Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 6

[peternorth]

 

[Catfish Alley]

Had to catch up with my ex to go over a couple of things yesterday. Ended up meeting her guy for the first time and they made a show of it! Turned up with my kids in his BMW convertible with the roof down. No reason for them to be there. And it was 8 degrees out. Lol.

 

[GreyCrow]

Trying to bring BDE on an 8degree day with the roof down

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Had to catch up with my ex to go over a couple of things yesterday. Ended up meeting her guy for the first time and they made a show of it! Turned up with my kids in his BMW convertible with the roof down. No reason for them to be there. And it was 8 degrees out. Lol.

Sis is having a midlife crisis

 

[raskolnikov]

Had to catch up with my ex to go over a couple of things yesterday. Ended up meeting her guy for the first time and they made a show of it! Turned up with my kids in his BMW convertible with the roof down. No reason for them to be there. And it was 8 degrees out. Lol.

But apparently there's no such thing as toxic femininity.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Sis is having a midlife crisis

Honestly, if that happened months ok it would have really stressed me out and I would have had anxiety for a bit. It was nice that it didn't really phase me at all. I figured she'd do something like that. And the longer I go without meeting the guy the weirder it would be. Happy that's done.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Honestly, if that happened months ok it would have really stressed me out and I would have had anxiety for a bit. It was nice that it didn't really phase me at all. I figured she'd do something like that. And the longer I go without meeting the guy the weirder it would be. Happy that's done.

Makes total sense. It’s laughable that they felt the need to try and engage you in a dick measuring contest.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

But apparently there's no such thing as toxic femininity.

I thought toxic femininity was about internalised misogyny, i.e. expecting women to conform to traditional gender roles, acting demure and submissive. The tradwive movement ya know.

This is just Catfish Alley's ex being a dickhead.

 

[phantom13]

But apparently there's no such thing as toxic femininity.

Pretty sure no one has said there is no such thing as toxic femininity but also the above example is not what it is.

 

[Gough]

I'd have complimented them on their lovely car and asked if the roof is broken.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I'd have complimented them on their lovely car and asked if the roof is broken.

Perhaps offered them a lap blankie for the ride home?

 

[Gough]

Perhaps offered them a lap blankie for the ride home?

If in doubt passive aggressive is always the way forward.

 

[Pistol Night]

Trying to bring BDE on an 8degree day with the roof down

Hypothermia is a small price to pay for a flex

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

If in doubt passive aggressive is always the way forward.

Mum? Is that you?

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Hypothermia is a small price to pay for a flex

I would argue that having the top down on an 8 degree day is someone masquerading as a big dawg but really they are bringing SDE

 

[Neese]

Ha ha. That was great you legends.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

SDE.
BDE.

Got it now.

 

[the_interloper]

SDE.
BDE.

Got it now.

I've only got this one

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Had to catch up with my ex to go over a couple of things yesterday. Ended up meeting her guy for the first time and they made a show of it! Turned up with my kids in his BMW convertible with the roof down. No reason for them to be there. And it was 8 degrees out. Lol.

Whilst a complete outside view, from reading your posts, especially this one, their relationship isn't going to last.

 

[peternorth]

Makes total sense. It’s laughable that they felt the need to try and engage you in a dick measuring contest.

vs

 

[rocker_oz33]

I remember Shannon Byrne's tweet a while back when playing country footy.

Foll Holland's .Brynes. Hiscock.

 

[Pistol Night]

I've only got this one

I haven't even got the energy

 

[Frank Bunn]

I remember Shannon Byrne's tweet a while back when playing country footy.

Foll Holland's .Brynes. Hiscock.

Then there was the cricket commentary - "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey".

There was the game between Bristol City and Derby County. Both having poor seasons. The respective managers were Alan Dicks and Arthur Cox. Towards the end of a tedious 0-0 draw the home fans started a chant of “Dicks out” which was answered by the away fans by a chant of “Cox out”.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Then there was the cricket commentary - "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey".

There was the game between Bristol City and Derby County. Both having poor seasons. The respective managers were Alan Dicks and Arthur Cox. Towards the end of a tedious 0-0 draw the home fans started a chant of “Dicks out” which was answered by the away fans by a chant of “Cox out”.

Probably no one got in trouble in those days.



Unlike Tony Grieg in a one day game.
Camera pans a cross to a church.
She was flown in he said.
Naughty boy Tony.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Probably no one got in trouble in those days.



Unlike Tony Grieg in a one day game.
Camera pans a cross to a church.
She was flown in he said.
Naughty boy Tony.

Speaking of cricket commentary and the "good old days", is anyone else perplexed by all the wistful reflections on the 'classic four' lineup of Australian cricket commentary (Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Tony Greig and Ian Chappell), lamenting that the current commentators aren't a patch on them?

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't actually recall anyone particularly enjoying Ian and Tony's contributions in particular. They simply benefit from two things (in my opinion):

1. The explosion of one day cricket over the 80s and 90s: every match over the Australian summer was a huge event and so anyone born between, say 1965 and 1990 has very vivid and fond memories of their summers growing up watching the Aussies play in ODIs and that core quartet being essentially the voices of their summer.

2. The popularity of the 12th Man, which made it fun for us all to do lame impressions from those albums (and, while undeniably funny, I think it's fair to say Billy Birmingham's impressions were very hit and miss - so it's often a bad impression of a pretty bad inpression).

With all due respect, anyone my age who'd never seen that group as players wouldn't have cared in the slightest at the time if Chappell and Greig had been replaced by others, we look back at it fondly because we miss being kids in the summer.