A.F.L Thread

[andyc]

What a stupid thing about the Commonwealth Games, even the athletes didn't seem to be expecting much from the crowd. One of them was talking on his phone

The badminton chick was quite a looker though...

 

[cameeel]

Didnt see her, who was the swimmer?

Delta Goodrem did a good job of singing We are Australian, shameless promotion by channel 10 though with the Idol people

 

[andyc]

Didnt see her, who was the swimmer?

Delta Goodrem did a good job of singing We are Australian, shameless promotion by channel 10 though with the Idol people

Yep, totally ruined the song, but Delta was good. I hate it when they have pop singers singing Waltzing Matilda and Advance Australia Fair.

Edit: I don't know who the swimmer was, but I hadn't heard of him/her

 

[andyc]

LOL at Dame Edna 'doing what Shane and Ricky couldn't and bringing back the Ashes'

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I hate it when they have pop singers singing Waltzing Matilda

Gah, me too. Pop singers never seem to get it. The only good performance of that song I've seen at a sporting event was when Slim Dusty did it at the Olympics. Because I assume of his age and his position in Australian music he understood what the song was actually supposed to mean and sang it properly. It drives me up the wall when people sing it as if it's some beautiful celebration of Australian culture, when it's about a hobo who steals sheep to eat and then kills himself to avoid being arrested.

Anyway, rant over. Go Swans!

 

[andyc]

It drives me up the wall when people sing it as if it's some beautiful celebration of Australian culture, when it's about a hobo who steals sheep to eat and then kills himself to avoid being arrested.

Before any of the Englishmen get in here, isn't that what Australia culture is about?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Before any of the Englishmen get in here, isn't that what Australia culture is about?

Could be, could be...

It's always seemed like a really sad folk song to me. It's about anti-authoritarianism and he hated British, not about how great the country that said hobo lives in is.

 

[andyc]

*It's a big ad, for Carlton Draught*

Ah god I love this ad

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

How good was Crouch's work then? Brilliant work to beat three and set up the goal.

 

[Hoggy31]

Go Watty!!!

 

[Hoggy31]

Dang, Thought he had a good chance at half way but he just faded

 

[andyc]

Geez 20 points for the Eagles to 2 for the Swans in the third quarter

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

C'mon Sydney! 1 point!

 

[Hoggy31]

Sydney by 1 point, 7 minutes to go. What a game!

 

[Hoggy31]

Swans!

 

[andyc]

Swannies!!! Great game!

 

[Linda]

That was ****ing awesome....

Hate to lose, obviously, but what a game. I'd like to kiss Adam Hunter and smash Barry Hall in the face, but hey, theres always 2006....

 

[age_master]

Sydney and who? :P

Look at is this way, the Lions were good enough to capitalise on those monetary concessions three times in a row, Sydney, none.

make that sydney 1

(that post was from the first page of the thread

 

[Hoggy31]

hmmmmm

 

[Buddhmaster]

Wow, this is better then *** (i presume )

Now to see how ****ed I can get tonight.