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Re: lugnet.sports
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Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:16:38 GMT
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At 10:29 PM 22/11/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> > ++Lar (who regrets he never got to play foosball while in Oz, but does want
> > to point out that he listened closely (without laughing once) while an
> > Englishman and a Hollander explained Australian Rules Football to him at
> > length one night
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> Good, now you can explain it to me! Being from the Deep North of Australia, I
> grew up where men were men (and sheep were nervous) and football meant
> rugby, a
> thug's game played by gentlemen. The sport of Aerial Pingpong (as it was
> called
> by us) was played exclusively in Melbourne, an affliction which we assumed was
> linked to their poor personal hygiene (why else would any footballer be
> unwilling to put his head between the legs of other men in pursuit of a
> pigskin
> ball?).
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> Alas, the superiority of the Deep North's climate over that of Melbourne's
> I decided to base my AFL team loyalties on the attractiveness of their
> chair fabric swatches and am now a sworn supporter of the Collingwood
> Magpies (black background with red/yellow highlights). So from now on, I
> will have to go around yelling "C'arn the Pies!". Again, can anyone
> who cares about AFL tell me if I've selected a reasonable team or have I just
> picked the woodenspooners?
Well, colours are as good a reason as any to pick a team. Collingwood,
would be next to Essendon and Carlton as Victoria's most hated team. As
for wooden spooners, that would be Carlton and/or St. Kilda (C'arn the
SAINTERS)
ah, well, at least you didn't pick Adelaide (apologies to all Adelaide
supporters, but I do not have a lot of love for your team)
> Of course, it is arguable that when you purchase a
> chair as a piece of football merchandising, it is the club that is supporting
> you and not vice versa.
Boom Boom!
;-p
Trav (-|-)
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| (...) I was a bit worried that nobody would make that reply, it was an open door... Glad somebody took advantage, because that is what being aussie is all about, or something. ;-) Trav (-|-) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes: <much point by point rebuttal> Who's the tireless rebutter again? I think I lost track. I'm torn between responding (because I'm winning, darn it, and because it's so darn silly an argument that it's funny) and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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