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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The New Joke Thread
There’s nothing quite like a Little Johnny joke 😀
In Italy, they tell Pierino jokes, similar nature, young boy who is a smart ass and has all the answers just like Johnny. Only difference, they tell them in any setting and they can be quite blue. I'll never forget an Italian comedian told one in public at the very first Lygon Street Festa that was very blue and I recall all the older Italians hear pissing themselves laughing.

I imagine that most countries have their little Johnny or Pierino jokes. 

There’s one about little Johnny volunteering to use “contagious” in a sentence …
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Nathan Lyon   44   10   101   2
Simon Harmer   21.1   14   16   6

that's where the match was won and lost.    lyon not up to it on a deck ragging sideways........
Except thanks to winning the toss and bowling,  Harmer had a fifth day pitch, Lyon didn't.

Harmer did take four wickets in our first innings giving him 10 for 120 to Lyon's 4 for 124 for the match.  Of course, Harmer did have the advantage of some inept batting.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
David Warner wasn't impressed with our batting; “It is terrible. It is un-Australian. There is no fight whatsoever. It is disgraceful.“

While I tend to agree, I can't help but think about the number of times Warner gave up his wicket cheaply and/or through poor shot selection.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Captain 2027
Cripps is a free agent next year.
He may want to be a one-club player.
He may even see the chance of a flag in the next year or two.
We really don't know his mind or his personal situation.
So it's all just a guess.

But it wouldn't surprise, and I doubt many would begrudge him, if for family reasons he chose to go back to WA for the last few years of his playing career.
It may co-incide with his daughter starting school...continuity in education for their children is often a consideration for older players.
As a first step handing over the captaincy for a year or two, but still being there in strong support, may be a good move.

Crippa made it pretty clear in his interview that he expects to sign a contract extension in the not too distant future.

Apart from that, the key points I took away from the interview were:
- he doesn’t have to be the captain.
- you can be a leader without having a formal role.
- he would enjoy mentoring someone else as captain.
- he enjoys being captain.

What we don’t know is how Weiters or Worpa would feel about taking the captaincy.

I think that Crippa will retain the captaincy but this may be his last season in the role.  Whatever happens will have the full agreement of Crippa, Weiters and Worpa.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Rd 12: Carlton vs Brisbane in Brisbane
Literally only a point or two in it!

Well done to the girls for finishing 4th, even with the few hiccups we've had on the way.

The girls need to work on their after the siren set shots.  While Darcy successfully ran the clock down, even a behind could have made the difference between 4th and 5th.  It would have been nice if they had nailed the torp, but a drop punt may have more chance of making the distance.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Weak as piss.

Renshaw....wtf!?!
Head.... great no. 5, not an opener's a-hole.
Marnus....finished (sh#t decision btw).
Green... Can't concentrate for more than about an hour before a mistake.
Connolly...not test standard in anything, another Bailey masterclass in wishful thinking.
Hazelwood...finished.  Toothless bowling and contributes nothing with the bat
The cliff has arrived.

You don’t think that Marnus’s two runouts will save him from the chop Prof? 🙄

We’re stuffed if one of our four bowlers has a bad day.  We desperately need an all rounder who can bowl long spells and take wickets.  A couple of batting all rounders who can bowl to Test batsmen would be handy too.

As for the batting, imagine if we had a couple of batsmen with sound technique and an unwillingness to give their wicket away 🤔
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
As Facebook's the Gherk has pointed out;

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"Deep inside the Yahoo article, after the ominous headline, the Australian Red Cross representative literally says: “We are absolutely not encouraging Australians to run out and start stockpiling food. No panic buying, please.”

My wine delivery from Vinomofo arrived yesterday.  Is it too soon for another order?

And I just postponed my next Who Gives a Crap delivery.  Should I reconsider?

It's a good thing most of our chooks are laying but was I too reckless in giving my sister in law a dozen eggs?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
The “stock up” frenzy seems to have originated with Yahoo, and that’s a blast from the past 🙄

Is it a marketing ploy by the supermarkets?