Red and Bluebeard

Were you there for the last quarter against the Giants? I had been up the back of the northern stand for the first half, but I went to sit near the cheer squad behind our goals for the third quarter, wanting a goal rush that didn't come (well, at least not then). For some reason, I moved back towards the members, and ended up on the left half-forward flank, Punt Rd end, which is where my Dad and I used to sit when I was a kid (near where the old Demons race was, for those who remember it). To be there when that great rush came on is something that even swearing at the TV last Sunday won't take away ...

They were the first, OD, but IMHO there are better implementations of the idea around now. Come to think of it, that is a bit like a footy team I know ...

Sounds sensible, OD. Four of the creatures live at our place (for school), but if I don't have to touch them, so much the better!

Could be worth a try, then ...

Perform an exorcism on it, OD?

In this country, it should be "Duelling Patersons"

I must be in the wrong place then -- isn't this the "No Kevin Sheedy" thread? :-)

Your iPad sounds like a vampire, OD, having died more than once. Have you tried garlic, a silver cross and a wooden stake? For mine, iPads are the work of the devil ...

I have read 'The Magic Faraway Tree' to my kids, but I can't imagine doing that with 'How to hypnotise chooks ...'

Well, it is not 'The Aeneid' either ...

Don't forget Max hails from Tassie, the same neck of the woods as Martin Flanagan. Must be something in the water down there ... (or maybe they just have double the brain cells )

For a moment there, I thought that said red banana beard, and I have never seen either a red banana or a banana beard (or a banana wirh a beard:-))

Banana cake, of course ...

Iron clad camels and swinging alpacas? Sounds like a circus (and I am not sure that I want to know how to swing an alpaca ... )

You may be right, Redleg, but it would be great to see Jack Watts kick the winning goal after the siren, just to watch all the Dons supporters walk out in disgust ...

If you say so, OD ...

Picking a Dees supporter for a mate is not considered a fault around here

Your bravery is clear, Redleg, but don't go to the level of crazy-brave, and start discussing said faults here ...

He didn't say how much it cost -- probably about 5 times the market price for similar products, and then will only work sporadically ... Does that make this the 'No dunny brush' thread? Or the 'No need for a dunny brush' thread?

Just offer them a few bananas, Redleg, and watch them come running ... even a smoothie if they are any good!

Karma is a !*&^#@&*!@#^%*#

Ironically, if Healy had stayed he would have played in a grand final (and to be technical, Wells and Alves both got premierships, not just GFs). Wasn't Healy in the opposition team when we beat the Swans by about 80 points in the semi-final in '87?

How about Micah 7:8 "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me."

Chin up, OD. One of my favourite Churchill sayings (and there are a few): "When you are going through hell, keep going". Sitting in the comfort of my armchair, I would have liked the MFC to go in harder and test this in court. However, I am not on the board (perhaps fortunately for the club :-) and don't have all the information, especially the so-called evidence and the legal opinions on our probability of success. But we move on, and within a few months, all of this will be forgotten, especially if we win a few games early in the season.

Tell them your club doctor made you sign a waiver to say that the mexican banana extract is legal under some circumstances, that the coach watched the smoothie being made, and that the coach takes it all the time ...