise old dee, except I always watch without the sound, often with music playing. I do the same with the cricket. Just like being at the ground, you don't need idiots telling you what you can see with your own eyes.

My wife said that I needed to mature. I told her to get out of my fort.

Alex De Minaur has a surname that sounds like 'Demon Awe'. All the omens are at the tennis, obviously.

Major injury to Private parts due to Corporal punishment involving Lance?

This from another club's fansite, which would suggest the injury is not fatal ... He was running the tan in Melbourne footy club get up this morning being supervised by someone else in uniform. They haven’t put a line through him yet.

There's only one left. Scott was delisted at the end of last year.

You'd need to be careful with the razor around the nether regions. One accidental slip and the resulting cut could well end up causing arsenick poisoning.

Surely they've dropped by now?

Where's the good story? ?

Speaking of Collingwood, isn't it great to see that Eddie McGuire has used his influence to galvanise Magpie fans into doing what they can for the fire ravaged areas in Victoria. As we speak, there are two busloads of looters on their way to East Gippsland.

On that issue Wrecker, we are on common ground. Go Demons!

Isn't that the Subway employee?

Ha ha, I remember this. It was glorious and Big Carl had a great time that day, the Magpie players less so. Teddy Fidge's last game was also against Collingwood in 1988 when he snotted Magpie champ Darren Millane early on and put him out of the game, which we won. Fidge got suspended for a few matches (justifiably, I might add) and that was the last we ever saw of him in red and blue. If it was a plan, it worked!

A very solid effort overall and an enjoyable read and walk down memory lane. However, I cannot give you an elephant stamp and would risk being ejected from Pedants Inc. for not pointing out the misspellings of Rohde, Pedersen, Bizzell, Bennett and Seecamp and, to a lesser extent, Alastair (Clarkson) and Stephen (Powell).?