Random Random Thoughts Rebooted

[bedford]

That and sometimes it is also when I read one of your sentences

LOL JK , you don't have to

 

[Bandicoot]

You know we know each other going back decades

Yes, I am aware we were both in the South Melbourne cheer squad in 1970.

Do you remember me throwing the apple at Doug Wade in the last few minutes of the game at Geelong?

 

[bedford]

Do you remember me throwing the apple at Doug Wade in the last few minutes of the game at Geelong?

I was nearly next to you , had a laugh with Peter Bedford about it 3 weeks ago

 

[Bandicoot]

I was nearly next to you , had a laugh with Peter Bedford about it 3 weeks ago

So, you saw me throw it?

 

[bedford]

So, you saw me throw it?

I remember it going through the air

 

[joeykanga]

LOL JK , you don't have to

I cant help myself and sometimes you throw in a snippet from the past that I enjoy including your current conversation with Bandi. I feel like you have more clarity in your sentences when relating those stories.

 

[bedford]

I cant help myself and sometimes you throw in a snippet from the past that I enjoy including your current conversation with Bandi. I feel like you have more clarity in your sentences when relating those stories.

Well thanks very much, hopefully my mate Nool likes it as well

 

[The Blue Max]

Swingman , another shit yank term , it's a utility

I think Hamish the human suntan gave us that one.

 

[wolftone57]

Swingman , another shit yank term , it's a utility

Yep I hate all the Americanisms. Like:

Where is he at? He ain't at anywhere

Route being pronounced Rout not root.

Even not pronouncing LITERALLY right, saying LITTLIE, IT HAS AN ER IN IT MORONS

Saying DRUGGED INSTEAD OF DRAGGED

Instead of using Es, Ed
Using he did pressure, instead of he pressured.

The bin is a waste paper basket
Where does the rest of the rubbish go effwit

The footpath is a Sidewalk, BECAUSE IT IS ON THE SIDE AND THEY NEED TO BE REMINDED THST IF THEY WALK IN THE MIDDLE THEY WILL GET KILLED. ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE REMINDED NOT TO WALK ON THE ROAD IS MORE THAN A MORON

Q motorbike is called a TWO WHEELER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROVE TO EVERYONE THEY CAN COUNT

Everywhere else in the world Average Intelligence is 100. But not in America. It is only 89 there. And we want to borrow shit from them? Well even though you ask for the shovel you get the shit lol.

 

[The Blue Max]

Yep I hate all the Americanisms. Like:

Where is he at? He ain't at anywhere

Route being pronounced Rout not root.

Even not pronouncing LITERALLY right, saying LITTLIE, IT HAS AN ER IN IT MORONS

Saying DRUGGED INSTEAD OF DRAGGED

Instead of using Es, Ed
Using he did pressure, instead of he pressured.

The bin is a waste paper basket
Where does the rest of the rubbish go effwit

The footpath is a Sidewalk, BECAUSE IT IS ON THE SIDE AND THEY NEED TO BE REMINDED THST IF THEY WALK IN THE MIDDLE THEY WILL GET KILLED. ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE REMINDED NOT TO WALK ON THE ROAD IS MORE THAN A MORON

Q motorbike is called a TWO WHEELER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROVE TO EVERYONE THEY CAN COUNT

Everywhere else in the world Average Intelligence is 100. But not in America. It is only 89 there. And we want to borrow shit from them? Well even though you ask for the shovel you get the shit lol.

We could go much further, like their denial of Adverbs - turning every descriptive verb into an adjective.

“He did that real fast” - Its Really.
“That car is going very quick now” - It’s Quickly
“They sang real happy” - It’s Happily.

And our moronic Football commentators just suck it up - like Deee-Fence.

 

[dosser]

If we are going to sound like old guys, why do commentators talk about the "transference" or "transferral" of play when the word could easily be "transfer"?

 

[bedford]

We could go much further, like their denial of Adverbs - turning every descriptive verb into an adjective.

“He did that real fast” - Its Really.
“That car is going very quick now” - It’s Quickly
“They sang real happy” - It’s Happily.

And our moronic Football commentators just suck it up - like Deee-Fence.

And offence , it's attack , why do we have to copy those rats

 

[The Blue Max]

And offence , it's attack , why do we have to copy those rats

Same reason The Fat **** Hutchison is pushing US sport down our throats - It’s allegedly ‘cool’.

Yeah right - only amongst 15 yr old dweebs, dumb Sports jocks like Tim Watson and failed footy coaches.

I have a low level of interest in NFL, but the Basketball soap opera is as boring as batshit.

And For what its worth - they’ve managed to destroy their two great motorsports, NASCAR and NHRA Drag Racing.

Everything is fibreglass , or ‘fiberglass’, nothing is factory, it’s all aftermarket engines, gearboxes, tube chassis and single seat cockpits. Stock class? BAHAHAHA!


Rant over.

 

[wolftone57]

We could go much further, like their denial of Adverbs - turning every descriptive verb into an adjective.

“He did that real fast” - Its Really.
“That car is going very quick now” - It’s Quickly
“They sang real happy” - It’s Happily.

And our moronic Football commentators just suck it up - like Deee-Fence.

And OFF-fence

 

[The Blue Max]

And OFF-fence

Of-fence is technically correct - with english the vowel before a double consonant is usually shortened ie - Coffin, Boffin, Coffee etc.

But of course this doesn’t explain ‘taking Oh-FFENCE.

It took the dumb yanks to turn the French ‘Day- fonce’ into ‘dee-fence’.

 

[bedford]

Of-fence is technically correct - with english the vowel before a double consonant is usually shortened ie - Coffin, Boffin, Coffee etc.

But of course this doesn’t explain ‘taking Oh-FFENCE.

It took the dumb yanks to turn the French ‘Day- fonce’ into ‘dee-fence’.

It's attack

 

[The Blue Max]

It's attack

I’m not arguing that point - I don’t know the etymology of the word exactly - just that it comes from latin through French.

I agree completely that it’s use in team sport is very much traditionally North American - and as such I agree it’s another borrowed term we don’t need.

 

[Swansujelly]

it irks me when someone says "learnings", it's "lessons"..

 

[The Blue Max]

it irks me when someone says "learnings", it's "lessons"..

Like ‘gifting’.

Trouble is, 60% of the ‘english’ speaking world on the Net are yanks.

If we could get the Indian populace on line - we could crush it.

 

[bedford]

What about a Victorian Swans thread , asking for a fellow Vic who suggested it , maybe like a state of origin

 

[robbieando]

What about a Victorian Swans thread , asking for a fellow Vic who suggested it , maybe like a state of origin

 

[bedford]

I'll let him know, but won't be happy
He really has nearly stopped posting

 

[MarshallG]

45 years ago today I saw Kiss at VFL Park, Waverley.

Pretty sure it was there I would later see Bowie and, Simon & Garfunkle.

This is on topic as they were at VFL Park.

Carry On...

 

[bedford]

50 years ago i saw Rod Stewart and the Faces at the Lake Oval

 

[Kiama Chris]

54 years ago (almost 55) I saw Deep Purple, Free, Manfred Mann and a Santana cover at the Sydney Showground. Brilliant!