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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by PaulP -
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/pauline-hansons-comments-about-domestic-violence-are-more-than-vile-they-are-dangerous-for-women-ntwnfb

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/pauline-hanson-said-domestic-violence-prevented-police-from-dealing-with-real-in-2025-podcast-ntwnfb


What am I not getting about this woman ? I've been racking my brain for months, trying to understand the mass appeal of someone so intellectually, ethically and linguistically bankrupt, and I'm at a loss. Whilst her lack of empathy and understanding of the issue of DV is perfectly consistent with her lack of empathy and understanding on most topics, this, for reasons I cannot really articulate, just feels like a new low.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2026
Last post by crashlander -
The girls play Williamstown at home on Saturday at 14:00.
Willi are 2nd, while we're presently 5th.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Season 2026
Last post by DJC -
Maddy Guerin will miss the season after rupturing her ACL at training.  That's terrible luck for the young lass and a blow to the team's chances.

Let's hope her surgery goes well and her rehab is quick and effective.

In better news, we had a narrow win over Essendon in a pre-season match sim despite not having Poppy Scholz, Sophie McKay, Claudia Whitfort, Amelia Velardo and Guerin. 

 
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The New Joke Thread
Last post by DJC -
The "new" joke thread hasn't seen much action ... and there are some barely remembered names; I wonder what happened to Gozza  :-\

Anyway, I'm at our local rural store buying a bag of dog food for my dogs. A woman standing behind me in the queue for the cash register asked if I had a dog. 

Why else would I be buying dog food?  ::)

On impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, but I was starting the Dog Food Diet again.  I said that I probably shouldn't go on it again because last time, although I'd lost 5kg, I woke up in intensive care with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and all you do is load your pockets with handfuls of dry dog kibble and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again.  By this stage, practically everyone in store was listening to my story.

The woman was horrified, and she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her "No, I stepped off the footpath to sniff a cocker spaniel's arse and a Toorak tractor hit me."


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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
I reckon there were three inevitabilities at the World Cup Final; the booing, the malignant narcissist photo bombing Spain's team photo, and Spain editing him out of the photo  ;D