Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Dancing in the Dark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71674#post71674 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71674#post71674 Best comment on that page:

Naked surf fishing! I can't wait to get my tackle out....

]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:17:31 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71645#post71645 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71645#post71645

U.S. Children Still Traumatized One Year After Seeing Partially Exposed Breast On TV

Upstanding Wellingtonians traumatised at the mere prospect that their fellow citizens may not be hauled away for taking their shirts off at the beach. Thinkin of the children again:

Have you seen the massive play park next…

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:58:19 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71634#post71634 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71634#post71634 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:33:12 +1300 Jose Barbosa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71588#post71588 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71588#post71588

when Helen Clark rang us up straight afterwards and was like "WTF!" and we were all "yeah Helen that was nuts!"

Hang on, I thought that was Judith Tizard. No wait, I remember: she was in the tub.

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:24:16 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71545#post71545 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71545#post71545 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:56:37 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71544#post71544 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71544#post71544

But actually, the ball looped high in the other direction, off the outside of his boot, to be caught and dotted down under the crossbar by Doug Howlett, without a tackler near him. I had to watch the big screen replay to work out what the hell had happened.

You…

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:52:31 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71540#post71540 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71540#post71540

Weird. My recollection is that I was watching the unveiling with you. I'm sure both of us turned to each other with a "did you just see that" look on our faces.

But to be honest I was so out of it ...

Constructed memories are weird things. But one…

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:40:06 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71529#post71529 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71529#post71529 For example at the ruck in rugby there are very few options: pick run right, pick run left, pick run middle, kick over, kick left, kick right, pass left, pass right. However if you can disguise your options somehow, then the defence will be on the back foot (for example… ]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:48:11 +1300 Jose Barbosa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71517#post71517 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71517#post71517 Weird. My recollection is that I was watching the unveiling with you. I'm sure both of us turned to each other with a "did you just see that" look on our faces.

But to be honest I was so out of it ...

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:04:00 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71437#post71437 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71437#post71437 The parachuting dude took his own life in 2002.

Amazing what you find on the internet... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Man

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:47:58 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71436#post71436 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71436#post71436

For any who may not have seen it, The Onion:

Thanks Lyndon. I remembered that after I posted.

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:38:46 +1300 LegBreak https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71434#post71434 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71434#post71434 Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:33:48 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71433#post71433 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71433#post71433 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES-0BxUd2as ]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:31:06 +1300 Lyndon Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71432#post71432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71432#post71432 For any who may not have seen it, The Onion:

U.S. Children Still Traumatized One Year After Seeing Partially Exposed Breast On TV

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:26:47 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71430#post71430 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71430#post71430 We need to add knockon, forward pass and accidental off side left, right and up the middle.

Then the referee has 1,785 options up his sleeve if he knows the rule book well enough.

On the issue of missing or not missing great sporting moment, anybody see that moment when…

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 16:20:40 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71423#post71423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71423#post71423 For example at the ruck in rugby there are very few options: pick run right, pick run left, pick run middle, kick over, kick left, kick right, pass left, pass right. However if you can disguise your options somehow, then the defence will be on the back foot (for example… ]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 15:49:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71418#post71418 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71418#post71418

There's good blog post in missing vital sports moments. I missed Mike Tyson biting Holyfield 'cos I was in the loo, for example.

'cept my "problem" is that I don't miss them. I saw Tyson bite Holyfield.

I even saw the streaker in the 2004 Superbowl right after the nipple…

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 15:20:20 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71415#post71415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71415#post71415 Tue, 30 Sept 2008 15:13:01 +1300 Richard Irvine https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71405#post71405 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71405#post71405

Jose was outside having a smoke and Jules was in the kitchen getting a hotdog.

There's good blog post in missing vital sports moments. I missed Mike Tyson biting Holyfield 'cos I was in the loo, for example. Hearing the excitement going on down the hall I almost had a…

]]> Tue, 30 Sept 2008 14:16:33 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71404#post71404 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-dancing-in-the-dark/?p=71404#post71404 Discussion from blog post.

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