Author Topic: A random thread for sport things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 127688 times)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #175 on:** 15 December, 2015, 05:36:15 am »

http://gu.com/p/4f4be?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

What a horribly misleading headline! I suppose the word "thong" has an alternative meaning in antipodean. I have to say that my immediate thought was "Do they inspect everyone who flies with them? And how awfully out of character for Mr. Pieterson to sport that sort of thing!"

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #176 on:** 15 December, 2015, 11:07:48 am »

A thong is a flip-flop. The sort you wear on your feet, not a fixie hub. Haven't read the headline so it might not refer to that.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #177 on:** 15 December, 2015, 11:35:02 am »

It does refer to a flip-flop. A thong is a minuscule item of underwear.

I have never heard of anyone referring to a flip-flop as a thong before. I don't know why they would. It's nothing like a thong.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #178 on:** 15 December, 2015, 11:39:49 am »

It's Antipodean, as you said. I suppose because the strap that goes between your toes is a sort of thong. I don't know what word they use for what we call a thong but I do know that "a spunk" is a good looking man. What we'd call a hunk. Odd things, words.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #179 on:** 15 December, 2015, 11:52:36 am »

They also use Durex for wrapping their Christmas presents.

Andrij · « **Reply #180 on:** 15 December, 2015, 12:19:53 pm »

A thong ith wordth thet to muthic.

Peter · « **Reply #181 on:** 15 December, 2015, 02:16:15 pm »

thath jutht thilly

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #182 on:** 15 December, 2015, 04:37:45 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 15 December, 2015, 11:39:49 am

It's Antipodean, as you said. I suppose because the strap that goes between your toes is a sort of thong. I don't know what word they use for what we call a thong but I do know that "a spunk" is a good looking man. What we'd call a hunk. Odd things, words.

The Kyuss track "Thong Song" is also, perhaps surprisingly, a reference to the footwear and they're USAnian.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #183 on:** 15 December, 2015, 05:13:51 pm »

PBC, m'lud?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #184 on:** 15 December, 2015, 08:57:47 pm »

PBC thong is a thing.

spesh · « **Reply #185 on:** 17 December, 2015, 03:35:37 pm »

Quote from: madcow on 14 December, 2015, 09:09:23 pm

One of the papers today reported that the chosen one was desperate to narrow the gap between Chelsea and the top four.
On the basis of tonight's match they should be more worried about the distance between themselves and the bottom of the table.

Not his problem any more - he's been sacked.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34670192

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #186 on:** 17 December, 2015, 03:52:23 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 15 December, 2015, 11:52:36 am

They also use Durex for wrapping their Christmas presents.

No they don't, that's a myth to mess up tourists. They use sticky tape and wrapping paper.

Australians called a particular type of flip-flop 'thongs' back in 1970. I think that pre-dated 'thong' as an item of underwear (weren't they called g-strings back then?).

Basil · « **Reply #187 on:** 01 January, 2016, 06:56:37 pm »

I'm currently watching Blues v Scarlets on S4C. Which is nice, after the BBC's offering of Ospreys v Dragons earlier.
BUT, I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the rule that deems a failed attempt at an interception, however genuine, to be a deliberate knock on.
A Llanelli player almost made it, just failed and gets a yellow card.

WTF?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #188 on:** 01 January, 2016, 07:23:27 pm »

I agree, Basil. There were a couple of examples of this in the World Cup and it's a very silly rule.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #189 on:** 18 February, 2016, 10:10:29 pm »

I have just read that Shane Warne, appearing on some damned-fool reality television show, was involved in some antic which involved putting his face into a tank of snakes. He was bitten on the head by an anaconda.

Such a shame.

Deano · « **Reply #190 on:** 18 February, 2016, 10:36:01 pm »

That's not the half of it, wow

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/14/shane-warnes-charity-under-investigation-claims-report

Wowbagger · « **Reply #191 on:** 18 February, 2016, 10:40:57 pm »

Perhaps that explains why the anaconda was feeling unwell afterwards.

ElyDave · « **Reply #192 on:** 20 February, 2016, 07:07:39 am »

I read that he has also postulated that the theory of evolution is bunk, and that we are all descended from aien invaders. Not sure if that was pre- or post snake bite

Wowbagger · « **Reply #193 on:** 20 February, 2016, 08:39:40 am »

I never believe anything I read about Shane Warne. I think it's all just spin.

Yes, that's mine, the white umpiring jacket.

LEE · « **Reply #194 on:** 20 February, 2016, 03:14:06 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 20 February, 2016, 08:39:40 am

I never believe anything I read about Shane Warne. I think it's all just spin.

Yes, that's mine, the white umpiring jacket.

I just found out he's finished with Elizabeth Hurley. Only a few years ago he said she was "a Keeper". Personally I thought her hands were too delicate for that.

Pingu · « **Reply #195 on:** 01 March, 2016, 01:08:02 pm »

Quote from: LEE on 20 February, 2016, 03:14:06 pm

Quote from: Wowbagger on 20 February, 2016, 08:39:40 am
I never believe anything I read about Shane Warne. I think it's all just spin.

Yes, that's mine, the white umpiring jacket.

I just found out he's finished with Elizabeth Hurley. Only a few years ago he said she was "a Keeper". Personally I thought her hands were too delicate for that.

Is he now trying to bowl a maiden over?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #196 on:** 26 March, 2016, 09:43:37 pm »

Blimey!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #197 on:** 27 March, 2016, 09:37:26 am »

Did ITV really treat the first and second halves to last night's foopball as separate episodes of a series or is Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.)'s PVR suffering from droid rot? Coz the wretched thing recorded the pre-match waffle, the first half and the half-time waffle before switching itself off chiz

Wowbagger · « **Reply #198 on:** 27 March, 2016, 10:56:39 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 26 March, 2016, 09:43:37 pm

Blimey!

That's what I thought, although I wasn't even aware that they had been playing until just now. That will be revenge for 1970, then.

Jaded · « **Reply #199 on:** 27 March, 2016, 11:07:37 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 27 March, 2016, 09:37:26 am

Did ITV really treat the first and second halves to last night's foopball as separate episodes of a series or is Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.)'s PVR suffering from droid rot? Coz the wretched thing recorded the pre-match waffle, the first half and the half-time waffle before switching itself off chiz

You missed the best bit.