The Aussie Arvo Chat Thread

[the_mgp]

With a bit of an antipodean contingent happening, I think it's about time we get our own thread.

And of course, all good threads need a mascot:

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/09/ani_wombat_gallery__550x393.jpg

Who wants to name him?

 

[kinkyknickers]

Well Der... It's Fatso the fat arse wombat.

 

[the_mgp]

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[kinkyknickers]

That's not Aus enough. Call him Bruce.

 

[minx1]

That's not Aus enough. Call him Bruce.

Ooh I like Bruce

Strewth

 

[the_mgp]

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[kinkyknickers]

Farkin oaf. Minx likes Bruce. Bruce it is, I say (and I can pull rank on the_mgp cos she's a good girl who does as she's told. Doncha?)

 

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[minx1]

Farkin oaf. Minx likes Bruce. Bruce it is, I say (and I can pull rank on the_mgp cos she's a good girl who does as she's told. Doncha?)

come again? I'm stuck already!

I'm a good girl too *nods* but if it means we get to call him Bruce, I can be bad for a bit

 

[Bandit58]

Hey I'm joining in, although technically I'm a Kiwi I've lived in Australia since January 04.

 

[the_mgp]

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[kinkyknickers]

Hey I'm joining in, although technically I'm a Kiwi I've lived in Australia since January 04.

S'alright. We're open to all comers. We are under a labor government now after all.

 

[PertPerth]

Bruce is a mighty fine name for a wombat. Else I like the idea of calling him Roger.

 

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[Bandit58]

*grins* I married an Aussie Dom, who doesn't like cricket but likes speedway and footy (rugby and NRL). This makes for some interesting scenarios when NZ and Aus clash at anything...

He's a kind Dom he does let me watch the cricket cos I put up with the footy!

 

[minx1]

Bruce is a mighty fine name for a wombat. Else I like the idea of calling him Roger.

Yay! Yay! *jumps up and down*

Someone else in Perth!!

 

[kinkyknickers]

*grins* I married an Aussie Dom, who doesn't like cricket but likes speedway and footy (rugby and NRL). This makes for some interesting scenarios when NZ and Aus clash at anything...

He's a kind Dom he does let me watch the cricket cos I put up with the footy!

I don't get what you me mean. Doesn't Australia always win at evrything when they play NZ?

 

[the_mgp]

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[Bandit58]

DOESN'T LIKE CRICKET? WTF?! Not even the 20/20?

At least he lets you watch it, that's very considerate of him

Yes I know, I had to get the only Aussie male who doesn't...
He will watch the 20/20, but wishes it was 10/10....

What can I say, He wuvs me

 

[Bandit58]

I don't get what you me mean. Doesn't Australia always win at evrything when they play NZ?

Haha not everything, we do manage to win a rugby match every so often.....*Bledisloe Cup in Auckland a couple weeks ago*

 

[kinkyknickers]

On the subject of cricket-

I wa reseaching past Olympic sports when M was around the other day and I said to M, "hey, did you know cricket used to be an Olympic sport?" (he's a total guru when it comes to cricket).
He said,"Bullshit! I've never heard of anyone winning a gold medal in cricket".
So I went out to prove him wrong.
My research pulled this up-

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a cricket tournament was contested. Although four teams were originally expected to compete, Belgium and Holland (the Netherlands) pulled out of the competition, leaving a Great Britain side to play a France side. Neither team was nationally selected. The British side was a touring club team, Devon & Somerset Wanderers. The French team consisted of Britons living in Paris, reportedly mostly members of the British Embassy. By Captain's agreement the game was played as a 12-a-side game, unlike the usual 11 in most cricket matches.

The two-day game was played commencing on August 19, 1900. Great Britain batted first and scored 117. France were then bowled out for 78. Great Britain then scored 145 for 5 in their second innings, setting the hosts a target of 185, who were promptly bowled out for 26. This meant that Great Britain was convincingly the winner of the contest.

The Great Britain team was awarded silver medals and the French team bronze medals, together with miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower.

With the match billed as part of the 1900 Universal Exposition, neither side appears to have realised they were competing in the Olympics. The match was only retrospectively formally recognised as being an Olympic contest in 1912, when the International Olympic Committee met to compile the definitive list of all events in the five modern Olympiads up to that point.

Since then cricket has not appeared in an Olympic Games.




Turns out he was right by default..... no one ever won a GOLD meal at the olympics.
I don't know how he does it.

 

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[DreamSensualist]

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