Posts by ScottY
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For utter miserableness Morrisey is unrivalled.
Thanks for bringing us all down, dude.
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Come on Rich, lose that grumpy frown.
Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!Ok, promise I'll stop now.
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This conversation has helped me calibrate the average age of PASers... 'cept ScottY, I know he's too young for all this but he'd 'fessed to that.
Maybe too young but never too foolish.
Young and foolish
Why is it wrong to be
Young and foolish
We haven't long to be
Soon enough the carefree days
The sunlit days go by
Soon enough the bluebird has to flyWe were foolish
One day we fell in love
Now we wonder
What were we dreamin' of
Smiling in the sunlight
Laughing in the rain
I wish that we were young and foolish againSmiling in the sunlight
Laughing in the rain
I wish that we were young and foolish again -
I was a prog rock addict for a short time in the early '90s (as with fashion trends and Facebook, I always come to things after they've become passe).
I still feel a guilty pleasure when I hear Jethro Tull's Aqualung, or anything by Genesis in their period before Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left.
And I have far too many King Crimson albums. Although I maintain that 1980s albums like Beat, Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair are still damn good. Some of their early lyrics though are unintentionally hilarious.
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.Gag...
Yes, Asia, Sky, ELP, Wishbone Ash, Blue Oyster Cult - so many dodgy memories...
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At what point should we begin the mass panic over how dire the All Blacks have been this year?
On their current form, will we win a Tri-Nations game this year?
And will someone tell the Italian team that losing a test by 21 points is not cause for celebration?
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Here's a Weird Al takeoff of Michael Jackson's Bad. Puerile but still funny
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Sure it's a tough job, that's why he's paid the big bucks.
I know that, but every decision he makes will cause some harm - either to grassroots rugby, to international rugby, or to the TV networks who pay for everything. Every way he turns he's f***ed.
I'm not suggesting every move has been the right one. Nobody should be beyond criticism (other than me, of course), but I don't see any simple solutions.
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He caught himself referring to the All Blacks as a business twice, which really rankled with me. The man has no vision at all
I think Tew's got one of the hardest jobs in the country, so I have some sympathy for him. How do you keep NZ rugby strong and flush with cash, unless you keep your TV network paymasters happy? No cash means more top players go overseas and less money for grassroots development.
Like it or not the ABs are a business. They bring in loads of cash to fund everything else. As a traditionalist I'm not completely happy with some of the recent changes, but if I were in Tew's shoes would I do anything differently? I'm not so sure.
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One does have to wonder about why would you lie about falling on a table?
And is he still lying to cover up some other incident?
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There are many disturbing angles to the Bastareud's story, but hopefully his club in France will throw the book at him.
Max Guazzini, the owner of Stade Francais, also issued a statement saying it was a youthful misadventure.
"It was simply jolly japes by a youngster," said Guazzini in a statement.
"He had too much to drink, came back to his hotel and fell over the table in his room. He has now gone on holiday to the French West Indies."
That will learn him.