Rugby - The Lull After The Storm

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar
You should have smacked him around the ear and sent him back to bed! What did the Fat Red Bastard leave for him?

I know, I know...

The Fat Red Man let a game (Pitch'Car) and a fossil (true) behind him for the tadpole. But this is only one Fat Red Father, the tadpole has celebrated Christmas with his mother yesterday and we still have to visit his grandmother and then his grandfather... it seems the Fat Man has visited many houses and scattered many presents for Pierre.

[Tamerlin]

I'm working my way through them!

I was afraid you could find them too, well... bloody.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin
The Fat Red Man let a game (Pitch'Car) and a fossil (true) behind him for the tadpole. But this is only one Fat Red Father, the tadpole has celebrate Christmas with his mother yesterday and we still have to visit his grandmother and then his grandfather... it seems the Fat Man has visited many houses and scattered many presents for Pierre.

If I ever had a child, I'd make damn sure it was born on December 25th. Thus it would always miss out on either Christmas or birthday presents!

[Tamerlin]

I knew someone who was born on December 25th, his childhood was a real nightmare...

Have you watched some Happy Tree Friends episodes?

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by finbar


If I ever had a child, I'd make damn sure it was born on December 25th. Thus it would always miss out on either Christmas or birthday presents!

Does not really work (I have two daughters born on december 25, not twins); they learn very young to claim that ALL chidren are entitled to get TWO presents, one for Christmas and one for the birthday.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by DAVOUT

Does not really work (I have two daughters born on december 25, not twins); they learn very young to claim that ALL chidren are entitled to get TWO presents, one for Christmas and one for the birthday.

It must come from the corrupting influence of school...

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin


I was afraid you could find them too, well... bloody.

The bloodier the better when it comes to overly cute furry little animals!

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin
I knew someone who was born on December 25th, his childhood was a real nightmare...

Especially around Easter.

Have you watched some Happy Tree Friends episodes?

Yes, but I've already worked out that it's best to watch them in short bursts. Otherwise the inevitable becomes predictable and undermines the fun.

[finbar]

Originally posted by DAVOUT
Does not really work (I have two daughters born on december 25, not twins);

March is obviously a quiet time in your part of the world.

they learn very young to claim that ALL chidren are entitled to get TWO presents, one for Christmas and one for the birthday.

As Tamerlin suggested - the evils of outside influence!

[LDiCesare]

The bloodier the better when it comes to overly cute furry little animals!

Mmmm... Are you speaking of the animal whose photograph lies just below the Italian flag near the word 'finbar'?

[finbar]

Dismal holiday news:

Leicester 39 -d- Leeds 11

Still, Havak is now going to have to justify another new Leicester signing - a Welshman! Chinese, Welsh - any import in a storm, as the saying almost goes.

Speaking of which, I happened to watch a very good doco on the Battle of Waterloo on cable last night. I hadn't realised how close Napoleon came to winning the thing. If he'd deployed his Old Guard a lot sooner, he could have turned the oppo around. He didn't, because the Prussians were making inroads on his right. So Havak has the Prussians to thank for saving his arse. Not to mention the Scots - the Scots' Greys and the Gordon Highlanders were major players for his team. The only thing missing was a contingent from China. All in all, Leicester rugby these days is really only Waterloo writ small. The major difference, of course, being that Leicester will win the occasional battle but lose the war, with Deano going the way of Napoleon rather than Wellington.

On an unrelated note, Mike Tindall seems to have escaped major injury on the weekend. He was first reported to have broken a leg scoring a Bath try, ruling him out of the 6 Nations. Now it appears to be an ankle injury.

Speaking of Mike Tindall, on the return flight after the WRC, apparently he made an attempt on David Boon's beer-drinking record for the flight betwen Australia and England. Boon's record stands at 52 cans of beer for the 24 hour flight. Tindall gave up some way short. Weakie.

For Tamerlin's benefit, David Boon was, at the time the record was set, a leading Australian Test cricketer. And a major drinker.

[finbar]

Originally posted by LDiCesare


Mmmm... Are you speaking of the animal whose photograph lies just below the Italian flag near the word 'finbar'?

Little? That fearsome animal weighs 42kg!

OTOH, if it had been a photograph of my wife's yapping little white dog - weighing 8kg - I would have agreed with you.

[finbar]

Oh, and it shouldn't pass without notice that now ex-All Blacks' coach John Mitchell is staying in Kiwi Land, signing on to coach Waikato in the NPC. On top of which, mystifyingly, he has signed a contract to provide the NZRFU with "coaching services" for two years. Coaching services? Mmmm. I wonder whether it was a case of the NZRFU topping up Mitchell's income - in addition to his Waikato wage - to make it worth his fiscal while not to disappear overseas. He would certainly earn a lot more coaching overseas than he would coaching Waikato, and Mitchell's stated preference to stay in New Zealand because of his family, while admirable and wholesome, sounds exactly like the sort of cover story that has been trotted out in these circumstances many times before.

And just to round off the lunacy that has surrounded the All Blacks' coaching merry-go-round, Mitchell received a public send off from the NZRFU that sounds like he won the WRC instead of having just been sacked because he didn't win it:

Chief executive Chris Moller said: "He delivered an outstanding on-field performance with a young and exciting All Blacks team, impacted only by the disappointing rugby World Cup semifinal loss to Australia. John can take a great deal of satisfaction from his record as All Blacks coach."

What on earth are they doing over there?

[flipside]

`I know who David Boon is.
In my opinion he was a very underrated player, probably the key player other than Border of that eras batting line up.
I try to see Hampshire at the Rose Bowl, whenever I visit my dad.
John Crawley plays for them, and, hopefully, Warne will captain them after his ban.

[flipside]

Oh, and btw, all children who are born on December 25th, deserve two presents. At least. Maybe more. I mean, the parents have all year to save and make the day special.
I believe every day should be special though, naive fool that I am.