Rugby - Autumn Beckons!

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Originally posted by Havak
Hmm - I thought the conclusion would be "too many non-English players in our backs".

I leave the flogging of the birthplace horse to others.

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Originally posted by Tamerlin
For once I will take you seriously as such men, though I don't know who John Peel were, must indeed be mourned. Actually, every man who fought against the uniformity of mass consumption, willingly or not, deserve to be mourned. They are an endangered species fighting a desperate battle against people that are becoming too lazy or/and too dumb to listen at something else than the crap broadcasted on the mass media.

John Peel had a wonderful dry Liverpudlian accent and wouldn't use ten words when he could get away with five. He was the first DJ - well, music radio presenter, because he was the antithesis of a typical DJ because he let the music speak - to play, for example, Led Zepplin in their very early days, a time when Heavy Metal (or whatever you want to call it) simply didn't exist. He stumbled across Punk in its very early days and introduced it to the public. And so on, and so on. The last time I heard him was on the BBC World Service about a month ago. He played a very unusual but most compelling Japanese sort-of-techno band. As you say, there aren't enough of his kind.

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Originally posted by Havak
You walked right into a minefield there.

That one was supposed to be a gimme. Perhaps I should've used another or two.

Larder is the England (and Tigers) defensive coach. Background entirely in rugby league. And he is admiring the ABs and Kiwi rugger union? And you are happy with that correlation?

Your point being that in the NH RL players and coaches are smarter than their Union counterparts?
Well I'll take your word for it, even though it's the other way around in the SH.
Of course I suppose your lot have always been a bit down-side-up in many other ways too ...


Misinterpretation? Uhh? I'll have to look that up in a word-meaning-finding-thing sometime.

There are some interesting youngsters from other clubs in there too. More on that as we get nearer the Wallaby whipping date.
Maybe Marshall and Mehrts are missing because this is a ‘developmental’ (ha-ha) tour designed to build bridges – and both have mouths that sometimes bring bridges crashing down?

Mouths that bring bridges crashing down? Marshall?? Mehrtens??
Lordy, Clive isn't even in his rugby grave for 3 months after spitting the dummy with a verbal thermonuke (my words IIRC ) and Englishmen are using the phrase with regards to somebody else???!!!
What is the world coming to ...

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ravagon, ravagon, ravagon, ravagon, ravagon, ravagon ... you've risen to the stinkiest bait since He caught the fishes to go with the loaves!

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Mmmm?
Thought I was replying in kind ...

Oh well, back to basics.
How many English rugby players does it take to change a lightbulb.

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Much better. That'll stump him. Electricity has only just reached the East Midlands.

[Havak]

John Peel had a wonderful dry Liverpudlian accent and wouldn't use ten words when he could get away with five.

You know he cultivated that accent yes? Although born in the area he had a very prim and proper voice as a young adult thanks to his public school background.

Perhaps I should've used another or two.

Such indicators would always be helpful thanks.

Your point being that in the NH RL players and coaches are smarter than their Union counterparts?

Almost – although I think you have an ‘N’ in their where I used an ‘S’.

Of course I suppose your lot have always been a bit down-side-up in many other ways too ...

Would I dare claim otherwise?

and Englishmen are using the phrase with regards to somebody else???!!!

We are nothing if not fair – when we see qualities we recognise them.

Clive was a Dill in what he said to the antipodean press this year. You don’t feed blinkered psycho’s easy feed lines the way he did.

Just in case you ‘misinterpreted’ that.

But Merhts and Marshall are far worse – in the same way Healey can be. Do you know why I say that? Because they are players. Players disrespecting opponents is completely unacceptable to me. Coaches are a different matter as they are not the men actually taking the field. This is why I won’t cry when Matt Burke breaks his leg on a frosty Newcastle pitch – he has the same disrespectful mouth disease as the discarded Kiwi half backs and Finbar’s mate VD.

And I thought you replied very well in kind.

But before you two get all chummy with these jokes can you please explain something to me? What exactly is this electricity thing you are talking about?

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Originally posted by Havak
You know he cultivated that accent yes? Although born in the area he had a very prim and proper voice as a young adult thanks to his public school background.

In those days, he'd've been murdered at public school for his accent. And, in the early days, probably wouldn't have worked on the BBC with it. I'm sure I remember his current (so to speak) accent from more thirty years or so ago. Hopefully he returned to his roots.

But before you two get all chummy with these jokes

I'm having to educated him in the matter of your stinky baits! He falls for them hook, line and proverbial!

can you please explain something to me? What exactly is this electricity thing you are talking about?

Look out, ravagon, there's another one. He's getting very shrewd with them!

[Havak]

You are a master of the subtle (?) mickey take Finbar.

Peel adopted the working class scouser advert in his pirate radio days so anytime from the mid sixties on he was back to his vocal 'roots'.

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Originally posted by Havak
You are a master of the subtle (?) mickey take Finbar.

Moi? Heavens, I'm only a humble Leicester supporter.

Peel adopted the working class scouser advert in his pirate radio days so anytime from the mid sixties on he was back to his vocal 'roots'.

Actually, I was reading an obituary this morning. He went to the US in 1962 or 1963, happened to be there when Beatlemania struck the States, realised the value of his Liverpudlian roots, went with - or reverted to - the accent, and never looked back. Even, it's claimed, interviewed himself as George Harrison and sold it to US radio. Expediency!

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Moi? Heavens, I'm only a humble Leicester supporter.

And a master of the not so subtle as well.

Even, it's claimed, interviewed himself as George Harrison and sold it to US radio. Expediency!

Now this is amusing for some reason.

Oh and your friend Sir Clive has been up to his usual inconsistency – he now claims he will only consider current Internationals for the Lions squad (directly contradicting himself from just four months ago).

This is almost certainly a result of pressure from the Home Unions – none of whom liked the idea that their incumbents could be sidelined as Clive took Jonno, Dayglo, Backy et al down to Kiwi land.

You can be sure when it comes to it if the retired players stay fit and are available Clive will take them with him. The man is no stranger to hypocrisy after all.

The French lads will have to forgive my bias here but I am hoping Biarritz Olympique cannot make the elimination phase of the European cup after they lose tomorrow.

And I’d love to ask them why the unelected EU Commission thinks it can force a European Constitution on member states. It’s almost like they are trying to make the UK leave the EU as quickly as possible – telling a Brit he needs a European Constitution is as palatable to him as saying you want to sleep with his wife!

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Originally posted by Havak

Clive was a Dill in what he said to the antipodean press this year. You don’t feed blinkered psycho’s easy feed lines the way he did.

Are you calling me a blinkered psycho?!

Just in case you ‘misinterpreted’ that.

Oh. Nevermind.

It’s almost like they are trying to make the UK leave the EU as quickly as possible – telling a Brit he needs a European Constitution is as palatable to him as saying you want to sleep with his wife!

For some reason this brought to mind an old British sitcom that my parents used to watch.
It was called 'George and Mildred'...

... still thinking about your simile ...


Incidentally no-one even bothered to guess at the lightbulb thing.

One to read the manual on how to change a lightbulb,
Three to go out in search of a new lightbulb,
Two to search the pubs for the three who got 'lost' on the way back,
One to remove the old lightbulb,
Two to put the lightbulb socket back in the ceiling afterwards,
Three to fix the damage to the rest of the ceiling,
One to realise that the lightbulb wasn't broken in the first place,
One to read the manual on how to use a lightswitch,

silence
...
... [crickets chirping] ...
...

Well blah. Nearly hometime anyway.

I predict that finbar will be an hour early on Monday.

[Havak]

Ah bless your heart. Translating jokes about the ABs into English for me.



George and Mildred came into your mind when I mentioned the sleeping with his wife part? Hmm - Yootha Joyce fan then?

Changing the clocks the same weekend as us then gentlemen?

As to your opening question - are you a Kiwi journalist?

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Originally posted by Havak
Oh and your friend Sir Clive has been up to his usual inconsistency – he now claims he will only consider current Internationals for the Lions squad (directly contradicting himself from just four months ago).

This is almost certainly a result of pressure from the Home Unions – none of whom liked the idea that their incumbents could be sidelined as Clive took Jonno, Dayglo, Backy et al down to Kiwi land.

You can be sure when it comes to it if the retired players stay fit and are available Clive will take them with him. The man is no stranger to hypocrisy after all.

Available being the operative word. J****'s the only one of real use. If Back's available he'll get pensioner discount on the airfare, and if he takes The Nose he's mad. But then we know he is.

And I’d love to ask them why the unelected EU Commission thinks it can force a European Constitution on member states. It’s almost like they are trying to make the UK leave the EU as quickly as possible – telling a Brit he needs a European Constitution is as palatable to him as saying you want to sleep with his wife!

Well, if she's a looker, and she's not satisfied at home ...

That aside, I'll have to listen to the World Service tonight to see what you're talking about.

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Originally posted by ravagon
Incidentally no-one even bothered to guess at the lightbulb thing.

One to read the manual on how to change a lightbulb,
Three to go out in search of a new lightbulb,
Two to search the pubs for the three who got 'lost' on the way back,
One to remove the old lightbulb,
Two to put the lightbulb socket back in the ceiling afterwards,
Three to fix the damage to the rest of the ceiling,
One to realise that the lightbulb wasn't broken in the first place,
One to read the manual on how to use a lightswitch,

Next?

I predict that finbar will be an hour early on Monday.

And it'll still be 1975 where you are!