NZ v Australia Test #2
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All is right in the cricket world. We get to celebrate a crushing series win, and you guys get to call our players fluffybunnys.<br><br>
This is the natural order of things.</p></blockquote>
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Annoyingly accurate... You've got the cricket, we've got the rugby, when no doubt you'll call us cheaters after being done... -
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<p>Annoyingly accurate... You've got the cricket, we've got the rugby, when no doubt you'll call us cheaters after being done...</p>
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<p>......and your country is a desert full of racist rednecks and your beer is shit too.</p> -
<p>Bit disappointed with Hazelwood today, I know he pissed at 3rd umpire, but gotta be a bit careful. And I kind of like him didn't think he would be the one to have a go at 3rd umpire.</p>
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<p>Anyway I will say what I have said so many times now, are the Aussies still saying the Indians are crazy because they won't use 3rd umpires?? Apparently they take out wrong decisions, so.....</p> -
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<p>Aw fuck here we go - the faux-Scot talking about beer again.</p>
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<p>Scots, Aussies, good beer. How are these related in any way at all?</p> -
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<p>Aw fuck here we go - the faux-Scot talking about beer again.</p>
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<p>I'm glad you asked. You tried Panhead yet ? the brewery in in Upper Hutt but don't let that fool you, the APA in particular is delicious.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TeWaio" data-cid="560339" data-time="1456222325"><p>Got 'im! Yeeesssss!</p></blockquote>
He's forgetting how many kiwis live here. <br><br>
Did I say "live"? I meant "bitch non-stop about how much better everything is back home, bro!"<br><br>
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<p>Terrible Aussie beer is deliberate - we own most of the major Aussie breweries...</p>
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<p>Nah, they're owned by the old manufacturer of these things now...</p>
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<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/kD1VRqm.jpg" alt="kD1VRqm.jpg"></p>
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<p>But I doubt they talk about it much around the Tooheys taps in RSL clubs these days... time moves on.</p> -
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Yep. None of us have EVER lost our temper in the heat of the moment, after all.</p></blockquote>
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Seriously Nick. Stop finding excuses for your team acting like pork chops. If the Captain leads them like a 12yo the rest will follow. You should be embarrassed. -
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Yeah, that's it, focus on the stump mic being off/on. Swearing at an official who has made the right decision is clearly a secondary issue. Fluffybunnies.</p></blockquote>
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Abso fucking lutely. We should be able to swear at the officials with impunity... -
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All is right in the cricket world. We get to celebrate a crushing series win, and you guys get to call our players fluffybunnys.<br><br>
This is the natural order of things.</p></blockquote>
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True.<br><br>
But you know you're fluffybunnies. And I'm sure you're proud -
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<p>Yep. None of us have EVER lost our temper in the heat of the moment, after all.</p>
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<p>Seriously Nick. Stop finding excuses for your team acting like pork chops. If the Captain leads them like a 12yo the rest will follow. You should be embarrassed.</p>
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<p>There are implications to this behaviour </p>
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<p>Kids copy this shit and volunteer coaches and community leaders have to waste precious time explaining why it's detrimental to everyone's fun and a waste of time, let alone only the preserve of the best players - no good sledging and carrying on if you're shit, no one notices.</p>
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<p>We love rugby because of the respect it breeds for opposition, refs and having things not go your own way.</p>
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<p><strong>It's not too much for any cricketers on TV to pull their fucking heads in especially with respect to umpires</strong></p>
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<p>For all his success Smith still hasn't quite worked out "hard but <strong>fair" </strong>(suspect he's got winning and whining mixed up too)</p>
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<p>And yes Australia are the best team in the world at playing cricket <span style="font-size:10px;">and having others not respect them</span></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="560345" data-time="1456225770"><p>Seriously Nick. Stop finding excuses for your team acting like pork chops. If the Captain leads them like a 12yo the rest will follow. You should be embarrassed.</p></blockquote>
Why? They play cricket, they don't represent me personally.<br><br>
The behavior by Hazlewood is unacceptable. I'm sure the authorities will take appropriate action.<br><br>
But a lot of you are acting like a pack of high-horse fluffybunnies who never did anything wrong in their lives. <br><br>
Unless you think the actions of Saint Gentleman Sir McCullum somehow give you a free pass to sit in an ivory tower somewhere, of course. I mean, when you're not sitting in the ebony tower that is TSF. -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="560346" data-time="1456225930"><p>Abso fucking lutely. We should be able to swear at the officials with impunity...</p></blockquote>
<br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="560347" data-time="1456226053"><p>Mra Hazelwood must be proud of her little boy ...</p></blockquote>
<br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="560348" data-time="1456226141"><p>True.<br><br>
But you know you're fluffybunnys. And I'm sure you're proud</p></blockquote>
<br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="560349" data-time="1456226351"><p>Aaahhh ... vented.<br><br>
Happy now knowing thd Aus crucket team ARE fluffybunnys. And we'd have won if the universe loved the good guys...</p></blockquote>
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You've lived here a while now, so the questions are:<br><br>
How often do you need to replace the chip? Can you source it locally in QLD, or do you need to fly it in especially from NZ? Like does it need to be genuine, home grown kauri or what?<br><br><br>
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Unless you think the actions of Saint Gentleman Sir McCullum somehow give you a free pass to sit in an ivory tower somewhere, of course. I mean, when you're not sitting in the ebony tower that is TSF.</p>
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<p>I think the Aussies maybe are a bit miffed re the whole Baz Sainthood thing. And I can very empathise to a degree. Michael Clarke retired this year with an utterly fucked back (IE one that won't let him spend the next 4 years playing 365 day a year T20 the world over & leaping about like a salmon), and a world cup, 30 odd test tons, a 50+ test average etc. And the reaction globally was sort of "go on, fuck off, what have you ever done?". Steve Smith is stood there in the slips with 14(?) test tons & a world cup, aged 16, watching Baz nick it over slips. Again. And he's thinking "really? are we really doing this?"</p>
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<p>It's a bit like if the ABs toured England & Chris Robshaw was getting hailed as the finest player of his generation, you can imagine a few of them going "I'm not quite sure about this... but I'll sort of smile & nod & only show a glimpse of what I really think when emotion makes the mask slip." </p>
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<p>I also think a bit of the pom reaction has a LOT to do with how NZ played really fun, entertaining, non asholish cricket. And lost. So by going overboard about it they can have a dig at the Aussies. Who are utter fluffybunnies on the park... but still... 4-0 this summer is 4-0. </p>
