Field Theory: How's that working out for you? Being clever?
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BenWilson, in reply to
Surely one has staff for that kind of thing, though, no?
For the fishing? Um, no, I'd just buy it from the shop if I wanted the fish. Way cheaper. I'm a catch-and-release dude anyway, keeping maybe one or two medium sized snapper to justify half a day of idle tomfoolery.
Or did you mean the coffee? Well, I do actually take decent coffee on my own boat. But when you're on someone else's boat, I'm not going to get all Ponsonby on them for coming up with instant and a shot of sweetened condensed milk. I'll pause from baiting a mucky hook, nibble the round wine biscuit (or more likely, a real NZ biscuit, with chocolate coating, cream inside, a solid chocolate core, and just enough biscuit in the base to still call it a biscuit) and think life can sometimes be grand.
That said, if some merchant banker pulled up beside in his mega launch and offered me a fresh latte, I'd take it, and probably give him some fresh biscuits. This has never happened.
ETA: Gah, I forgot the caramel, and made NZ biscuits sound weak.
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Ngaire BookieMonster, in reply to
They missed the best:
Lady Mary Crawley: Sybil is entitled to her opinions.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: No. She isn't until she is married, then her husband will tell her what her opinions are. -
Russell Brown, in reply to
And I don’t deserve a dram by way of thanks?
Bags you have the grappa.
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On the RWC front I’m just really, really bored with media turning it into an ongoing series of “Look How We F*ck Everything Up”. Can’t we just be idiotically excited enough to feel good about ourselves for a couple of weeks?
And, uh, I’m now almost totally ashamed to admit it but those Sky ads made me giggle.
Added afterthought: It’s advertising. Of course it’s vaguely embarrassing, a bit stupid, only mildly amusing and designed to make us buy buy buy.
I mean, even this made me giggle:
Throwing aside your natural instincts and lacy lingerie, standing proudly in your flannelette pyjamas and whispering, ‘I love you, New Zealand.’Perhaps I’m just an idiot.
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BenWilson, in reply to
And, uh, I'm now almost totally ashamed to admit it but those Sky ads made me giggle.
What, you blew 93 days straight without giggling at advertising? Corporate loving hussy, repent!
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Russell Brown, in reply to
On the RWC front I’m just really, really bored with media turning it into an ongoing series of “Look How We F*ck Everything Up”. Can’t we just be idiotically excited enough to feel good about ourselves for a couple of weeks?
You'd think.
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giovanni tiso, in reply to
You'd think.
You're not going to start again, are you?
Although I suppose that two weeks of idiotic excitment leaves four whole weeks for the bitter resentment. So I guess it could work.
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Hadyn Green, in reply to
I'm with you man, I just ate a (Wellington on a Plate) burger and drank (some very nice) beer for lunch
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Crikey, that was a lot of work catching up. So many good points - and that Aussie clip was brilliant thanks James.
Rugby culture is part of New Zealand's story/stories about ourselves. And the corporatisation of sports and the event industry's taste for public subsidy is relevant too. So yes, it does matter enough to spark this sort of conversation.
Telecom marketing head Kieren Cooney was interesting on Campbell Live last night (12 min clip, interview from about 5 mins). Let's just say Kieren did a much better job than this misguided campaign when he eulogised Paul Reynolds.
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Sacha, in reply to
a real NZ biscuit
another important topic
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Well that was short lived, the Telecom ad that is. I can now understand the Latest Logo, admittedly stolen from Kurt Vonnegut
The above drawing by Vonnegut is from Breakfast of Champions. It's of an asshole.
Kevin Roberts? fixated much?
Anyway, something must be done to get these slackers behind the All Blacks. We need real leadership and our risk taker/trader Prime Minister is the man for the job.
How about resigning if the All Blacks lose? Now, that would get the juices flowing. -
Bart Janssen, in reply to
The more people like a thing, the better it is!
Wham!
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
Chess is a game; Ballroom Dancing is a competition bordering on a sport.
Best definition I heard (and still useless) ... If you don't sweat it isn't a sport, if you do sweat it might be a sport but might not.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Upon leaving this thread a few hours ago, I didn't think it would mutate into a culture wars thread.
I'm not surprised it's happened, and feel better that it has. It drew people on both sides, something that there's been a bit of a lack of at times in PAS recently. I hope Hadyn hasn't got the pip about it, it looks like the longest thread he's ever had on here. That's got to count for something.
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Well, according to Wikipedia to qualify as a Sport it must involve Balls.
So Ballroom dancing qualifies because it has room for the defining object. -
Rich Lock, in reply to
admittedly stolen from Kurt Vonnegut
So it goes.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
I think there’s a good argument that they’ve screwed the pooch by making the rugby season last all year, for sure.
For me it was when Rugby impinged on the cricket season, so I chose not to watch the beginning of the Rugby season and somehow lost interest in the end of that season as well. Also, night games.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
So it goes.
Or, in the case of the offending ad campaign, So it went.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
I’m still thinking about the logistics of naked swimming competitions.
Did I mention I used to hold most of the trophies at the nudist club swimming competition :).
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recordari, in reply to
The more people like a thing, the better it is!
Wham!
Your point is?
In future, when you look up 'relentless', this thread will be mentioned. Just sayin'.
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Sacha, in reply to
when he eulogised Paul Reynolds.
should have been: (the other) Paul Reynolds.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Well, according to Wikipedia to qualify as a Sport it must involve Balls.
So Ballroom dancing qualifies because it has room for the defining object.Surely anything involving a non-eunuch male qualifies, too? In naked swimming, the balls are even on display. OK, maybe not in cold water.
ETA: When I'm swimming, my balls are always on display. Waterpolo demands it, hiding your balls is a foul. No, that does not carry through to the horse's balls....
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Tom Beard, in reply to
Best definition I heard (and still useless) ... If you don't sweat it isn't a sport, if you do sweat it might be a sport but might not.
Well, since most dictionary definitions of the noun "sport" require athleticism or "physical prowess", I suppose I would have to go along with that. But that begs the question, inherent in the usually derisive tone of "but that's not a sport!", of what it is about sweating that makes an activity more praiseworthy than a perspirationless one.
Personally, I consider the verb "sport" more conducive to human happiness than the noun.
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Ngaire BookieMonster, in reply to
Lots of people liked Wham! and therefore they were awesome? :D
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recordari, in reply to
Lots of people liked Wham! and therefore they were awesome? :D
Yeah, I was teasing Bart, because he knows I'm all about the Wham love.
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