Time was, on a cold rainy saturday or sunday you could always turn on the telly and watch a good movie in the afternoon.
Nowadays all there is is motor racing. BOOR – RING !

Yeah I'm not sure about that one. TV3 used to show 3 Sport Motorsport from…

Is that how it works ?

I don't know how it is for other sports, but if you're a sport that they dont' think there will be a good audience for, yes, you have to pay.

I understand it's about $50K to bring in the outside broadcasting teams for a…

I heard a guy once on some sports talkback program bemoaning the amount of car racing and asking why other sports weren't covered – he was followed by someone from motor racing NZ ( or something) who said " well if you want to pay as much as…

I can't begin to tell you how many people I know all heartily complain about the plethora of car racing on TV One and TV3 these days. ( one mate calls it Car Porn )

Time was, on a cold rainy…

Are they an attention seeker...?

Yes, and that's almost an understatement. Her habit of self-Googling leads to her leaving comments on your blog (I discovered a few years back). She's like Bloody Mary

And even that scourge of public events, who has made a career (I suppose you can call it a career) out of removing clothes in public, was removed after, well, removing her clothes in public. We all know her name don't make me write it.

I've been out of NZ…

Pity at the moment Villa couldn't keep a clean sheet to save themselves.

*sigh*

Also a bit of a pity that I'm prompted to post a comment here by the colour of a football kit. :-)

he ate Turducken at Thankgiving

No matter how thankful I was, I would still refuse to eat any dish whose name starts with the syllable "turd"

But he’s hardly a critic, is he?

You'd think that might make him a little better than "Smithy", but sadly...

Got to admit, we cracked up…

Thank you Jesus.

I'll take Tommy Smyth with a Y over having to subscribe to Sky Sport to watch the champions league any day, actually. Currently it was sitting very pretty on my basic cable arrangement with Telstra, with includes ESPN.

...and therefore...
no more Tommy Smythe

Thank you Jesus.

What do you make of Ian Jones then?

Can't speak for Stewart, but I would say that of all the commentators we have at the moment, he's probably the tallest.

I find his remarks generally asinine and uninformative

What do you make of Ian Jones then?

* (I am a sometime fan of cricket, but not that stupid 20/20 version which is what we used to play as 10-yr olds – essentially slash away at everything – no finesse, just…

Although Nisbett does seem to be getting more biased when covering All Black tests as time goes on.

But if you want a good example of an ex-player who is barely coherent look no further than Ian Jones.

I'm happy to admit that I am not 'run of the mill' in that I enjoy the weird witterings of Murray Mexted,…

The other big news from sports broadcasting last week (even bigger than Veitch and the other 2) was that ESPN have lost rights to the Champions League...

...and therefore...

no more Tommy Smythe

I forgot about Smythe with a Y. I'll be glad to see the back him and his…

Worst-commentator-ever. I haven't watched a Champions League game for years just to avoid him.

The amazing thing about that is that he's been living in the US for 46 yeas.

And, as they say, he's still worse than Riverdance.

You'd have thought that with all ESPN's money...

Link well worth a read.

Oh yes indeedy.
Worst-commentator-ever. I haven't watched a Champions League game for years just to avoid him. And this is from someone who will put up with Mexted, Ian Healy and Daryl Halligan to continue to watch sports I love

that was probably the River Cottage 10 bird

Close. This one contains 12 different birds, but in the one I saw there was definitely a swan. I remember because the only way they could get one was from the Queen.

Why did we eat out the moa! The possibilities!

Something like the osturducken?

...and therefore...

no more Tommy Smythe

Link well worth a read.

• Woodcock, inside a
• Partridge, inside a
• Pigeon, inside a
• Pheasant, inside a
• Guinea, fowl inside a
• Mallard, inside a
• Chicken, inside a
• Aylesbury Duck, inside a
• Goose, inside a
• Turkey

EPIC

Eating turducken is one of my life's ambitions.

I saw one on telly that had (I think) 12 layers; from swan all the way down to quail.

he ate Turducken at Thankgiving (turkey, stuffed with duck, stuffed with chicken

Eating turducken is one of my life's ambitions.