Eight Becomes Four

Snowy

@Snowy said in Eight Becomes Four:

@Billy-Webb said in Eight Becomes Four:

Let me know in advance and I'll take you to a game

@voodoo Two ways to go there - a very rested liver, or a well trained one.

Don't let @Snowy scare you. He more than held his own on his trip out here, and that was over multiple days at the Sevens.

Usque ad mortem bibendum

I got that, but my Latin isn’t good enough for “right back at ya”.

gt12

@Bovidae

Agreed, but I think they could do both, better.

Bones

@Machpants said in Eight Becomes Four:

@voodoo Ah rhymes with blokes, easy to remember!

Yeah my tip for Afrikaans would be to speak English with a very heavy Scottish accent and you're most of the way there.

Smuts

@Bones sprinkle “ja, nee, thank you, dankie”, “jou ma se poes”, bliksem, doos and “donderse ref” in liberally and Bob’s your mother’s brother.

Bones

@Smuts said in Eight Becomes Four:

@Bones sprinkle “ja, nee, thank you, dankie”, “jou ma se poes”, bliksem, doos and “donderse ref” in liberally and Bob’s your mother’s brother.

I know better than to utter the second one...

This one is worth knowing though....jy is 'n mooi meisie.

Try saying Ek verstann nie and not sounding like a drunk Glaswegian.

Smuts

@Bones take it up a notch when you’re on the charm: “jy is lieflik” (you’re lovely) or if you’re feeling properly cheesy: “nee, dis onregsverdig om so pragtig in so snaaks te wees.” (No, it’s unfair to be so beautiful and so funny.)
Or: “Parys? Geen wonder jy’s so gesofistikeerd.” (Parys - a shithole, substitute Germiston, Poffadder, Tweebuffelsmeteenskotfointein or whichever armpit of the universe your jarpie lass is from - no wonder you’re so sophisticated)

In my experience, This is about when her unreasonably large Rockspider boyfriend shows up squinting out from a brow showing an improbably prodigious depth of bone behind it. So you got to diffuse the situation:

“Luister kerel, Stephanie/Amor/Lizette het my nou net gevra of sy my die strand/Suid Afrikaanse sterre kin wys.” (Listen Oke, Annetjie/ Patrys/Hannelora just asked me if she could show me the beach/South African stars.)

ACT Crusader

@dogmeat said in Eight Becomes Four:

@Duluth said in Eight Becomes Four:

@voodoo said in Eight Becomes Four:

Almost an asterisk title if they get up 😏

Just like 2007

and 1995

The biggest asterisk in the history of rugby

Smuts

@ACT-Crusader close, as I said in the Aura watch thread, that’s 87.

Billy Webb

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Billy Webb

Hell this has been one loooooooong week. Can we have some bloomin' rugby already!

Sort of makes me think it would have been nice to have a plate competition running to fill the gap mid-week.
I have no idea whether that's a good or bad concept for anyone else, but at least i'd have something to watch and talk about.

booboo

@Billy-Webb said in Eight Becomes Four:

Hell this has been one loooooooong week. Can we have some bloomin' rugby already!

Sort of makes me think it would have been nice to have a plate competition running to fill the gap mid-week.
I have no idea whether that's a good or bad concept for anyone else, but at least i'd have something to watch and talk about.

I've loved the idea of a Plate competition since 1987.

It's more rugby for teams that generally don't get much test footy.

Be hard to get up for for teams like Argentina, Fiji, Scotland (even Italy ... But not in 2019) who had designs on the main draw, but still a worthwhile exercise IMO.

taniwharugby

@Billy-Webb said in Eight Becomes Four:

been one loooooooong week. Can we have some bloomin' rugby already!
Sort of makes me think it would have been nice to have a plate competition running to fill the gap mid-week.

Loved pool weeks, weened off in finals week, then in 10 days, we will have no rugby...WTF!!

As an aside, a multi on England/Wales final is over $10 at TAB...less than $2 for a NZ/SA multi

voodoo

@taniwharugby don't you dare

Machpants

@taniwharugby said in Eight Becomes Four:

@Billy-Webb said in Eight Becomes Four:

been one loooooooong week. Can we have some bloomin' rugby already!
Sort of makes me think it would have been nice to have a plate competition running to fill the gap mid-week.

Loved pool weeks, weened off in finals week, then in 10 days, we will have no rugby...WTF!!

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mariner4life

it's so fucked. i hate this time of year. All the footy is done with, cricket season is not in full swing.

weekend evenings are so barren

nzzp

@mariner4life said in Eight Becomes Four:

it's so fucked. i hate this time of year. All the footy is done with, cricket season is not in full swing.

weekend evenings are so barren

NFL.

Monday night, Tuesday night, Friday night + Sunday NCAA. Sweet.

Nepia

@mariner4life said in Eight Becomes Four:

it's so fucked. i hate this time of year. All the footy is done with, cricket season is not in full swing.

weekend evenings are so barren

At least you have cricket, I've got nothing until the Super comp starts again.

voodoo

@Nepia said in Eight Becomes Four:

@mariner4life said in Eight Becomes Four:

it's so fucked. i hate this time of year. All the footy is done with, cricket season is not in full swing.

weekend evenings are so barren

At least you have cricket, I've got nothing until the Super comp starts again.

Nba bro. Regular season is a bit shit these days but it's better than nothing.

mariner4life

Problem with the US sports is they are on while I am at work

voodoo

@mariner4life I record and avoid during the day, not hard during reg season. Much harder during playoffs and finals when every cnt suddenly becomes an expert and fan

The Silver Fern

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