Re: Great chokes of all time

by skully Thu 26 Sep 2013, 08:20

I wonder if the engraving ended up reading:

~~1999 - Jean Van der Velde~~ Qunt
1999 - Paul Lawrie

by beamer Thu 26 Sep 2013, 08:38

That BMX girl at the Olympics who started celebrating on the final jump, crashed and lost the gold medal?

by tricycle Thu 26 Sep 2013, 09:41

skully wrote:I wonder if the engraving ended up reading:

~~1999 - Jean Van der Velde~~ Qunt
1999 - Paul Lawrie

Well, he is French....

by skully Thu 26 Sep 2013, 09:55

Shirley it should've then read:

~~1999 - Jean Van der Velde~~ Smelly Qunt
1999 - Paul Lawrie

by Merlin Thu 26 Sep 2013, 10:02

1981

Lord Botham's 149 not out and Lord Willis's 8 wickets for 43 runs hauled England back from the jaws of defeat against the Aussie chokers. . . . . turning the entire series around.

England went on to win that series.

by embee Thu 26 Sep 2013, 10:06

stop making shit up . merlo

by Merlin Thu 26 Sep 2013, 10:12

I guess you would call 1981 shit . . . even at 500/1 !!

by skully Thu 26 Sep 2013, 10:20

embee wrote:stop making shit up . merlo

I agree. We have no idea what you are talking about, Merls. It's like the period between May 1989 and June 2005 for English supporters - it never happened. Wink

by Merlin Thu 26 Sep 2013, 10:22

Was cricket played between '89 and '05?!
I must have had a 16 year black out.
Or is that being racist?!!

by Hass Thu 26 Sep 2013, 11:51

"Due to the three-stroke lead Van de Velde had going into the final hole, his name had already been engraved into the Claret Jug. Following his collapse, the engraver had to scratch through Van de Velde's name and then engrave Paul Lawrie's name into it. Beginning with the 2000 Open, the winning golfer's name is no longer engraved into the Claret Jug until after his scorecard is verified by tournament officials and signed by said winning golfer.

Mind you, they still haven't made the system fool proof.

The engraver still traces the name on the gold medal as early as possible, which is why photos like this exist:

Great chokes of all time - Page 2 2012_British_Open_Championship_Adam_Scott_Medal_Traced_Engraving_Ernie_Els

Great chokes of all time - Page 2 2012_British_Open_Championship_Adam_Scott_Medal_Traced_Engraving_Ernie_Els

by horace Fri 27 Sep 2013, 01:12

Merlin wrote:Was cricket played between '89 and '05?!
I must have had a 16 year black out.
Or is that being racist?!!

...so you clearly remember the 5-0 result in the 06/07 ashes series from Harmie's first ball to the Adelaide self asphyxiation by the poms

by Brass Monkey Fri 27 Sep 2013, 08:49

I remember 06/07. It was the series we played where the pitches weren't doctored.

by Merlin Fri 27 Sep 2013, 22:19

horace wrote:
Merlin wrote:Was cricket played between '89 and '05?!
I must have had a 16 year black out.
Or is that being racist?!!
...so you clearly remember the 5-0 result in the 06/07 ashes series from Harmie's first ball to the Adelaide self asphyxiation by the poms

Ah yes . . . the very last time the whingeing Aussies won the Ashes.

by skully Fri 27 Sep 2013, 23:16

Winners are grinners, Merls. Very Happy

by Gary 111 Sun 29 Sep 2013, 10:27

Merlin wrote:Was cricket played between '89 and '05?!
I must have had a 16 year black out.
Or is that being racist?!!

It depends what you did to him.

by Merlin Thu 03 Oct 2013, 11:44

Gary 111 wrote:
Merlin wrote:Was cricket played between '89 and '05?!
I must have had a 16 year black out.
Or is that being racist?!!
It depends what you did to him.

Excellent, Gaz! Very Happy

Had to do a double take before the penny dropped!!

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