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You don’t tug on superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask of that old Lone Ranger And you don’t breathe on an Eagle

Great effort Hunty, Turned it into a shot on goal.

I actually thought he looked more like a Sopwith Camel pilot. Tally ho old chap..... Pity we got shot down in the last qtr by the Red Baron and his squadron

Think I recall a very good ‘down memory lane’ type of article about that park by @Whispering_Jack. Worth a read. It must still be on the site somewhere.

Thank you OD for that ripe old suggestion, but I’m a bit too bent for public office.

Is there some great historical achievement that the day celebrates? Was it the crowning of King Banana of the Banana Republic perhaps? Or maybe was it the birthday of the Top Banana? Were the bells peeling across the suburbs? Did the loyal fans go on a bender? So many questions with possibly fruitful answers.

Credit to RG on another forum for a very funny comment: “At least we only have another 2-4 weeks of Misson. I’m not explaining that to people who don’t understand it”

That’s pretty funny - telling an engorged onion to get stuffed

Howe comee 'mushy-[censored]' ise censorede whene it'se juste ae worde meaninge crape withe ane e one thee ende ?e

Once again I find myself gravitating to this erudite thread when the rest of the world turns to mushy [censored]. Just read the last 3 pages of insight laden verbosity, but it's a wonderful distraction from reality. Unfortunately I have committed to attending a certain game with yellow-sashed friends on Wednesday evening. I'm hoping that bottomless banana daquiris are served at the bar to dull the senses and fog the memory.

And play them out of position as well? I don't have any better opinion Moonie, and I'm no team selector, but this just sounds a bit like a Chris Connolly tactic to me. Maybe its desperate times.

Sheesh That bit wasn’t directed at you. I invite you to read it in the context of my first sentence, post #35 It’s about the ability of teams to generate successive successes - as evidenced in this case by appearances in finals - it’s not about which team has the biggest gonads of all time. I’ll bow to your judgement on that.

Thanks mate. Good luck defending that ambit claim But plenty in recent times... Also Swans, Eagles, Crows, Giants etc with multiple recent (this decade - is that ok?) finals appearances say ‘Hi Chook’ Simple question: why are we making excuses?

This thing that some posters believe about finals appearance causing a late start to the preseason and impacting next year.... Players late to get going again. Compromised by unhealed injuries, post surgery recovery period, late to get back into aerobic fitness regime (despite playing and training a few weeks longer than non-finals teams) - yada yada yada At least a couple of teams in recent memory say ‘Hi’: Brisbane Lions 2001-2004 Cats 2007-2011 Hawks 2013-2015 Guess I don’t subscribe to the theory that an athlete’s body goes to lard, butter and jelly the year after playing finals. HTFUp

Enjoy the drink and your weekend McQ. Hope you get some takers. Have one for us.

Feels strange sitting at the G watching the footy and wearing a singlet. Sorry Eddie, it’s not a very silvertail singlet either. Cmon Dees, get your system back.

Forest Gump?

Please explain???

So should we do a poll? Would 8 premierships in the next 8 years cause OD to: a) get a new lease on life and live for the next 15-20 years? b) see the first 3 cups, then get palpitations from all the excitement (regardless of the lack of a social club) and happily turn his toes up, with an enigmatic and everlasting smile on his face? c) live out whatever timeline is destined, regardless of MFC successes?

IIRC, Dec Keilty was used in the Casey ruck in his earlier days, albeit a little outsized on some occasions. Might be a need for him to play that role again. Not that I wish him to miss any chance of selection for the AFL team.

Cadbury family size blocks reducing in size Vegemite coming out with a gluten free version Polly Waffles making a re-entry splash down into the market - if you’ll pardon the pun What is the world of fine dining coming to?

Was your reflection admiring your own Red ar*se, or counting down the steps till you reached it?

The Bummers one is a bit too cryptic for me. A bit like Red's countdown clues - too much for my simple brain. And how does Sydney get to claim the coffee image?? I thought anything coffee-wise was copyrighted to those very earnest folks of inner Fitzroy.

I always thought that was spelt "fore" Anyway, I much rather shout "duck, I just shanked it"

I’m hoping the MCC will have a stern word to the test XI first before dealing with the common public What should the team be called this year? The Incompatibles perhaps?