Posts by Stuart Coats
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@ Stephen
Currently the Indian bowling attack to McCullum is Sehwag and Yuvraj so he should get there..... (kiss of doom) -
BTW as someone who has been stuck beside a drunken idiot whop vomited on his seat halfway thorugh an ODI I totally support this
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Give them some decent opposition, I say.
The Pacific Islands would be awesome. Imagine if they played that match in Auckland - the atmosphere would be incredible.
But failing that how about Scotland? Better than Italy, probably a good chance that they would send their best players.
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I feel like a fraud, as I only did the limerick because I'm no good at haiku. But I will accept the tickets. I have a lifelong Warriors fan friend who will gladly go to the game on my behalf.
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I'm crap at haiku, but limericks.....
There was a young fellow named Stacey
Who you had to support just in case he
Chipped over the line
And gathered in time
To give it to someone more pacey -
Oh, and I've just had a thought about drinking. People talk about the drinking culture in sport. Fine - I've had many a night on the turps with my teams. But I've also had far heavier drinking sessions after shows with singers, actors and dancers.
And a lot of them are munters when they're drunk too!
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I've had problems both ways. I sing in the Opera Chorus, and used to sing in National Youth Choir and Voices New Zealand. I've done shows all around the country. I also play cricket, and used to play football to rep level. I've often been in conversations like:
Them: We need to have a rehearsal this Saturday
Me: I can't. I'm playing cricket.
Them: But surely you can get out of that?Well, no, often I can't. Then they come back with the bollocks of letting the choir/production and other people in it down. I counter with the fact that there are 10 other guys in my team that need me to play. And round and round it goes. Some people just don't get it - I'm a performer who loves sports, both to play and to watch
And it has to be said that generally the sports guys have been very sympathetic. Usually the other people in the team understand when I can't be there, and are interested in what I do for a living. Since I left school no-one has called me a "poof" or anything equivalent for being involved in the arts. Some of them have even used me as a way of furthering their own interest in arts-related activities. And I'm always good for singing at their weddings!
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every industry almost certainly wants the PMs ear/oversight I'm sure.
We had the last Prime Minister as the Minister of the Arts for 9 years. it was great in that you felt like she cared (she does have a passion for the arts). However we often felt that she didn't dedicate the time to it that she could have. Fair dues, she was running the country!
Tourism is more important to the country (don't tell anyone else that I said that) so I'd hate that same thing to happen to the current PM and his portfolio -
They do in the US, and its one of their other scams: dumping expensive or troublesome prisoners who might ruin their stats (and hence their bottom line) back into he public system.
Change "prisoners" to "children"......
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In February 2007, Arpaio instituted an in-house radio station he calls KJOE. Arpaio's radio station broadcasts classical music, opera, Frank Sinatra hits, patriotic music and educational programming. It operates from the basement of the county jail for five days a week, four hours each day.
But not, one notes, Barry Manilow