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Title: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 26, 2010, 02:38:02 pm
Not only has Australia got a new, foreign Prime Minister, but I reckon this week must be close to the worst week in it's history for sporting calamities.... %) %) %) %)

Beaten by England at Rugby Union, knocked out of the Football World Cup and leathered twice by the Poms at Cricket...... %% %% %% %% %% %%

Never in it's proud history have disasters like these been recorded... :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Come on you Aussies, pull your socks up!!   {-) {-) {-)
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on June 26, 2010, 03:22:17 pm
O you silly boy! Fancy setting yourself up for the fall you may well have at about this time tomorrow. I can hear the larrikins sharpening their billabongs already.....
Anyway, shouldn't you be supporting your own country's team (Espana)?  %)
FLJ
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 26, 2010, 03:30:49 pm
Dave, but I am supporting Espaņa!!

My comments were made as a true, independent and concerned onlooker.....  %) %) %) %)
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: derekwarner on June 26, 2010, 03:43:18 pm
Thanks for your support FLJ...but we convicts from OZ are tough >>:-( any sporting quip comments are like the proverbial water off a ducks back  :embarrassed:

We eat coal dust & Uncle Toby's oats for breakfast  :o
We eat iron ore & Vegemite sandwiches for lunch  :-))
We have roasted kangaroo + garlic & Tassie avocado + red wine for dinner {-)  {-)  {-)  {-)  {-)

BTW...many places in OZ don't have that electricity thingee so we don't get to see any sport loss..... ;D

Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: The Antipodean on June 26, 2010, 03:48:16 pm
Hey Derek, how do you sharpen a billabong?
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: derekwarner on June 26, 2010, 04:09:10 pm
mmmmmmmmm when I read the post....I thought....just SHUT up derek   >>:-( {-) %%

& after 30 minutes all I can think is that the sharpening process must be water cooled  :o :-)) ....but it was a witty comment from FLJ  so 10/10 ........Derek
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on June 26, 2010, 04:39:44 pm
Hey Derek, how do you sharpen a billabong?
Isn't it with a kookaburra? We imperialists never really got the hang of your strange corner of the Empire, you know. But what ho? Play up! Play up and play the game, say I!
 8)
Footski - Confucius say a lot about man who put one on each side of fence............(So did Tom Lehrer  :o )
FLJ
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: DickyD on June 26, 2010, 05:07:11 pm
Well I thought the Aussies did real well at the football, considering.

Thought the Kiwis were great to. :-))
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Jonty on June 26, 2010, 07:59:49 pm
  Wasn't Tom Lehrer's line:

    "...sliding down the razor blade of life"?
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 26, 2010, 10:44:26 pm
Barry, I just know you were trying to get a rise out of me  O0 , so here goes.

Rugby: We won the first game and in the second, Australia scored more tries but beaten by a Jonny Wilkinson goal (penalty this time).....again  >>:-( Redeemed ourselves last night with a good win over Ireland  :-))

World Cup: Out, but not disgraced...bigger footballing nations than us have gone ignominiously (France, Italy)

Cricket: These are only practice games, and the Aussie boys are just warming up for the main event later this year. Plus, after a 6-1 thrashing of England in the ODIs last season, we didn't want to humiliate England further  %) {-)

Barry, bigger sporting disasters have been recorded, the cricketers were beaten by Bangladesh a while back  :embarrassed:

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on June 26, 2010, 11:06:58 pm
  Wasn't Tom Lehrer's line:

    "...sliding down the razor blade of life"?
That's the one. "Bright College Days" I think.
FLJ
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 26, 2010, 11:28:06 pm
Dave (FLJ) FYI,

"Billabong" = pool of water  O0

"Kookaburra" =  A bird who laughs at people trying to sharpen Billabongs  :o

"Boomerang" = a curved stick thrown at annoying people, and something that Charlie Drake could never get to come back to him  {-)

"Larrikin" = a person who tries to sharpen a billabong, but gives up and jumps in said billabong in frustration - while dodging boomerangs  %%

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Colin Bishop on June 26, 2010, 11:29:27 pm
So what's an abowriggleknee then Peter?
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: jonny shoreboy on June 26, 2010, 11:41:23 pm
Personally i thought England showed massive signs of improvement in the second test. But he fact remains that Matt missed a sitter from straight out in front which would have seen the score finish 23- 21 to Australia which in my opinion means Australia lost the game rather then England winning it. Besides the NZ Maori then went on to show England how rugby is played when you actually have a front row. <*<
I just assume that sometimes my Northern Hemi friends watch different games to me. Since living in England their rugby team has never lost a game, it just happens that sometimes their team end the game with a lot less points then their opponents.. In the same way no English man ever talks about the "Ashes tour of Oz in '07" as though it never existed. {-) %)

Whenever Australia have a bad day on the sports fiend the rest of the world needs to look out because they ALWAYS come back harder. ALWAYS.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Netleyned on June 27, 2010, 06:39:30 am
So what's an abowriggleknee then Peter?

A proper Awstrailien!


Ned
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: derekwarner on June 27, 2010, 07:37:53 am
Goodness ....the British drawwwwwel....  {-) %% & they purport to speak the Queens English >>:-( <*<...watch out or I will find that little Green book again   :-)) ....Derek
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Netleyned on June 27, 2010, 07:48:40 am
Goodness ....the British drawwwwwel....  {-) %% & they purport to speak the Queens English >>:-( <*<...watch out or I will find that little Green book again   :-)) ....Derek

I had five years being taught the Kings English then had to change to the Queens English. Not an easy thing in a Welsh school %% %%


Ned
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 27, 2010, 07:49:36 am
Barry, I just know you were trying to get a rise out of me  O0 , so here goes.

Rugby: We won the first game and in the second, Australia scored more tries but beaten by a Jonny Wilkinson goal (penalty this time).....again  >>:-( Redeemed ourselves last night with a good win over Ireland  :-))

World Cup: Out, but not disgraced...bigger footballing nations than us have gone ignominiously (France, Italy)

Cricket: These are only practice games, and the Aussie boys are just warming up for the main event later this year. Plus, after a 6-1 thrashing of England in the ODIs last season, we didn't want to humiliate England further  %) {-)

Barry, bigger sporting disasters have been recorded, the cricketers were beaten by Bangladesh a while back  :embarrassed:

Peter.

Peter,

Now would I do that to you??? %) %) %) %) %) %)

Great replies I think. It does show that while Aussie sport is having a little rest, the humour is still alive and well.  :-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: nick_75au on June 27, 2010, 10:09:25 am
Go Webber :-)), nail that pesky German ;D

Nick
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2010, 10:24:16 am
Now that is embarressing, the old Digger getting thumped by the Gerry  kid all the time, mostly >:-o
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peterm on June 27, 2010, 02:11:23 pm
Just seen the Webber crash, the week gets worser and worser.   Pete
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2010, 02:22:35 pm
Lucky man,  whew...or "strewth Bruce !" :}
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 27, 2010, 02:31:00 pm
....and the cricket team 212 all out....oh dear what a week!! %) %) %) %) %)
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2010, 03:00:04 pm
So its German win #1  {-)  Mark A-OK :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on June 27, 2010, 05:05:27 pm
Fancy setting yourself up for the fall you may well have at about this time tomorrow.
See? Larrikins............. GO!!
FLJ
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: BarryM on June 27, 2010, 05:20:08 pm
Personally i thought England showed massive signs of improvement in the second test. But he fact remains that Matt missed a sitter from straight out in front which would have seen the score finish 23- 21 to Australia which in my opinion means Australia lost the game rather then England winning it. Besides the NZ Maori then went on to show England how rugby is played when you actually have a front row. <*<
I just assume that sometimes my Northern Hemi friends watch different games to me. Since living in England their rugby team has never lost a game, it just happens that sometimes their team end the game with a lot less points then their opponents.. In the same way no English man ever talks about the "Ashes tour of Oz in '07" as though it never existed. {-) %)

Whenever Australia have a bad day on the sports fiend the rest of the world needs to look out because they ALWAYS come back harder. ALWAYS.


....and having beaten Australia on their last visit to Murrayfield, then Ireland and won both matches in the Argentina test series, the Scotland rugby team actually have something to be proud of.  Funny how the England rugby results seemed to take precedence in the sports news.   O0

Of course we know that our National football team is rubbish, you lot over the Border are just finding out that the same applies to Engerlund.  ;D

I predict that World Cup covereage on the TV and in the newspapers will now drop by 90% for which we can only be thankful.

Barry M
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: pugwash on June 27, 2010, 06:56:56 pm
Well at least there is one lucky aussie this week .  I do not know how Mark Webber walked away from
from that crash. The car must be a lotal writeoff - just like Englands defence.

Pugwash
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: chingdevil on June 27, 2010, 08:35:12 pm
We beat the Aussies again in todays ODI, I wish they had won then when I am at the Oval on Wednesday it will be game on again might be boring now. I'm not surprised the football team lost, over paid bunch of idiots who can not stand up more interested in money that playing football.

By the way do not bother trying to explain how good football is, I find it utterly boring.


Brian
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 27, 2010, 11:56:14 pm
As I said, Brian, we are only giving England a chance to save some face ahead of the Ashes series in Australia later this year  O0 {-)

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: nick_75au on June 28, 2010, 06:02:28 am
Watched the race 'til after the restart from yellow, amazing he's unhurt from crash, Kind of regret the comment now :embarrassed:

Nick
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 28, 2010, 07:34:26 am
As I said, Brian, we are only giving England a chance to save some face ahead of the Ashes series in Australia later this year  O0 {-)

Peter.

Well done Peter, ever the optimist!  :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: chingdevil on June 28, 2010, 10:44:25 am
Dream on Peter, dream on :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))


Brian
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 28, 2010, 11:12:59 pm
I am, Barry, and I will, Brian  O0 {-)

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: AndrewB on June 29, 2010, 10:28:06 pm
No comment from the Kiwi :-))

Keep up the good work guys
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: chingdevil on June 29, 2010, 11:04:42 pm
Lets see what tomorrow brings, could be leading to a white wash, we have already beaten your team in every form of the game.  {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)


Brian
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 29, 2010, 11:13:33 pm
Enjoy your moments of glory, Brian, you don't get too many of them  {-)

However much it pains me to admit it, I do believe that the current England team is a very good one, and will give Australia an extremely hard fight in the Ashes  O0

BTW, I don't believe you have beaten us at beach cricket  {-) {-)

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: derekwarner on June 30, 2010, 07:12:03 am
OK....Peter says....  " BTW, I don't believe you have beaten us at beach cricket"     {-) {-) {-) & nor have the British beaten an OZ team @ ladies beach vollyball  :embarrassed: %)  :kiss:  :kiss: ...Derek
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on June 30, 2010, 07:32:09 am
Beach cricket is for old retired players with nothing better to do and Ladies beach Volleyball is for watching only!! :-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: chingdevil on June 30, 2010, 10:15:20 pm
Well Peter the England team did not turn up for this ODI, the bowling was poor and the fielding was terrible. When they got in to bat they gave away their wickets too cheaply, and did not seam to want to take risks in running between the stumps.  >>:-( >>:-( >>:-( >>:-( >>:-( >>:-( >>:-( >>:-(


Brian
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on June 30, 2010, 11:37:08 pm
Beach cricket is for old retired players with nothing better to do and Ladies beach Volleyball is for watching only!! :-)) :-)) :-))
{-) {-) {-)

The Aussie ODI team has had little cricket recently, and perhaps they are just starting to warm up. It was quite a convincing win  :-))

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: barryfoote on July 01, 2010, 07:29:00 am
Peter,

You know the English....Too soft by far. No way could we let your worst sporting week run into a fortnight!  %) %) %) %)
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 01, 2010, 07:47:09 am
You know the English....Too soft by far. No way could we let your worst sporting week run into a fortnight!  %) %) %) %)

I believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy too, Barry  {-) {-)

Peter.
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Nordsee on July 22, 2010, 08:35:23 pm
And today you got bundled out, all out for 88 by Pakistan. Your Woes continue! Mind you, you have the chance to get rid of the Woman Prime Minister in August, be a very short Term in Office! will she get a Life Long Pension?
Title: Re: Australia's worst sporting week?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 22, 2010, 11:34:06 pm
And today you got bundled out, all out for 88 by Pakistan.

Very embarrassing  :embarrassed: However, the fight back continues, never under estimate a wounded kangaroo  O0 {-) {-)

Peter.