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  • BonesB Online
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    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @marty said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

    Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

    Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

    I'll take this seriously when I see the armbands being rolled out

    justiceforshithaircuts

    I mean, if you need a mascot for the group. Hi.

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  • boobooB Online
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    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

    yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

    Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

    Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

    I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

    no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

    It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

    You're clearly ageist.

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    @booboo said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

    yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

    Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

    Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

    I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

    no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

    It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

    You're clearly ageist.

    Sorry: 'your'.

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  • SnowyS Offline
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    Dale got all shirty when Wags was hitting him all over the place too. Came up with a terrible "sledge" about batting with the team captain (Kane was at the other end). A "be responsible" type thing. He might as well have said "would you stop that" as Wags knocked it out of the park again.

    It is very amusing to those with a sense of humour to watch those without one.

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    It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

    Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

    Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

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    @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

    Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

    Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

    i bet you are fun at parties

    you know, if you ever got invited to any

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    Steyn must have been so easy to sledge during his Proteas days. Wonder if he has many like minded team mates.... would help to explain South Africa's many Cricket World Cup semi final disasters.

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    @donsteppa said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Steyn must have been so easy to sledge during his Proteas days. Wonder if he has many like minded team mates.... would help to explain South Africa's many Cricket World Cup semi final disasters.

    Well, to be fair if Steve Waugh told me I’d dropped the World Cup I’m not sure I’d ever get over that.

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    I preferred his "shut up mister ugly moustache" response. Pure gold.

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  • RapidoR Offline
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    @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

    Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

    Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

    Subconcious?

    The test of Warner / de Kock blow up.

    I believe the Aussie close in fielders spent the entire innings of Markram harping on about his un-ironed shirt (whites).

    According to Mike Haysman in Crossing The Line documentary on youtube.

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  • barbarianB Online
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    @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

    Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

    Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

    i bet you are fun at parties

    I've got no time for people who make statements mocking someones race, gender, social life or sexuality.

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  • nzzpN Online
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    @barbarian that's some seriously funny shit, well done

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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    Really find this thread offensive. Not funny at all.

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  • BonesB Online
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    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Not funny at all.

    Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

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    @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Not funny at all.

    Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

    I'm thinking whoooosh

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  • BonesB Online
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    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Not funny at all.

    Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

    I'm thinking whoooosh

    Sounds fast.

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  • Chris B.C Offline
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    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

    Not funny at all.

    Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

    I'm thinking whoooosh

    It's hard to tell who is doing irony - except for Markram.

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