Re: Athletics Shock

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:37 pm

bodyline wrote:Rick Mitchell

Thanks bl - going as well as a busted arse today.

by embee Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:37 pm

Mick Sawyer wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:All refs to 'Clarke' in the last few posts refer to Darren?

Yes. Was it Clark?

I think he was worried we meant Ron

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:40 pm

No, I think the spelling was right, Darren was also in Michael's family rather than Stuart's.

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:41 pm

You were right though, the first Clarke I thought of was Ron.

by bodyline Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:42 pm

Poor old Ron is barely running the Council these days.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:43 pm

Fred Nerk wrote:I remember a comment somebody made about how 'any Australian critic will insist Patrick White was a world class author. Many outside Australia will agree. But Australia's attachment to that view might not be because he is one, but because we need one.' We need a world-class sprinter so Shirvo will have to do, he won't beat Christie or Drummond or Greene or Johnston in a million years but who the hell else is there?

Likewise Lleyton Hewitt?

I'm not certain that "we" craved one Fred, but the television rights holders certainly believed we did.

Hewitt is different to some extent. He should barely rate a mention in 2008 but unlike say, a Tim Henman, he's but a multiple major champion & a World #1.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:44 pm

embee wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:All refs to 'Clarke' in the last few posts refer to Darren?

Yes. Was it Clark?

I think he was worried we meant Ron

ah!

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:46 pm

Not the first time in his life Ron rose to a great height and nearly got his hand burnt off.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:46 pm

Fred Nerk wrote:Not the first time in his life Ron rose to a great height and nearly got his hand burnt off.

snigger

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:50 pm

"Hewitt is different to some extent. He should barely rate a mention in 2008 but unlike say, a Tim Henman, he's but a multiple major champion & a World #1."

And even Henman was a massive uptrade for his predecessor as 'local hero' - that towering presence in world tennis, Jeremy Bates.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:51 pm

hey embee - did you see the Force last night? Apart from the scrum they looked good and were just as deserving on the win as the Crusaders. Twas a great effort against a great team.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:52 pm

that towering presence in world tennis, Jeremy Bates

snigger ........... who once made the second round of the mixed doubles.

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:56 pm

I can't even name Tim's female equiivalent, or for that matter Jeremy's. Virginia Wade must be into her 60s now and she might still be England's best female tennis player.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:00 pm

I can't even name Tim's female equiivalent

The titty blonde shagger who decided to hook up with "I'm off it until I'm married" Cliff Richard.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:02 pm

Virginia Wade must be into her 60s now and she might still be England's best female tennis player.

Can find no contrary evidence Very Happy

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:05 pm

Sue Barker. May bave been ranked world top 5 for an hour or two in the mid-late 70s.

You still hear her dulcet tones at Wimbledon. The accent makes great audio and the visual's still not bad either but she can't commentate for nuts.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:08 pm

Sue Barker. May bave been ranked world top 5 for an hour or two in the mid-late 70s.

That's her but did she ever get into the second week at Wimbers?

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:10 pm

I think Henners may have been no 4 whan Hewitt beat him in the 02 Wimbledon semi.

by Paul Keating Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:11 pm

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, I saw an article the other day with the headline "most important people of 2007" and Jana Rawlinson (nee Pitt) was featured.

For what - who the fark knows.

by JGK Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:15 pm

Mick Sawyer wrote:
that towering presence in world tennis, Jeremy Bates

snigger ........... who once made the second round of the mixed doubles.

Wasn't John Lloyd a pom? He gets marks for shagging America's sweetheart although in hindsight that seems as difficult as shagging the Princess of Wales.

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:20 pm

"Unless my eyes are deceiving me, I saw an article the other day with the headline "most important people of 2007" and Jana Rawlinson (nee Pitt) was featured."

Even more important than whoever won Australian Idol? How can this be?

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:20 pm

Paul Keating wrote:Unless my eyes are deceiving me, I saw an article the other day with the headline "most important people of 2007" and Jana Rawlinson (nee Pitt) was featured.

For what - who the fark knows.

For being a World Champion without a public meltdown.

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:24 pm

Wasn't John Lloyd a pom? He gets marks for shagging America's sweetheart although in hindsight that seems as difficult as shagging the Princess of Wales.

aye to all.

I saw an interview with her once where she railed against her Doris Day image carefully making the point that her life had been very normal in all respects.

by Fred Nerk Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:28 pm

Wonder how long it'll take her to twig that she's just married a boring self-obsessed has-been?

by Mick Sawyer Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:30 pm

Fred Nerk wrote:Wonder how long it'll take her to twig that she's just married a boring self-obsessed has-been?

I missed the married bit.

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