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

[Frank Bunn]

Which of course leads to this

A man is at the football and the seat next to him is empty . Someone asks why?

' thats my wifes seat but she couldnt make it '

The person then asked if he had any mates that could have come along instead of his wife

'' they're all at her funeral ''

My Father-in-Law had been in a care home for dementia for two years when his wife passed away. We gathered at the chapel for her funeral but he was nowhere to be seen. He had forgotten about her funeral and got on a minibus for a day trip to Torquay. Some relatives were sent to find him but the funeral company said they couldn't wait because of other bookings. They turned up with him half way through the service and he had no idea what was going on. It was only when they were putting her coffin into the hearse that he realised and he was distraught. Then an hour later at the tea and sandwiches he had no idea again.

 

[74561347]

Try explaining to kids how the three fat blokes kicked over three thousand goals between them.

Three fat blokes?

I see two fat blokes and two junkies

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Reckon the SOO is a relic. When would it be played? No clubs are going to put up their A or even B graders during the year as the season is too important. During finals barring players that are still playing diminishes it and it sure as shit wont rate during the pre season (Again clubs wont risk players). As romantic as it sounds having the best line ups take the field it just isn't going to fly.

 

[JackOutback]

Reckon the SOO is a relic. When would it be played? No clubs are going to put up their A or even B graders during the year as the season is too important. During finals barring players that are still playing diminishes it and it sure as shit wont rate during the pre season (Again clubs wont risk players). As romantic as it sounds having the best line ups take the field it just isn't going to fly.

Scrap the pre-finals bye, play SOO during a bye before the grand final? Sure, you won't have the players from the two competing teams, but that would five or six tops from teams of 44 people.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Scrap the pre-finals bye, play SOO during a bye before the grand final? Sure, you won't have the players from the two competing teams, but that would five or six tops from teams of 44 people.

You're an ideas man Jack

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

The french

 

[JackOutback]

The french

It's cause they're speaking French. It's a different language. I don't understand them either.

 

[rocker_oz33]

It's cause they're speaking French. It's a different language. I don't understand them either.

It's all Greek too me .

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

It's cause they're speaking French. It's a different language. I don't understand them either.

What

 

[Plugger35]

I went to WA vs Allies in 1997. Crowd was 17k. What a showpiece event.

I went to a State of Origin game between WA and Victoria back in the 80s when it was still a big deal and Subi Oval was packed.

They were played on Tuesday afternoons back then but a lot of people took half the day off work to go to it including one of my primary school teachers. He was also the coach of our school footy team and he offered to take some us footy loving boys to the game with him if we got a permission note from our parents and I was lucky enough to get one and a ticket.

After lunch on Tuesday he piled half a dozen or more of us boys into his station wagon with a few of us in the boot with no seatbelts and off we went to Subi Oval.

Once he got us all inside the ground he said "Ok boys you're on your on own now" and he pissed off to drink piss with his mates.

That was back when it was standing room only on the outer side of Subi Oval so it was hard to get a good view there as a kid with mostly adults standing there and that was back when adults didn't give a shit about kids and treated us like we were a nuisance.

It would have been this game, WA got up in a thriller, it was also exciting to see a lot of players that you only saw on The Winners.




The AFL can try to bring back State of Origin games but they will never be able to recapture the magic of those games of the 80s.

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[Cruyff14]

What

His post is incredibly self explanatory.

 

[Frank Bunn]

It's cause they're speaking French. It's a different language. I don't understand them either.

I've got a little French from school. Last year I was walking in Bangkok and a woman shouted over "Excusez-moi, monsieur. Parlez vous Francais?" I replied "Un peu" and tried to be helpful. She was standing outside a travel agency that seemed to be the problem. She went blah blah blah in French so I had no clue. I stopped her and said "lentement, s'il vous plaît". She carried on going blah blah blah in French so I left her to it.

 

[Plugger35]

I've got a little French from school. Last year I was walking in Bangkok and a woman shouted over "Excusez-moi, monsieur. Parlez vous Francais?" I replied "Un peu" and tried to be helpful. She was standing outside a travel agency that seemed to be the problem. She went blah blah blah in French so I had no clue. I stopped her and said "lentement, s'il vous plaît". She carried on going blah blah blah in French so I left her to it.

I had a French woman say ''excusez moi"' to me when she needed to get off at a train station in Paris.

That was the first time I heard someone say that other than Miss Piggy on The Muppet Show.

 

[rocker_oz33]

I was in a French train station.
I asked where something was.
In perfect English.
They said "I don't speak English ".
Righto.

 

[Scotland]

I went to a State of Origin game between WA and Victoria back in the 80s when it was still a big deal and Subi Oval was packed.

They were played on Tuesday afternoons back then but a lot of people took half the day off work to go to it including one of my primary school teachers. He was also the coach of our school footy team and he offered to take some us footy loving boys to the game with him if we got a permission note from our parents and I was lucky enough to get one and a ticket.

After lunch on Tuesday he piled half a dozen or more of us boys into his station wagon with a few of us in the boot with no seatbelts and off we went to Subi Oval.

Once he got us all inside the ground he said "Ok boys you're on your on own now" and he pissed off to drink piss with his mates.

That was back when it was standing room only on the outer side of Subi Oval so it was hard to get a good view there as a kid with mostly adults standing there and that was back when adults didn't give a shit about kids and treated us like we were a nuisance.

It would have been this game, WA got up in a thriller, it was also exciting to see a lot of players that you only saw on The Winners.




The AFL can try to bring back State of Origin games but they will never be able to recapture the magic of those games of the 80s.

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This is peak SOO.

Across the games WA used 23 players that were currently in the WAFL and 8 who were in the VFL. SA had 20 players from the SANFL and 7 from the VFL.

Compare that to 1993 and every single player for WA, SA and Victoria was playing in the AFL. Only Queensland, NSW/ACT and Tasmania had a couple of state league players to make up the numbers.

With the way the VFL evolved over the late 80s and 90s having one team in Adelaide and one team in Perth made SOO a bit irrelevant. It is a bit different now there is (was, lol) a proper national draft and clubs are less parochial with their recruitment but I still don't see it taking off. If you are someone like Lachie Neale where would winning the 2026 SOO series for SA sit compared to club B&Fs in two states that aren't SA, two Brownlows, a flag etc?

It's just got a FIFA Club World Cup/Olympic tennis/football type feel about it. Nice to win but Jeremy McGovern won a Grand Final playing with broken ribs. I doubt anyone is doing that for SOO.

 

[the_interloper]

This is peak SOO.

Across the games WA used 23 players that were currently in the WAFL and 8 who were in the VFL. SA had 20 players from the SANFL and 7 from the VFL.

Compare that to 1993 and every single player for WA, SA and Victoria was playing in the AFL. Only Queensland, NSW/ACT and Tasmania had a couple of state league players to make up the numbers.

With the way the VFL evolved over the late 80s and 90s having one team in Adelaide and one team in Perth made SOO a bit irrelevant. It is a bit different now there is (was, lol) a proper national draft and clubs are less parochial with their recruitment but I still don't see it taking off. If you are someone like Lachie Neale where would winning the 2026 SOO series for SA sit compared to club B&Fs in two states that aren't SA, two Brownlows, a flag etc?

It's just got a FIFA Club World Cup/Olympic tennis/football type feel about it. Nice to win but Jeremy McGovern won a Grand Final playing with broken ribs. I doubt anyone is doing that for SOO.

I think the demise of SOO is a shame for the blokes who don't win a Brownlow, club B and F, premiership etc, representing their state is something you see on players' resume from yesteryear. I grew up with a bloke who played for Collingwood who fit into this category, none of the big accolades but wore the big V, good thing to have.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I think the demise of SOO is a shame for the blokes who don't win a Brownlow, club B and F, premiership etc, representing their state is something you see on players' resume from yesteryear. I grew up with a bloke who played for Collingwood who fit into this category, none of the big accolades but wore the big V, good thing to have.

I think this is circling the best argument that exists for a re-birth - it's an accolade for guys who don't achieve club success, and another chance to be around success and successful players.

Thing is though, the players made it really obvious that they didn't value it in the mid-90s, and the attempted revivals we've seen of "quasi-representative" footy have been bruise free rubbish that barely resembles footy.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Jesus Christ... "the body was dismembered and we dont want to talk too much about that... but WE ARE MISSING A ****ING HEAD"

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[Plugger35]

 

[JHF1870]

Can't stand that show. It is so rigged in the chaser's favour. The chaser always has an easier set of questions. And the way Larry speeds up asking the chaser questions if it is close.

Also sure that the Chasers have memorised all of the questions. That's their advantage.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Why hasn't someone started a bar next to the Montague Street bridge?

Come for a beer stay for a truck smashing into the bridge

 

[blueboy25]

Scrap the pre-finals bye, play SOO during a bye before the grand final? Sure, you won't have the players from the two competing teams, but that would five or six tops from teams of 44 people.

Only problem is the other 16 teams will be on holidays including 10 teams that would have finished the season 4 weeks earlier and would have been enjoying themselves

 

[JHF1870]

Why is Guy Sebastian the target of fake AI ads and I'm seeing them on the YouTube app.

 

[Gralin]

Why hasn't someone started a bar next to the Montague Street bridge?

Come for a beer stay for a truck smashing into the bridge

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I think this is circling the best argument that exists for a re-birth - it's an accolade for guys who don't achieve club success, and another chance to be around success and successful players.

Thing is though, the players made it really obvious that they didn't value it in the mid-90s, and the attempted revivals we've seen of "quasi-representative" footy have been bruise free rubbish that barely resembles footy.

I feel like every old state of origin game, or footy record from a state of origin game I've come across has demonstrated to me that it wasn't exactly a best of the best, like an AA team for each of the big footy states. There's always a handful of players where it's like "Wow, he was playing for Victoria/South Australia/Western Australia?"

Andrew Bews from Geelong seemed to be one of the first picked every year in the 1980s and while he was a very good player: skilled, quick and tough, he's never going to be a hall of famer. I think it was probably a case of him getting picked once and performing well at the level and so it was almost like a state or national cricket side in that once you got in and proved yourself, it was hard to get you out.

Colbert was brought up earlier and my recollection with him was it was more sadness than anger at him: that was the club at what seemed like its lowest ebb and the captain walked out, without actually leading the team out in a game. I never hated him and as the years have passed, I've become even more sympathetic, seems as though it was a Kim Highes situation, where the senior players decided it would be good to destroy him, rather than support him.