Red and Bluebeard

It is clearly time for a grow-your-own bananas movement. I am sure BBO can donate alpaca droppings for fertiliser ...

Welcome! But remember that rookies are on a modified program in their first pre-season, so there is no burden of expectation for at least 12 months ...

Very sorry to hear it. I miss the old bugger!

Yeah, definitely. More beards, too. We need a comeback from jazza, as well.

Is there any other kind?

So you will be there at the next final?

I was thinking more like yelling "Take that curse of Norm Smith!" when Weideman kicks the winning goal after the siren in the GF ...

Would that now be called an Oliver Twist?

How about we arrange to sit in a group for our next final, whenever that is? Then we will be able to laugh about all those bad years (2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, I'll stop there )

Ver sorry to hear it OD. Puts a lot of things in perspective.

Yes, I will be there for the Demonland Draft Discussion Dinner (is there a countdown for that?). More like 6.30 for me than 6.00 though.

Have a great trip, Earl. It seems a bit ironic to have a bastion of the upper class such as yourself chosen to lead negotiation with the glorious revolutionaries, but I guess that should show them what they are missing. Just don't bring back too many cigars to pass around in the Long Room over port ...

As that stupid advertisement says, "Why not both?". Or would that have too many of us permanently on the edge of cardiac arrest? As for the CAS count up, it may get to a lot higher than 3 ...

When we win it, there will be a lot of racket ... :-)

Didn't think social climbers would be your type. BBO

Thanks OD, but there is not much competition ...

Ok, I should have said "Everyone makes mistakes, but I could be wrong about that"

Everyone makes mistakes

That can fixed (and DC did it for me!)

50 presumably ...

WJ, this is about the only thread on Demonland that can't be derailed ...

Yes, clearly the first thing up against the wall when the revolution comes is a few uppity suburbs whose reputation has long exceeded their true worth. Throw in a few footy clubs in some of those suburbs (Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon) and now you are talking ...

Shouldn't it be spelt d-d-d-d-dick?

Nice work, DC (especially the grammar Nazi twist at the end). Pick-your-own Dick's Creek it seems ...

Plenty of interesting phrases in that artcile, Dr John. "Toes that gave it away", "barely worthy of a junks shop" and probably my favourite "like something you'd find in a doctor's surgery". I think he is probably stretching things by stating that "I'm not even sure that Cezanne could speak English, let alone write about a man in Calcutta," .. who knows what he got up to in his spare time? BTW I thought some maps showed Hopping Dicks Creek as Kangaroo Richard Waters ...