
The Old Dark Navy's
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Do you get really upset when your team loses?
Or do you just accept it in your stride?
Give us an example of just how upset you can get.
I remember kicking public toilet doors in a shopping centre on the way up from Melbourne to Brisbane after watching Collingwood knock Carlton out of the finals in 1980. In 1985, I didn't have a video so I recorded the audio with a tape recorder in front of the TV. Well North came back to beat the Blues in the Elimination final and I threw the tape recorder from the second storey house balcony into the middle of the road where it shattered. I remember walking around and around my back yard while Collingwood skipped out to a good lead in the 1981 GF. When I went back in, it was only a 9 point three quarter time margin.
Fortunately, I'm no longer a hot-headed teenager so I only yell at the screen and stamp my feet like a two year old.
Funnily enough, I take defeat a lot better when I am at the match. I guess it looks easier on TV, so you expect that your team could have done better.
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mens sana in corpore sano - a sound mind in a sound body
Or do you just accept it in your stride?
Give us an example of just how upset you can get.

I remember kicking public toilet doors in a shopping centre on the way up from Melbourne to Brisbane after watching Collingwood knock Carlton out of the finals in 1980. In 1985, I didn't have a video so I recorded the audio with a tape recorder in front of the TV. Well North came back to beat the Blues in the Elimination final and I threw the tape recorder from the second storey house balcony into the middle of the road where it shattered. I remember walking around and around my back yard while Collingwood skipped out to a good lead in the 1981 GF. When I went back in, it was only a 9 point three quarter time margin.
Fortunately, I'm no longer a hot-headed teenager so I only yell at the screen and stamp my feet like a two year old.
Funnily enough, I take defeat a lot better when I am at the match. I guess it looks easier on TV, so you expect that your team could have done better.
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mens sana in corpore sano - a sound mind in a sound body