Comments on: Government moving too slowly on IR; Essential Research 57-43

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:20:19 +0000

If he’d said his team was Randwick or West Harbour or Sydney Uni there’d have been no questions asked, Darryl. Sport is one of the basic briefs of a backbencher. He’s had time.

By: Darryl Rosin

Darryl Rosin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:11:33 +0000

“If Ming could get behind a football team, there’s no excuse for Turnbull.”

We don’t know that Turnbull isn’t ‘behind’ a football team, only that he doesn’t follow AFL or League. Ming was Victorian and AFL is a classless activity in Victoria. I bet Turnbull wouldn’t make the same mistake about a Rugby Union team.

By: Paul Burns

Paul Burns — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:30:45 +0000

DaveMc @ 6,
I gather Keating was/is not a big sports fan. He once described the Hawke Cabinet as ‘sports junkies.’ Yet even Keating, God bless him, had to go through the ritual of tuning up at footie finals.
Unlike Turnbull, Rudd’s enthusiasm for sport is genuine and nowhere near as posed as Howard who presumably modelled himself on Hawkie in this regard, the same way he (Howard) stole his power walking from Clinton.(Oh, why am I still obsessing about the little turd? Wasn’t eleven years enough?)
Mind you, Rudd seems pretty good at backyard cricket

By: FDB

FDB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:01:21 +0000

lolz

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:49:55 +0000

FLINTY??

Heh.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:47:45 +0000

WELL, As a Roosters man, Im assuming theyll get top draft pick in 09, as they erm….dont.. um ….seem to be even on this F*CKING LIST OF TEAMS!!!

BARRY!! Who wrote my “man of people” cheat sheet? F*CKING FLINTY??

YOU’RE SACKED!

By: FDB

FDB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:41:23 +0000

Ah yes, silly me. As a Freo man, forgetting September 2006 is a hobby of mine too. Stinking Wet Toast Weevils.

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:38:27 +0000

Not a chance, FDB. And it was 2005 we won---2006's Grand Final resides in a special Sydney memory hole.

By: FDB

FDB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:32:23 +0000

I’m actually pretty shocked by this. I try to resist the urge to be judgemental, but the ignorance is amazing. Understandable-ish re: AFL (although, is there a rock on the North Shore big enough to hide under and miss September 2006?) but this also demonstrates that he doesn’t know NRL.

I’d suggest it’s even worse than Howard’s bowling.

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:03:50 +0000

A story I was told by my partner’s grandmother, a lifelong Carlton fan, involved going to matches at Princes Park and frequently seeing Prime Minister Menzies roll up to a gap between stands in his Commonwealth car, sitting in the front seat with his driver.
If Ming could get behind a football team, there’s no excuse for Turnbull.