Society & Culture Things that Shit me part X- The Tenth edition!

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When sports writers use something that happened in their sport to prove "it's the greatest game of all" or something to that effect....

I don't want to be seen to be potting rugby league as it's an easy thing to on BF. I like the sport, but this morning provided a great example.

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary was sacked yesterday. Daily Terrorgraph wrote an article that finished "Last year's Dally M Coach of the Year is now unemployed, proving that rugby league coaching is the toughest job of all".

professional sports coaching is one of the toughest jobs on the planet, no doubt about that. It's a 24/7 all encompassing job that provides little to no down time. It takes an extraordinary toll on one's personal life and relationships. And only a handful of them get to quit on their own terms. Almost all of them are fired. But no need to make it out like rugby league coaching is any tougher than being an AFL coach, an EPL coach (manager) or coach of a national cricket team. They are all extremely tough gigs, under the most intense of pressure.
 

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Bananas aren't meant to be crunchy. Period. The banana probably has something else in it.

As for mangos, I like to juice it. But not through a juicer or blender. I push the mango through a metal strainer to get all the juice out and drink it.
 

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When sports writers use something that happened in their sport to prove "it's the greatest game of all" or something to that effect....
during origin ray hadley trots out the greatest game of all many many times.

as for toughest gig, its cute we (australians, some) believe our domestic codes contain it. national manager football of england is tough. national football manager of a south american country is tough. or even a player for a south american country!

afl coach, like any coach, is stressful. but if you're sacked, chances are you'll land another job with another team, but most likely in the media.
 

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Bananas aren't meant to be crunchy. Period. The banana probably has something else in it.

As for mangos, I like to juice it. But not through a juicer or blender. I push the mango through a metal strainer to get all the juice out and drink it.
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It looked ripe, just wasn't - just wasn't soft to eat. Maybe "crunch" was the wrong word to use.
I threw some mango and banana into my yoghurt - banana let it down
I like to blend my overripe mango with ice and yoghurt for a breakfast smoothie
 

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Speaking of fruit what about the small window of opportunity you have to eat an avocado. It's hard enough finding one at the supermarket which isn't too hard or to soft but if you miss a day it's not edible the next.
 

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Speaking of fruit what about the small window of opportunity you have to eat an avocado. It's hard enough finding one at the supermarket which isn't too hard or to soft but if you miss a day it's not edible the next.
Get one of these bad boys, they give you a couple of extra days.
 
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Because the crowd behaviour is a heap worse than at the AFL or cricket.
LOL and you reckon you're a Victory fan?

I went to just about every Melbourne Victory home game this year and saw one fight for the whole season (Grand Final), I went to four AFL games this year and saw fights in three of those games, one of which was a mass brawl (Coll vs WB). "Violence" at A League games is the media beat up for a few chairs being broken, flares lit, plastic bottles thrown etc, actual physical altercations between fans do not happen at games. These things are much more common at the Footy or the Cricket but that's just laughed off as boys being boys, or grog gets the blame, but a kid gets hit with an empty plastic bottle at the Soccer and it's a hooligan problem.
 

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LOL and you reckon you're a Victory fan?

I went to just about every Melbourne Victory home game this year and saw one fight for the whole season (Grand Final), I went to four AFL games this year and saw fights in three of those games, one of which was a mass brawl (Coll vs WB). "Violence" at A League games is the media beat up for a few chairs being broken, flares lit, plastic bottles thrown etc, actual physical altercations between fans do not happen at games. These things are much more common at the Footy or the Cricket but that's just laughed off as boys being boys, or grog gets the blame, but a kid gets hit with an empty plastic bottle at the Soccer and it's a hooligan problem.
I've never seen a fight at the AFL, but I do sit with the elderly bandwagoners from 1966, so perhaps I'm in the wrong place
 

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LOL and you reckon you're a Victory fan?

I went to just about every Melbourne Victory home game this year and saw one fight for the whole season (Grand Final), I went to four AFL games this year and saw fights in three of those games, one of which was a mass brawl (Coll vs WB). "Violence" at A League games is the media beat up for a few chairs being broken, flares lit, plastic bottles thrown etc, actual physical altercations between fans do not happen at games. These things are much more common at the Footy or the Cricket but that's just laughed off as boys being boys, or grog gets the blame, but a kid gets hit with an empty plastic bottle at the Soccer and it's a hooligan problem.
no one should go to a sporting event with risk of being hit with a bottle, M.T or not. especially a kid (not for 1 minute do i think you condone that btw). broken chairs, same thing. why would some dickhead break property? im so angry about this im massing buttons!!!1!!!!

physical altercations, probably more prevalent at footy games due to mixing of supporters. the coll-dogs fight, someone rang up the morning show on 927 RSN and mentioned that the week after it happened. mcguane and christian said "we dont talk about that", and moved on.

which raises an interesting point. males, teens through to well perhaps until death, are biologically predisposed to violence at least at a minor level. something about it that makes males watch. at teh cricket, when its on, IT'S ON!!! YEAH!!!!! so much so it's part of the day. for better or worse.

green st hooligans, a popular film amongst males. glorifies hooliganism. british, english, god save our queen. celebrated even.
 

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LOL and you reckon you're a Victory fan?

I went to just about every Melbourne Victory home game this year and saw one fight for the whole season (Grand Final), I went to four AFL games this year and saw fights in three of those games, one of which was a mass brawl (Coll vs WB). "Violence" at A League games is the media beat up for a few chairs being broken, flares lit, plastic bottles thrown etc, actual physical altercations between fans do not happen at games. These things are much more common at the Footy or the Cricket but that's just laughed off as boys being boys, or grog gets the blame, but a kid gets hit with an empty plastic bottle at the Soccer and it's a hooligan problem.
Stop talking sense.
 
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