A Question Of Etiquette
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Hell, Bryce, I've never even seen a rugby match! They don't show 'em here, and nobody would care if they did. Call it a girly game if you will, but a lot of these guys weigh in at 15 stone or more, so player protection is definitely an issue. Besides, it's all we've got... Go, New Zealand! Whoever you are.
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger, you have to forgive Bryce, like most fanatical sport supporters he is extremely focused on his favourite game. Add to that he is a Kiwi living in Oz having to put up with all the sheep jokes and now here is NZ playing at home in his favourite sports world class event and they are/should be favourite to win. I know the US has "World Championships" of all sorts of domestic sports but the Rugby one really is a global competition, if NZ win he is going to be completely insufferable for the #n months.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Now that I'm officially a grad student at University of Wisconsin (online), do have to quit cheering for the San Diego Chargers, and become a Packers fan? Or does that only apply if I watch college football?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hell, Bryce, I've never even seen a rugby match! They don't show 'em here, and nobody would care if they did. Call it a girly game if you will, but a lot of these guys weigh in at 15 stone or more, so player protection is definitely an issue. Besides, it's all we've got... Go, New Zealand! Whoever you are.
Will Rogers never met me.
Rugby is like American Football, except that they do not stop for committee meetings every 3 minutes, and other than a gumshield and some tape to stop their ears being pulled off, they wear no body armour. Here[^] is Chabal, the French Neanderthal. Or Johnson[^], the English Neanderthal and our team boss. Handsome brutes!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Hell, Bryce, I've never even seen a rugby match! They don't show 'em here, and nobody would care if they did. Call it a girly game if you will, but a lot of these guys weigh in at 15 stone or more, so player protection is definitely an issue. Besides, it's all we've got... Go, New Zealand! Whoever you are.
Will Rogers never met me.
You could always support the USA. They're in Pool C with Australia, Ireland, Italy and Russia; their opening match is Sunday vs Ireland.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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You could always support the USA. They're in Pool C with Australia, Ireland, Italy and Russia; their opening match is Sunday vs Ireland.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Rugby is like American Football, except that they do not stop for committee meetings every 3 minutes, and other than a gumshield and some tape to stop their ears being pulled off, they wear no body armour. Here[^] is Chabal, the French Neanderthal. Or Johnson[^], the English Neanderthal and our team boss. Handsome brutes!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Indeed Rugby is for real men/idiots only, I can't recall in any other sport where a play asks for his Gentleman's special place to be sown back up (including pushing a bit back in) so that he can re-join the fray - Wayne Shelford[^] [Edit]Read the "Battle of Nantes" piece[/Edit]
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Indeed Rugby is for real men/idiots only, I can't recall in any other sport where a play asks for his Gentleman's special place to be sown back up (including pushing a bit back in) so that he can re-join the fray - Wayne Shelford[^] [Edit]Read the "Battle of Nantes" piece[/Edit]
It is a game for real men. And there have been some classic moments of pain where fingers are reset, or blood spurts freely. Not for the fainthearted.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Now that I'm officially a grad student at University of Wisconsin (online), do have to quit cheering for the San Diego Chargers, and become a Packers fan? Or does that only apply if I watch college football?
Will Rogers never met me.
Chargers -> Electricity -> Power Plant -> Roger Wright Packers -> Cheese Heads -> Butt Freezing Home games -> ??? You're more closely related to the Chargers :thumbsup:
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modified on Friday, September 9, 2011 6:50 PM
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It is a game for real men. And there have been some classic moments of pain where fingers are reset, or blood spurts freely. Not for the fainthearted.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
I once snapped my ankle at the bottom of a collapsed maul in a varsity match - only to be told by my "team mates" afterwards that it was my own fault for cutting inside and getting involved in the real match rather than the nancy stuff I normally got up to. (I was a winger in my day - although that was a looooong time ago)
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I once snapped my ankle at the bottom of a collapsed maul in a varsity match - only to be told by my "team mates" afterwards that it was my own fault for cutting inside and getting involved in the real match rather than the nancy stuff I normally got up to. (I was a winger in my day - although that was a looooong time ago)
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Go Green! BOD and da boys are going to be on fire I tell you! I told them not to stand next to the BBQ, but would they listen?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Rugby is like American Football, except that they do not stop for committee meetings every 3 minutes, and other than a gumshield and some tape to stop their ears being pulled off, they wear no body armour. Here[^] is Chabal, the French Neanderthal. Or Johnson[^], the English Neanderthal and our team boss. Handsome brutes!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
they wear no body armour
Not true any more. In the senior game you need padding like this[^] now especially in the pack. At natiopnal level and above everyone wears these.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Dalek Dave wrote:
they wear no body armour
Not true any more. In the senior game you need padding like this[^] now especially in the pack. At natiopnal level and above everyone wears these.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Go Green! BOD and da boys are going to be on fire I tell you! I told them not to stand next to the BBQ, but would they listen?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Now that I'm officially a grad student at University of Wisconsin (online), do have to quit cheering for the San Diego Chargers, and become a Packers fan? Or does that only apply if I watch college football?
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
cheering for the San Diego Chargers
Well I used to live in San Diego and I've never seen these "Chargers" of which you speak.
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Now that I'm officially a grad student at University of Wisconsin (online), do have to quit cheering for the San Diego Chargers, and become a Packers fan? Or does that only apply if I watch college football?
Will Rogers never met me.
Badgers, we don't need no stinkin' badgers.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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It is a game for real men. And there have been some classic moments of pain where fingers are reset, or blood spurts freely. Not for the fainthearted.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Honestly, I have seen all of this first hand on the ice rink. I only played at the high school level. I lost a tooth midgame, stuck it back in my mouth immediately, and somehow it stayed. It's chipped and slightly grey 13 years later.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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Now that I'm officially a grad student at University of Wisconsin (online), do have to quit cheering for the San Diego Chargers, and become a Packers fan? Or does that only apply if I watch college football?
Will Rogers never met me.
No, attending a school in/from a different state does not have to trump native sports loyalties. I'm a WI native living in MN and I've never cheered for the Vikings unless the Packers needed them to win in order to get to the playoffs. Of course, given the amount of talk about beer and food around here I don't know why you wouldn't want to be a fan of teams that are all about beer, cheese, and brats. :)
