- Nov 13, 2008
- 26,143
- 20,804
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Sydney Sweeney's Shaving Team...
I have a story.
I had a friend years ago. He had a group of mates. One of his mates gave him the name "Wally". After a while, all the guys in the group called my friend Wally. Initially, he was a bit confused why he got the name, but after a while he got used to it and answered to it like it was his own.
A few years down the track, he got a bit wiser and knew a bit more of the world. He learnt that being a wally meant that a person was a bit silly....a bit useless.
The thing that I've noticed over the years that a lot of people outside the club, call Collingwood it the biggest in the land. To me, they're mocking the club, not in the good-natured way that my friend copped it, but in a sneering smart-arsed way. And yet so many Pie supporters seem to revel in it.
I had a friend years ago. He had a group of mates. One of his mates gave him the name "Wally". After a while, all the guys in the group called my friend Wally. Initially, he was a bit confused why he got the name, but after a while he got used to it and answered to it like it was his own.
A few years down the track, he got a bit wiser and knew a bit more of the world. He learnt that being a wally meant that a person was a bit silly....a bit useless.
The thing that I've noticed over the years that a lot of people outside the club, call Collingwood it the biggest in the land. To me, they're mocking the club, not in the good-natured way that my friend copped it, but in a sneering smart-arsed way. And yet so many Pie supporters seem to revel in it.