Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall... https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=222207#post222207 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=222207#post222207 As the dreaded RWC ( am I allowed to use those letters without fear of being sued?) rears its ugly head more of Monster McCully's draconian powers come to light.
Want to serve those crowds that happen to be passing your business? It' gonna cost ya
And how…

]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:46:06 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220787#post220787 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220787#post220787 beefy shorts 'n' bruised ribs
Evoked that giant brassica-themed grafitto-poem that once adorned the reservoir wall at the K Rd end of Ponsonby Rd:
BROTHEL SPROUTS & CAULIFLOWER EARS

]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:54:55 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220780#post220780 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220780#post220780 A recipe for... an evening at home
I’m thinking braised beef short ribs
could be the go.
beefy shorts 'n' bruised ribs
with liniment sauce, yum...

....reminds me of watching the Crusaders final
at our local tavern – not something I'll do again.
If all that testosterone gets crammed into…

]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:39:57 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220767#post220767 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=220767#post220767 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:51:28 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219639#post219639 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219639#post219639 bugl
er

I'll see your bugl
er
and raise
a trump
eter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSD08hvLFxM

PS. If you don't dance with something, I'll be having words.

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:18:26 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219638#post219638 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219638#post219638 bugl
er

#lastpost

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:54:38 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219633#post219633 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219633#post219633 It does, and has done for a long time. Just put the raw link in your post with no square brackets in sight and behold the magic.

Yes.

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:57:23 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219605#post219605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219605#post219605 won't work we were
discussing ee
cummings recently remember

i was always taken with the tales of archy and mehitabel

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:27:16 +1200 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219596#post219596 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219596#post219596 It does, and has done for a long time. Just put the raw link in your post with no square brackets in sight and behold the magic.

Yup. You only have to use the brackets if you want the link to apply to a specific piece of text.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:34:04 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219587#post219587 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219587#post219587 bug
er

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:18:06 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219586#post219586 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219586#post219586 after I *so* carefully separated the letters

won't work we were
discussing ee
cummings recently remember

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:13:57 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219585#post219585 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219585#post219585 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:10:22 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219584#post219584 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219584#post219584 (you know, it would actually be easier if the site just linkified links, like twitter, rather than all thet [ [ xxx | yyy ] ] business. ).

Did, er, what now?

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:57:19 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219583#post219583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219583#post219583 "safety and amenity"

Well, that's certainly a classic bit of doublespeak.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:45:16 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219582#post219582 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219582#post219582 Thanks.

(you know, it would actually be easier if the site just linkified links, like twitter, rather than all thet [ [ xxx | yyy ] ] business. ).

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:42:21 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219580#post219580 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219580#post219580 link

Something didn't work.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:22:05 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219578#post219578 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219578#post219578 Yeah, http://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/auckland-sweeps-homeless-streets-rwc.

I'm surprised not to see tenders for a great firewall of NZ to prevent online violations of sporting rights during the event. Still, I guess it would be easy to repurpose the existing internet filter.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:11:27 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219575#post219575 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219575#post219575 Bad luck to the Crusaders it would have been nice for CHCH for them to win.

Apart from being a bit bummed by the loss, this did actually occur to me too. As Blackadder said before the game, win draw or lose, he would be incredibly proud of what they…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:57:45 +1200 bmk https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219574#post219574 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219574#post219574 The Fight and Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch spring to mind but I am sure there are many more. If you count chess as a sport (iffy I know) then I… ]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:51:55 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219573#post219573 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219573#post219573 As well as showing that we're not all rugby and dairy, we appear intent on showing that there is no homelessness in New Zealand.

The homeless of central Auckland will be cared for by security officers charged with ensuring their "safety and amenity" for the duration of the tournament. How charming.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:50:46 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219571#post219571 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219571#post219571 gnoring some of the details and the way that the one we’ve gotten has been paid for,
-yeah-

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:44:21 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219570#post219570 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219570#post219570 I'm slightly excited about the event, though the ticket prices have turned me off to going to see any of the games.

I've always been an advocate of Dunedin getting a new stadium. Ignoring some of the details and the way that the one we've gotten has been paid for,…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:30:13 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219567#post219567 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219567#post219567 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:43:55 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219563#post219563 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219563#post219563 Who was characterising anyone?

My post wasn't aimed at you. I'm frankly too scared to aim any post at you in case you tell me to STFU for my impertinence. ;)

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:32:23 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219561#post219561 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219561#post219561 Yeah, I find these sorts of stereotypical characterisations of which sorts of people watch sports and just how awful they are REAL fucking tiresome, in case you hadn't noticed.)

Who was characterising anyone?
I dont like sports. Fullstop. But what I am angry about is NOT sports fans – it…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:06:36 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219537#post219537 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219537#post219537 rugby love

There's a campaign in that. Satirical, naturally.

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:55:07 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219532#post219532 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219532#post219532 How about this: I once had a fantastic evening watching – gasp! – boxing with a bunch of drunk/high and delightfully hilarious dudes in a double-wide trailer.

Which actually puts you in some rather highbrow company – William Hazlitt, A.J. Liebling, James Baldwin, Joyce Carol Oates and others. And I…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:09:15 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219530#post219530 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219530#post219530 Have at it, all you smug judgers. Just how much of a moronic boofhead am I?

Funny thing is I used to love the WWF. Hulk Hogan, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Randy Savage, The Bushmen(who ate sardines before going in the ring to make their breath stink). I wanted Smell-o-vision The…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:06:07 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219518#post219518 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219518#post219518 You words did not make sense to me.I just feel -slighted.

OK, I'm sorry about that then. Perhaps I should make it plainer what I meant.

Sometimes, when someone one likes, or holds in esteem, or respects the mana of, is outspokenly against something, then you don't feel inclined to…

]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:23:49 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219513#post219513 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219513#post219513 I did not understand the joke.
I still do not.
You words did not make sense to me.I just feel -slighted.

Don't worry. It was just a light-hearted observation on Ben’s part about the joy of sneaking off and doing something his flatmates disapproved of. There was no slight.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:37:12 +1200 bmk https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219503#post219503 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219503#post219503 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:09:34 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219502#post219502 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219502#post219502 Shindig
Zing. We did have a lovely time last time.
..kind man.
I can only go downhill from here, so I'll humbly retire, to watch to Crusaders win the Super 15. Oops.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:08:49 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219499#post219499 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219499#post219499 I did not understand the joke.
I still do not.
You words did not make sense to me.I just feel -slighted.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:03:16 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219498#post219498 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219498#post219498 May I also say, you know absolutely nothing about my circumstances?

I was making a joke. In case you didn't notice, it was actually a joke about myself. Being told to STFU ain't nice, btw, but I'm not going to let it ruin my opinion of you. It just makes…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:58:00 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219496#post219496 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219496#post219496 Almost as appealing – and useful – as those "I don't have a television set" conversations.

+1, my friend. + goddamn 1.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:45:29 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219495#post219495 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219495#post219495 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:43:16 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219494#post219494 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219494#post219494 May I also say, you know absolutely nothing about my circumstances?
Well, obviously I say it.
And, I think very much the less of you, for your assumptions.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:41:14 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219493#post219493 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219493#post219493 I was hoping to have another shindig up here before she does that

Great idea

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:41:09 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219492#post219492 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219492#post219492 How about this: I once had a fantastic evening watching – gasp! – boxing with a bunch of drunk/high and delightfully hilarious dudes in a double-wide trailer. Have at it, all you smug judgers. Just how much of a moronic boofhead am I?

(Yeah, I find these sorts of stereotypical…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:38:07 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219491#post219491 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219491#post219491 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:30:13 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219490#post219490 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219490#post219490 Both your world (I assume) and my world (definitely.)
And dont bloody well tell me what to do. Mate.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:27:45 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219489#post219489 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219489#post219489 Ben, that is rather impertinent and it was MY comment, not Jackie’s- so S
TFU-

Yes, it was intended for you, and it wasn't accidentally impertinent. Lighten up. There's actual trouble in the world to worry about, you know.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:24:45 +1200 bmk https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219488#post219488 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219488#post219488 Did I just compare sports fans to junkies

I hope not. Junkies are far more polite company. Excepting Cricket fans of course they are the one group of sports fans who are a cut above all others. Though this is probably just my personal bias speaking.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:24:37 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219487#post219487 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219487#post219487 there is more to New Zealand than rugby and dairy.

Hey, we should hold some sort of dairy-based event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMapqiDsqs

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:17:29 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219484#post219484 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219484#post219484 But even those which would always have happened have been brought into the same timeframe and given an extra boost.

Or be totally eclipsed.

offer a sense of occasion and affirm that there is more to New Zealand than rugby and dairy.

Dude: we have The Hobbit.

In my dreams,…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:59:01 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219483#post219483 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219483#post219483 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:58:59 +1200 Matthew Littlewood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219481#post219481 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219481#post219481 Um, just quietly, no it wouldn't. I'd really rather we win. I mean if we have a choice.

Quite. And I think the side has done pretty much everything right in the way they've played over the last year or so, while, first-five aside, most of the positions look like…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:53:42 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219479#post219479 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219479#post219479 Ben, that is rather impertinent and it was MY comment, not Jackie’s- so S
TFU-

my family (most of ’em) and my friends (most of ’em) dont like sports.
We fish, we hunt, o ah we play Scrabble! – but we dont do sports.
We do food- excitingly. We do…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:52:07 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219478#post219478 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219478#post219478 In my experience, it’s not the people who are interested in the play you want to worry about.
Quite right, I'd be your worse nightmare. Watching and listening to grown men and women clustered around a glowing box yelling abuse, or howling celebratory noises sends me in a fit of…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:32 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219477#post219477 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219477#post219477 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:33:30 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219476#post219476 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219476#post219476 You’ll be going to gigs like last time though, eh?

I do not believe 'Pixies in the Powerstation on my due date' can ever be topped on my part for sheer rock and roll dedication. I have tickets to John Waters in November, though!

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:33:25 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219475#post219475 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219475#post219475 having rugby parties where there are people who do not much care for the game

Can't think of anything worse. Have your own non-rugby parties, I say.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:30:25 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219474#post219474 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219474#post219474 heading into Giant Pregnant Lady territory, where I'm not actually that keen on hanging out in big sports crowds

You'll be going to gigs like last time though, eh?

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:29:42 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219472#post219472 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219472#post219472 Would I? ]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:27:00 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219471#post219471 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219471#post219471 I was trying to invite myself over

Oh, alright then. So long as you promise not to cause any trouble :-)

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:21:13 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219470#post219470 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219470#post219470 Um, a lot of those events were happening anyway. the page for Wellington features World of Wearable Art, which is on every year.

Which was what I actually said. But even those which would always have happened have been brought into the same timeframe and given an extra boost, perhaps…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:19:15 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219469#post219469 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219469#post219469 And since such parties never involve family or close friends – why should I care?

You sure about that? Maybe they just don't tell you, and then sneak off and have a party. I remember doing that when I lived in a house of sincere and stern rugby disapproval. It…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:19:01 +1200 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219468#post219468 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219468#post219468 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:14:00 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219465#post219465 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219465#post219465 Um, a lot of those events were happening anyway. the page for Wellington features World of Wearable Art, which is on every year.

Or are we to understand that the IRB started WoW by travelling back in time to 1987, Dr Who style?

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:08:31 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219461#post219461 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219461#post219461 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:40:45 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219460#post219460 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219460#post219460 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:33:10 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219459#post219459 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219459#post219459 Fiji vs Samoa is pretty much perfect:
Yep. Hope Fiji & Samoa put on a good show, because looks like there's a group of us going. Just got mine too. We'll have to get some banners or something.
Oy, me and my mouth lately.
Pfft. Give it time, I'll do better…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:27:28 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219458#post219458 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219458#post219458 Um, parties involving rugby -or indeed, any sport- I make very sure I am never invited to –

And since such parties never involve family or close friends – why should I care?

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:11:10 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219457#post219457 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219457#post219457 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:11:01 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219455#post219455 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219455#post219455 I quite like the idea of Jackson or Russell, for example, having rugby parties where there are people who do not much care for the game. Sort of a civilising influence if you like.

I know you don't mean it Jackie, but it is quite insulting to suggest that those…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:00:48 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219452#post219452 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219452#post219452 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:35:22 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219449#post219449 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219449#post219449 Ireland vs USA on 9/11 could be poignantly interesting. Pity it's way down in the 'Naki.

Edit: Category A seats are under $100 for that.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:22:59 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219448#post219448 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219448#post219448 Bugga, last thing you'd be wanting to do, I'd expect.

Unlike, apparently, 75% of the people I know.

Are they actually trying not to get invited to any parties? But I forgive easily.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:19:20 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219447#post219447 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219447#post219447 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:06:41 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219446#post219446 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219446#post219446 I am not a Debbie Downer about rugby. Unlike, apparently, 75% of the people I know. It gets wearying.

Fiji vs Samoa is pretty much perfect

Reading this thread I've also decided that yeah, that *would* be cool. But looking at the date, it's also heading into Giant Pregnant Lady…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:00:57 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219442#post219442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219442#post219442 Haven’t decided which games though. Ideally some evenly matched minor teams, where the crowd will be interesting – Fiji or Samoa vs Wales perhaps. England vs Scotland could be good for the rivalry, but I’d have to sit way up the back to afford it.

Fiji vs Samoa is pretty…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:39:58 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219441#post219441 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219441#post219441 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:25:13 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219439#post219439 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219439#post219439 I might go to the odd game, but it seemed more fun to have lots of people having a good time at mine than to try and find someone else to spend hundreds of dollars to go to games with me.

That's always been my reasoning in the past and…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:10:25 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219438#post219438 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219438#post219438 Wouldn't it be awesome

no

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:09:43 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219437#post219437 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219437#post219437 it’d be like a semi-pro NZ soccer team knocking Italy out of the football world cup finals in pool play or something.

That will never happen.

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:03:29 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219435#post219435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219435#post219435 Um, just quietly, no it wouldn't. I'd really rather we win. I mean if we have a choice.

Yeah, would it actually kill us to be a little more positive about it? The whole country got behind the All Whites, so why not back a team that actually has a…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:58:22 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219432#post219432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219432#post219432 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:14:23 +1200 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219424#post219424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219424#post219424 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:57:40 +1200 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219421#post219421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219421#post219421 I might go to the odd game, but it seemed more fun to have lots of people having a good time at mine than to try and find someone else to spend hundreds of dollars to go to games with me.

I’m thinking braised beef short ribs could be the…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:36:39 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219406#post219406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219406#post219406 The games will only be a focal point – they last 90 mins, the partying continues regardless.

I'm planning to upsize the TV and lay on loads of food for my friends. I might go to the odd game, but it seemed more fun to have lots of people having…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:50:20 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219404#post219404 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219404#post219404 I was in Newcastle, NSW in 2001 when the Newcastle Knights won the AFL grand final. The streets were alive with celebrating munters, yelling random shit out of their cars. I know that's league

No it's not. AFL (Australian Football League) is the dreadful game of "Aussie Rules" and played…

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:41:09 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219348#post219348 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219348#post219348 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:00:07 +1200 bmk https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219347#post219347 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219347#post219347 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:48:56 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219346#post219346 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219346#post219346 (I bet that’s something Craig has been hearing 2008).


Well, yes – that be democrazy, bitchez! As I said, I’m utterly indifferent to the Rugby World Cup but do have some issues with some seriously dodgy calls (IMO & YMMV, of course) made by local and central government. If politicians don’t…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:44:02 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219345#post219345 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219345#post219345 When you dont have much of a choice as to how your tax & rate monies are spent
(and seriously, we dont) and you are deeply uninterested in either the event or the attendant happenings (they're all taking place in areas I dont travel to), there is no reason whatsoever to…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:40:29 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219342#post219342 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219342#post219342 Is there no one who is actually excited by the fact that we'll be hosting a major sporting event this year?

I am, and fully intend to get into it, like I never have before with a World Cup. In fact, I'll most likely break the habits of a lifetime…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:16:59 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219339#post219339 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219339#post219339 It would be nice if the rest of us could simply take these events on their merits. It’s going to be quite a couple of months.

Hey – I'm going to the christchurch arts festival, and I probably won't be seeing any games lives, so, yeah, but I think it's…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:32:14 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219337#post219337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219337#post219337 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:11:43 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219336#post219336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219336#post219336 Events all over the country, funded by the Lotteries Commission.

like 42nd street in wellington, which i totally don’t get

The trick would be not focusing on the things you're not interested in, unless you actually want to be miserable about it.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:05:18 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219335#post219335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219335#post219335 Er, it has:

We’ll see how it goes, it’s all I’m saying.

Perhaps you could even crank it up a notch from there. Look, from just the first page of the culture and heritage section of that website ..

Oceania: a major collaboration between the City Gallery and Te papa,…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:03:06 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219334#post219334 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219334#post219334 Er, whitebait?

I mean, I know as much of the lore (and language) as anyone, and hey, I've contributed part of an old article to the displays (I am not being paid, so I'm not sucking up any Lotteries Commission funding.) Part of the reason for funding such events is…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:44:58 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219333#post219333 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219333#post219333 I mean, I love all 3 but the chances of it helping the local economy (=tourism) arnt great- and I doubt it’s going to do much for ’bait either.

But it might be, y'know, a fun and interesting look at an important part of the Coast's culture?

Anyway, here's [[http://www.nz2011.govt.nz/experiencerealnz/events/512-whitebait-the-story-of-new-zealands-favourite-fish|the…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:43:22 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219332#post219332 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219332#post219332 Er, it has:

We’ll see how it goes, it’s all I’m saying. I suspect a medium will be struck between the tourists queuing to view a Colin McCahon retrospective or punching each other and throwing up on my shoes.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:39:57 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219331#post219331 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219331#post219331

Events all over the country, funded by the Lotteries Commission.

like 42nd street in wellington, which i totally don’t get

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:39:27 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219330#post219330 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219330#post219330 It might seem like whinging, but from my perspective, I want to know how in 2011 NZ is numbering up against statements made ages ago like –

85,000 visitors expected from overseas
the world's largest sporting event of 2011
MEDs forecast for $500 million into the economy
IRB's forecast of…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:38:13 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219329#post219329 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219329#post219329 Of course it won’t. On the other hand you seem to have a vision of a wonderful multicultural festival full of art and lore which I suspect won’t eventuate either.

Er, it has:

http://realnzfestival.com/home/

Events all over the country, funded by the Lotteries Commission.

I suppose I'm a bit biased,…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:36:30 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219328#post219328 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219328#post219328 wonderful multicultural festival full of art and lore which I suspect won’t eventuate either.

Certainly wont on the Coast – we're having a nice, well-thought-out exhibition about whitebait/ing/ers at the Hokitika Museum...

I mean, I love all 3 but the chances of it helping the local economy (=tourism) arnt great-…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:35:18 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219327#post219327 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219327#post219327 I'm more thinking of the people who have convinced themselves that the country will somehow be hell on earth for a couple of months. It won't.

Of course it won't. On the other hand you seem to have a vision of a wonderful multicultural festival full of art and lore…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:27:50 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219326#post219326 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219326#post219326 Grrrr. Rugby has cost the public of Dunedin (and the wider Otago) over $200,000,000.00 recently in benefit of a bankrupt professional sports team in action. It was bad when they were costing us a million a year in "forgiven debts", and more to the Otago and Southland teams. A thousand… ]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:25:07 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219325#post219325 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219325#post219325 Grrrr. Rugby has cost the public of Dunedin (and the wider Otago) over $200,000,000.00 recently in benefit of a bankrupt professional sports team in action. It was bad when they were costing us a million a year in "forgiven debts", and more to the Otago and Southland teams. A thousand… ]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:10:39 +1200 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219324#post219324 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219324#post219324 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:07:49 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219323#post219323 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219323#post219323 Evidence being "large events cost money"? Whoever would've believed that? And tax payer money too, to hold the world's largest sporting event of 2011 in New Zealand.

It does still seem like whinging. The government is spending money on something I don't like (I bet that's something Craig has been…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:59:25 +1200 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219319#post219319 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219319#post219319 per se but people arguing, using evidence, that the RWC isn't necessarily something we should be celebrating. ]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:35:17 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219318#post219318 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219318#post219318 I'd settle for everyone holding back on whingeing about it till it starts and there's something to whinge about.

There's plenty to whinge about in advance of it, actually, I would have thought.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:32:32 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219317#post219317 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219317#post219317 I, for one, am sick of being told I should be excited by the RWC.

I'd settle for everyone holding back on whingeing about it till it starts and there's something to whinge about.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:27:32 +1200 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219313#post219313 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219313#post219313 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:21:02 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219298#post219298 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219298#post219298 I’ve no objection to people wanting to play rugby (or soccer, billiards, polo, Papua Rules Lacrosse or any other game).

What I object to is giving our money to Big Sport and bending our laws to accomodate them.

If I might make a suggestion to those keen on rugby, why…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:35:12 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219295#post219295 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219295#post219295 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:25:22 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219294#post219294 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219294#post219294 And we are paying for it (and will be – e.g.via rates for the FB stadium in DN-for quite some time.)
Wont be watching any of it or attending anything associated with it. Aside from the cost part, it is entirely irrelevant to my life, and most certainly not something…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:22:13 +1200 Scott Gamble https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219290#post219290 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219290#post219290 What irks people (myself included) is not the rugby or the RWC itself but the NZ media.

Unrelenting doom if we lose, horrible strutting crowing if we win. Both ugly.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:16:49 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219289#post219289 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219289#post219289 After a great party I never ask "How much did it cost".

You would if it was you paying for it.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:16:24 +1200 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219287#post219287 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219287#post219287 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:06:56 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219285#post219285 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219285#post219285 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:14 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219279#post219279 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219279#post219279 I don't like rugby, but I don't hate it either. It's just a thing that other people do.

I was in Newcastle, NSW in 2001 when the Newcastle Knights won the AFL grand final. The streets were alive with celebrating munters, yelling random shit out of their cars. I know…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:40:10 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219274#post219274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219274#post219274 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:32:26 +1200 Christian Mair https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219272#post219272 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219272#post219272 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:29:26 +1200 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219271#post219271 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219271#post219271 Is there no one who is actually excited by the fact that we’ll be hosting a major sporting event this year?

Not me. I haven't been excited about rugby all year. The Super however-many-we're-up-to-now failed to spark me, and not just because the Canes were so abysmal this year. And…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:29:14 +1200 Christian Mair https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219269#post219269 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219269#post219269 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:27:53 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219268#post219268 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219268#post219268 I’m also getting quite sick of the rugby haters. Boo-hoo, you’re living in a place that is holding a festival for something you don’t like. Just like those Christians living in Sydney during Mardi Gras. That’s right; I just compared you to homophobes.

Um, is it OK if I adopt…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:27:11 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219267#post219267 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219267#post219267 How many times have I heard people declare they'll be out of the country for the RWC?

To which I must say:

1. No, I bet you won't be.

2. Why go overseas when there will be tens of thousands of foreign folk coming here, not to mention a whole…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:26:43 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219266#post219266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219266#post219266 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:26:34 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219263#post219263 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219263#post219263 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:25:32 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219253#post219253 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219253#post219253 john Campbell on tv last night was very excited about the Wales vs Samoa game in Hamilton.

I think the reason everyone is grumpy is becuase the closer we get to the date, we find out how much more it's costing financially, which is the opposite of how it was…

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:58:32 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219252#post219252 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-65-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/?p=219252#post219252 Discussion from blog post.

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