Society/Culture Sport and Australian Intellectuals

[blackcat]

Adam Spencer likes soccer.

evo 's mate Francis Leech likes soccer and football.

evo to Leech
is
blackcat to Clementine

 

[blackcat]

What's Patrick Smith going to do in 2056 when the ASADA/Essendon saga finishes, he'll have nothing to write about in the winter.

more than the beard,but i just think Phillip Adams when I think of Smith. and not the appellation of "Australia's foremost intellectual Phillip Adams", they forget the unsaid <and biggest name dropper>

 

[evo]

evo 's mate Francis Leech likes soccer and football.

evo to Leech
is
blackcat to Clementine

Adam Spencer > Francis Leech

Even after handicap for 1 eye.

 

[evo]

Martin Flanagan is ok. Plus he likes writing about Richmond.

 

[little graham]

Would love to read a book about the scourge to society gambling is by Ricky Pointing.

What about a book on maintaining healthy relationships by Shane Warne?

Former Carlton great Nick Stevens could write about domestic violence.

Justin Charles about supplements.

Ben Cousins could write about what free needles really do.

Warrick Capper about preventing testicular cancer.

Stephen Kernahan could write about bribery in society and brown paper bags under the table.

Would of loved Shane Warnes mentor terry Jenner to write a book on fraud and gaol before he died.

Gklen Mgrath could write a book on the prevention of cancer saves alot more money than simply treating it

Mark Bosnich on nasal health.

Alan bond who is Australias greatest ever competitive yachtsman, could write books on balancing the household budget.

Donald Bradman could of written a really good book about the under payment of our sportsmen.

David Granger could write a book about being victim of a paid hit in a grand final

Jack Cahil about how to stop dodgy used car salesman burning the lemon you just bought.

 

[Gough]

TJ was quite frank about his gambling and incarceration in his book. It seems that when a former Test cricketer is down in his luck, Chappelli is never far away in support.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Probably because many Australian intellectuals see sport as something beneath them. Paul Keating is probably the most notable proponent of this belief.

You also get those awful Gen Y women who write for the Age writing op pieces about how they actively discourage their boys from playing footy - hope they enjoy their weekly contemporary clowning workshop

 

[Contra Mundum]

Would love to read a book about the scourge to society gambling is by Ricky Pointing.

What about a book on maintaining healthy relationships by Shane Warne?

Former Carlton great Nick Stevens could write about domestic violence.

Justin Charles about supplements.

Ben Cousins could write about what free needles really do.

Warrick Capper about preventing testicular cancer.

Stephen Kernahan could write about bribery in society and brown paper bags under the table.

Would of loved Shane Warnes mentor terry Jenner to write a book on fraud and gaol before he died.

Gklen Mgrath could write a book on the prevention of cancer saves alot more money than simply treating it

Mark Bosnich on nasal health.

Alan bond who is Australias greatest ever competitive yachtsman, could write books on balancing the household budget.

Donald Bradman could of written a really good book about the under payment of our sportsmen.

David Granger could write a book about being victim of a paid hit in a grand final

Jack Cahil about how to stop dodgy used car salesman burning the lemon you just bought.

Bradman could also write on the inferiority of black and Catholic cricketers

 

[Gough]

Bradman could also write on the inferiority of black and Catholic cricketers

Jack Fingleton like this

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Jack Fingleton like this

Poor Jack Fingleton. He had a lot of very interesting things to say that got totally swamped by the 'Bradman is God and can do no wrong' orthodoxy.

 

[clogged]

You also get those awful Gen Y women who write for the Age writing op pieces about how they actively discourage their boys from playing footy - hope they enjoy their weekly contemporary clowning workshop

I'd love to read one.

 

[Contra Mundum]

I'd love to read one.

Try Monica Dux for example:

Now, when I say that I hate football, I'm not just being a grumpy killjoy. I have reasons for disliking the game and I think they're very sound. First, there's the deep-seated sexism. Why should I support a game played by men who regularly vomit up Neanderthal attitudes towards women? Then there's the violence. We talk about the problem of male violence in our society, and yet here we are, week after week, panting after young men who are lauded for their aggression, playing a game that involves constant brain-rattling physical clashes.

* OFF!!!!

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

more than the beard,but i just think Phillip Adams when I think of Smith. and not the appellation of "Australia's foremost intellectual Phillip Adams", they forget the unsaid <and biggest name dropper>

And he has the most recorded utterings of the word frisson known to mankind (self-taught, of course)

 

[rdhopkins2]

How about Martin Hardie, "Seakayaking Campaigner History"?

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

How about Martin Hardie, "Seakayaking Campaigner History"?

Heard that twit on ABC radio t'other day, bangin' on about the illegality of the ASADA/AFL investigation. And he's a lecturer FFS

 

[Contra Mundum]

And he has the most recorded utterings of the word frisson known to mankind (self-taught, of course)

I am getting a frisson while reading about your frisson hatred

 

[Gough]

Ray Robinson is another who I'd add to the list. On Top Downunder, latterly needing another update from Gideon Haigh, is a great social history of Australia as well as an outstanding cricket book.

 

[evo]

You also get those awful Gen Y women who write for the Age writing op pieces about how they actively discourage their boys from playing footy - hope they enjoy their weekly contemporary clowning workshop

I blame Melbourne Uni philosophy academics. They are feminising the entire country!

 

[evo]

Heard that twit on ABC radio t'other day, bangin' on about the illegality of the ASADA/AFL investigation. And he's a lecturer FFS

Hardie recently reported Mr McDevitt to the Feds. After the ASDA case is over McDevitt will probably be moving over to work for the Feds. Hardie has effectively reported McDevitt to himself!

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...cdevitt-in-jail.1081113/page-38#post-36942334

 

[clogged]

evo 's mate Francis Leech likes soccer and football.

evo to Leech
is
blackcat to Clementine

evo is balls deep in Francis Leech?

 

[Norwegian Blue]

evo is balls deep in Francis Leech?

Someone is balls deep in Clementine Ford???

 

[clogged]

Someone is balls deep in Clementine Ford???

blackcat

 

[clogged]

Try Monica Dux for example:

Now, when I say that I hate football, I'm not just being a grumpy killjoy. I have reasons for disliking the game and I think they're very sound. First, there's the deep-seated sexism. Why should I support a game played by men who regularly vomit up Neanderthal attitudes towards women? Then there's the violence. We talk about the problem of male violence in our society, and yet here we are, week after week, panting after young men who are lauded for their aggression, playing a game that involves constant brain-rattling physical clashes.

**** OFF!!!!

What a bore. She seems the kind of intellectual who is stuck at undergraduate arts level thinking. Like old mate Chomsky.

 

[evo]

Someone is balls deep in Clementine Ford???

blackcat takes her to feminista-sista bookclub readings at the Wheeler Centre in his Prius.

You can bet he cant wait for this gem

http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/roxane-gay/

 

[evo]

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