Red and Bluebeard

Agreed, WJ. When you have some of the best museums, galleries, theatres and music to experience, I'd forget all about draft deals (although I am surprised you didn't throw in Byrnes too, Redleg.:-))

No more than usual, for mine ... if anything, it has been weird (ok, weirder than usual then )

Chuckle ... there are more than a few people there who are bananas, IMHO ... There are also several Benny-Hill-quality jokes in what he could have brought back ..

Cashing in, I see, BBO ... http://www.news.com.au/national-news/south-australia/ep-cambridge-stud-at-oakbank-fetches-120000-on-sale-of-an-alpaca/story-fnii5yv4-1226740599976

Speaking of bananas, my wife made great banana cake yesterday, and it was all gone this morning ....

Richard Branson in drag and Nicolas Cage crossed with a banana will take some effort to forget, unfortunately ... To change topics totally, isn't it about time for the alpaca festival or whatever it is, BBO?

So, Redleg and WJ being in Scouseland means that this entire thread goes bananas?

So how do we tell you two apart? We don't have the benefit of the 59suffix any more ...

Soon we will all look like Old Dee ... :-) Given up on the 'sy name, BB?

For a start - as long as it is by an average of at least 100 points :-)

Old memories eh, Beebubsy? Thrashing the Hawks in about four consecutive grand finals might erade the pain ... :-)

Yeah, but the first two weeks were well worth chasing up the results for ... Then Jimmy ran over the mark and the rest was forgettable ...

Newspapers for Poms? Reminds me of trying to follow the 1987 finals campaign from the UK. Almost impossible except by telephone calls home ...

OD, you are a required poster here on Demonland, and especially this thread. However, as an unrestricted free agent owing to a long lifetime of supporting the Dees, you are free to walk if you wish. The club would prefer to trade, though, and has a package of several alpacas, a single malt, a crate of bananas and pick 88 to sweeten the deal to get it done. Redleg would like to trade Byrnes and Pederson as well, but that might take a sweetener of all the alpacas in Romsey, a crate of single malt and a truckload of bananas. That said, my money is on a return to the Dees, having tested the waters, but finding nothing that will satisfy. galore ...

Now I am afraid to use either phrase, let alone ask what they mean ... :-)

Thanks for rhe update, WJ, and I hope the trip and nuptials all go well. Just don't try to cut any mustard or musters while you are there :-)

WJ, I think your analysis is sound and your turn of phrase is usually spot on, but "cut the muster" has me puzzled. As luck would have it, the Deniliquin Ute muster is on this weekend, so you may just be being topical... :-) I must say that as someone who has visited Deniliquin many times, but absolutely never for the muster, "cut the muster" sounds good to me. How is this for a post with little content? :-)

\ It is crazy that the Swans are able to do this, but IMHO they are also crazy to do it. No one is worth $10M over 9 years, not even Buddy. I get the feeling that he is going for all the wrong reasons, and that it is more about a party lifestyle than a commitment to playing good footy. I hope it doesn't come to this, but I do wonder if he will still be playing at all in five years time ... Put another way, OD, "Never flirt with form" was one of Norm Smith's sayings, and I think the Swans have done a lot more than flirt ...

Neither -- both will probably lead to bans, fines and a coaching contract after a year's suspension ...

Thankfully they tend to not be interested in footy at all, rather than side with the filth. They are not yet up to borrowing the car, but when they are, I'll keep that in mind. However, somehow I don't think it will work the way you intend it to ...

Your current one is certainly that, but what exactly are those things? Bananas yet to be bent and painted yellow?

I feel your pain, Bbsy. I have only one Demon loyalist left out of 4, and even he gave up on going to games after the Essendon game this year. You can lead a horse to footy, or something ...

We all feel your pain, OD, but I don't share the sentiment about disappearing. We all want improvement, and it is long overdue. Who knows about winning games, but I like to think that if we can put Hogan, Dawes and Clark all on the park in round 1, hopefully at the MCG, then I will certainly be sitting near where the old race was and cheering the boys on ...

And no more red and blue? Pity that ... For that matter, I don't think I have ever met a 'nice demon', let alone one that insisted on being called "Mr"

Just hand around, observe, take part when it feels right etc. That is probably quicker than picking up all the nuances (such as when to mention bananas, when not to and how alpacas fit into the scheme of things ... ) Occasionally there is footy talk too!