45 seconds of silence

[TheBuzz]

Really? Couldn't wait another 15 seconds?

 

[tugga]

People are incapable of staying quiet for a full minute. It's true.

 

[Xtreme]

You mean the timing was off, or did someone in the crowd ruin it for everyone else ?

Disrespectful in any case

 

[ManWithNoName]

Been like that for years on ANZAC Day.

 

[Worldheroxx]

its well known that no 'minute' of silence lasts a real minute anywhere in the world. in 45 seconds is quite long as sometimes they are as low as .28
deal with it sister

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Yep, its pretty well known that minute silences hardly last a minute

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Happens all the time.
Nothing wrong with it really. 45 seconds is fine. A lot of times they will call it a moment silence and not a minute.

 

[pazza]

Had the radio coverage...plenty of talking and murmur from the moment the minute's silence started....I wonder if it was a Geelong home game, whether that would have been the case.

 

[mike14]

Happens all the time.
Nothing wrong with it really. 45 seconds is fine. A lot of times they will call it a moment silence and not a minute.

This. For a comparison, Derek Boogaard (NHL player) got an 8 second moment of silence during the week

 

[Off The Couch]

This. For a comparison, Derek Boogaard (NHL player) got an 8 second moment of silence during the week

Why would you even bother - totally demeaning


As another poster has already metioned I was listening on the radio and there was heaps of background noise. I suppose that when you have crowds of that magnitude your never goiing to get it totally silent. Anyone ever noticed how many people seem to get a coughing fit the minute you have to be quiet.

 

[Gaffanator]

As long as the appropriate amount of respect is shown, which it seemed to be on telly then 45 should suffice. Let's focus on the man Bobby Davis rather than 15 seconds

 

[ManWithNoName]

Why would you even bother - totally demeaning


As another poster has already metioned I was listening on the radio and there was heaps of background noise. I suppose that when you have crowds of that magnitude your never goiing to get it totally silent. Anyone ever noticed how many people seem to get a coughing fit the minute you have to be quiet.

Been dead silent on ANZAC Day the last few years.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Why would you even bother - totally demeaning


As another poster has already metioned I was listening on the radio and there was heaps of background noise. I suppose that when you have crowds of that magnitude your never goiing to get it totally silent. Anyone ever noticed how many people seem to get a coughing fit the minute you have to be quiet.

Been dead silent on ANZAC Day the last few years.

I think on a day like ANZAC day everyone knows it is ANZAC day and that there will be a minute silence. With things like this there may have been a fair few people who simply forgot and were out getting food or a last minute beer and therefore were making some noise.

 

[Off The Couch]

Been dead silent on ANZAC Day the last few years.

I thinks that's because it's an occasion that all australians respect - it's always so impressive during that moment that we do hold the diggers in such respect. Now if we could just get them singing the national anthem.

 

[Lazarus]

I swear on Anzac day it was like 30 seconds

 

[Rack Watts]

Did you actually count that?...

 

[sherb]

So why can't a minute's silence actually be a minute?

 

[GhostofJimJess]

So why can't a minute's silence actually be a minute?

They were using metric time.

 

[beez]

So why can't a minute's silence actually be a minute?

It's never actually a minute's silence anymore, I reckon it's been "a moment's silence" for the last 10 years whenever it's being observed, irrespective of a sporting event or not.

 

[Underarm]

Really? Couldn't wait another 15 seconds?

who the hell counts the seconds during a minute of silence. Poor form bro!

 

[Oh Darling]

Last time I looked it wasn't a criminal offence to talk during a minutes silence.

One has to wonder why they don't hold a minute silence for every person that dies.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

On TV it sounded appropriately quiet the whole time. Certainly no idiot screaming out at least.

 

[magic_johnson!]

Had the radio coverage...plenty of talking and murmur from the moment the minute's silence started....I wonder if it was a Geelong home game, whether that would have been the case.

I was at the ground and didn't hear anything; only one cough aswell...

 

[eaglespremiers]

I was at the ground and didn't hear anything; only one cough aswell...

Second this, it was actually quite eerie.

 

[blues4flag]

Yep, didn't hear a sound in my area of the ground. Really is a strange experience having close to 50k silent for 45 seconds...keep waiting for a moron to claim his 2 seconds of infamy but never came.