Posts by noizyboy
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...the fastest man in the world...
Skydivers?
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another "defining moment".
drink.
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this is the defining moment!
How many defining moments can this race have?
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I mean, these swimmers are great, but that's what the medal haul really comes down to: opportunities, arbitrarily decided.
indeed. yamis over at blogging it real raised the same point the other day...
WHAT THE FUCK? 50m free style, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, 10km marathon swim, plus the relay versions and then you can add in all the different strokes over the same distances, plus medley replays.
If you throw in the one for water polo, 2 for synchronised swimming and 8 for diving it means there are 45 medals decided in a large puddle of water. That's bullshit. Track and Field only has 47.
If they are going to have that many for swimming then they may as well add in the 50m sprint in athletics as well as the 100m backwards, 100m hopping (2 feet and one foot events separated of course), the blindfolded run, the wheelbarrow race, the frisbee relay race, the race with arms outstretch like and aeroplane, the 200m windmill arm race, the 400m bouncing a ball while running race and the handstand race.
I suggest though that they get rid of the butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke as freestyle is the fastest. Why the hell would you do something a slower way and then turn it into a competition. They may as well add in the piggy back 100m sprint if that's the case.
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Yeah, I saw Mark Todd after his dressage, and although it was 6:30am in the morning, he was absolutely dripping.
And speaking of getting hot wearing your sporting uniform, did anyone see the fencers' new boiler-suit/welding mask combo? What happended to elegant old white padded suit and mesh mask?
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David Long (ex-Muttonbirder and general all-round musician and producer extraordinaire) has a great new album out - Cross Creek.
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I’m glad I didn’t hear it, but apparently Phil Kearns spent the whole game proclaiming that the AB’s were offside
He did. Other than that though, the Aussie commentators are lightyears ahead of the Kiwi mob.
Alluded to above somewhere, was the advantage the left-foot, right-foot kicking options the Aussies had at first and second five. Since the departure of Mauger and Mcallister, we don't have another decent kicking option down the entire backline until you get to Mils (or Leon, depending on the day). The Nonu/Smith combination is shaping up well, but surely we need a decent kicking 2nd five (a la Mauger), leave Smith at centre, and have Nonu as the 2nd-five -> wing cover (and late impact player, depending on how things are shaping up)?
But, is there a decent 2nd five in NZ who can kick?
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And if anyone is feeling ever-so-slightly bitter and twisted about the Saturday result, they have nothing on Chris Rattue.
God he's a dick. Sayeth the Rat...
Sydney was such an Aussie triumph and All Black disaster that it has proved already that the Deans supporters were absolutely right, no matter what happens from here on in.
So, even if we go on to retain the Bledisloe Cup, and win the Tri-Nations, he'll still be right!
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The Living Channel?
Indeed. Or 'The Dying Channel' as it's known at our house. Show after show of retired Brits finding warm locations from which to pass off this mortal coil.
It's been all downhill since Scrapbooking DIY got the boot from the Friday night prime-time spot.
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"child molesters of the mind", "coven of left-wing witches", "man-hating lesbians", "parasitical ignoramuses", "snivelling, whining socialists", "stench", "stooge", "stranglehold", "strident", "turning hospitals into a gulag"
Surely he just copy'n'pasted a Redbaiter comment from Kiwiblog?