[WYC] [R] Benin v Australia
mark
Benin 1 tied Australia 1
Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found this
game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because, for the
first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no idea who
any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of Benin until
the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
(Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
right in there. Oh, the shame!)
... I had a whole heap to say about this game, but I've forgotten it
now ... bugger.
Benin came out firing in the first half, with a combination of speed,
strength and sheer class ensuring that they dominated Australia
something shocking. They were, however, never able to finish, and
apart from a rather lucky gol ("c'mon, go in, go in, OH MY GOD IT WENT
IN!" --- probably an exact quote), they actually allowed Australia to
lead in terms of quality chances. See, Benin did well to force their
way through and try to set up some good shots, while Australia
exploited rare mistakes and found themselves in great positions and
then... muffed it.
I read somewhere that FIFA are planning to use this tourny to trial the
proposed "touch that ball and you're a dead man" rule changes, and this
being the opening match it took Benin a couple of cautions to get the
picture. Because nobody wants to see yellow cards flashed all over the
place, here's a tip for all the good it may bring: if you foul
somebody, DON'T TOUCH THE DAMN BALL. Not even in the extraordinarily
common "I was just giving it back to them, Sir, honest I was, I didn't
mean to kick it so hard it crushed his testicles". NO! BAD! Yeah, if
we see it happen again I'll be very miffed to have been ignored. It's
like being Martina Whatsername...
I don't know what Ange Postecoglou said to his kids[0] at half time,
but they came out determined to undo the mistakes of the first half.
Presumably when you're down 1-0 having conceded 57% of possession to a
team you've never heard of, you start to feel pretty determined to make
up for lost time.
Early in the second half, some bloke whose name I've forgotten
(Celeski? Sarkies?) put in a beautiful cross that rebounded off
someone in a goal-box scrum and landed in the back of the net. Whoever
was feeding SBS thought it might've been Tadrosse, FIFA thought it was
Ward, Tony Jones spent the entire match pushing the "own goal" barrow,
and I had my hands over my ears to block out the sound of Dad repeating
"who cares, it's in the back of the bloody net, isn't it?"
1-1, and Australia's confidence took a huge boost. A couple of quick
attacks followed, which the Benin 'keeper (Tardieu?) quickly and
skilfully converted into a seven-course banquet. Given his wonderful
performance in the first half, he was clearly rattled.
...
Well, that's pretty much it. A bit of back-and-forth for the rest of
the game, and maybe another Aussie would care to report, 'cos I don't
remember. Um, Dilevski came on late and headed past a concrete-booted
'keeper into the post, then later put in a cross along the floor for a
certain goal, which Sarkies, uh, missed badly.
Best Aussie player on the pitch, missed chance notwithstanding, would
have to be Sarkies. For Benin I'd nominate Omotoyossi the goalscorer,
though Moussa Traore and Agbessi put in lovely performances too.
But favourite part of the match would be Aussie manager Postecoglou
screaming (after a close shave which was fortunately ruled offside)
"ADAM! FUCKING CONCENTRATE!" For those of us with delicate ears who
wanted to pretend we hadn't heard, Tony Jones offered his words as
"That's a lack of concentration." He needn't have bothered; not only
did we hear it loud and clear, but one could have seen Federici (the
Aussie 'keeper)'s face burning a mile away.
[0] "These young men were all born on or after January first, 1985"
says Tony Jones. Which means I'm no longer eligible to compete for
Australia in a FIFA World Youth Championships. Maybe if I shaved,
I could fool the selectors?
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bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."
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Victoria Barrett
<m.gal...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>(Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
>right in there. Oh, the shame!)
Some people can never let an opportunity go by without a little
side-swipe at the US. And as long as that happens, there will never be
an opportunity I don't respond to it and point that out.
I'm still reading the rest of your long, and what seems interesting
post, but so far Mark, I just wanted to interrupt the proceedings for
this comment.
Perhaps the rest of it will be less biased.
--dani--
> right in there. Oh, the shame!)
Cheap shot...and a BEAUTY!
A.K.A...
P
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--
"I caught a snuffleufagus and smoked a boogaloo spliff"
--dani--
It's a blog: http://innadaze.blogspot.com
mark
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:47:29 +1000, mark
> <m.gal...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
> >(Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
> >right in there. Oh, the shame!)
>
> Some people can never let an opportunity go by without a little
> side-swipe at the US. And as long as that happens, there will never be
> an opportunity I don't respond to it and point that out.
Does it count as a side-swipe if it's coupled with an embarrassing
relevation that I'm just as bad? ;-)
> I'm still reading the rest of your long, and what seems interesting
> post, but so far Mark, I just wanted to interrupt the proceedings for
> this comment.
>
> Perhaps the rest of it will be less biased.
I officiate in Winter and Summer sports. In Summer in particular (when
the rest of y'all have all your fascinating football games), I umpire
softball at least three days a week, and spend the rest of the time
doing some job or other for one of my administrative rôles. All of
this requires me to be unbiased.
So when I'm writing, especially on USENET, it's all bias, all the time,
baby. I think I'd explode if I couldn't be a right smartarse
*somewhere*.
Eh?
Victoria Barrett
<m.gal...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>Does it count as a side-swipe if it's coupled with an embarrassing
>relevation that I'm just as bad? ;-)
tIt would ameliorate the sting, yes.
Funny anecdote: in one of the British football ngs, someone asked if
we could translate a document for them, since it came from Belgium.
To that end, they asked if anyone in the newsgroup spoke Belgian.
Unsurprisingly, I volunteered to translate it. :)
>I officiate in Winter and Summer sports. In Summer in particular (when
>the rest of y'all have all your fascinating football games), I umpire
>softball at least three days a week, and spend the rest of the time
>doing some job or other for one of my administrative rôles. All of
>this requires me to be unbiased.
>
>So when I'm writing, especially on USENET, it's all bias, all the time,
>baby. I think I'd explode if I couldn't be a right smartarse
>*somewhere*.
>
>Eh?
That's okay. You put it out there. Others can reply and even take
offence. That's how it works in life, eh, Mark?
BTW, your strike zone sucks! You're blind. Get a dog!
Kwame
ended. I will be watching most of the African games on tape-delay, so your
review has made me eager to get the tapes.
Shame you'd never heard of Benin :). Can't think of any footballers from
Benin who have made it on the world stage. Now Ghana, OTOH .....;)
Kwame
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Mango
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>
> Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
>
A pretty good assessment of the game. I was a bit disappointed in the end
that we couldn't convert some of the chances into a win, but then we were
probably lucky not to be two down after half an hour. If we can continue to
play like we did in the second half we should have a reasonable tournament.
Also it seems some people here a being a bit precious about some of your
comments. If what you said has earned a spot in someone's killfile, I'm
surprised they ever read more than one post from someone.
Paul C
<vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:03:56 +1000, mark
><m.gal...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>>Does it count as a side-swipe if it's coupled with an embarrassing
>>relevation that I'm just as bad? ;-)
>
>tIt would ameliorate the sting, yes.
>
>Funny anecdote: in one of the British football ngs, someone asked if
>we could translate a document for them, since it came from Belgium.
Totally unrelated, but the Guardian letter page is currently full of
letters concerning the Euro.
Example: Guardian-reader in Post Office behind person asking if they
could use Euros in Cuba.
Unfortunately, the counter assistant didn't know.
Dwight Beers
> Benin 1 tied Australia 1
> Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
>
> Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found this
> game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because, for the
> first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no idea who
> any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of Benin until
> the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
>
> (Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
> right in there. Oh, the shame!)
>
Probably wouldn't be a good idea to come to Portland, Maine if you
decide to repatriate.
First, because you might bump into the likes of MOI, whose knowledge of
African geography is clearly superior to yours--the capital of Benin is
Cotonou, BTW and it lies next door to Togo (capital Lome).
And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia (capital
Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire (capital Abidjan),
or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than coming
from a country which loses football matches to third-world countries.
<snip>
James Allnutt
> mark wrote:
>
>> Benin 1 tied Australia 1
>> Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
>>
>> Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found
>> this game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because,
>> for the first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no
>> idea who any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of
>> Benin until the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
>>
>> (Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
>> right in there. Oh, the shame!)
>>
>
> Probably wouldn't be a good idea to come to Portland, Maine if you
> decide to repatriate.
>
> First, because you might bump into the likes of MOI, whose knowledge of
> African geography is clearly superior to yours--the capital of Benin is
> Cotonou, BTW and it lies next door to Togo (capital Lome).
>
> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia (capital
> Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire (capital Abidjan),
> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
Today's trivia. Which answer of Dwight's is wrong - or at best incomplete.
>
> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than coming
> from a country which loses football matches to third-world countries.
>
>
> <snip>
James
Which third world countries? Turkey? Ireland? Uruguay? Brazil - whoops,
sorry we beat them. Japan? You've got an interesting definition of
"third world".
Heard we might be playing you in a friendly. Who knows, maybe we'll
give you a goal this time. First time for everything, eh Dwighty!
Dwight Beers
> Dwight Beers wrote:
>
>> mark wrote:
>>
>>> Benin 1 tied Australia 1
>>> Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
>>>
>>> Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found
>>> this game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because,
>>> for the first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no
>>> idea who any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of
>>> Benin until the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
>>>
>>> (Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd
>>> fit right in there. Oh, the shame!)
>>>
>>
>> Probably wouldn't be a good idea to come to Portland, Maine if you
>> decide to repatriate.
>>
>> First, because you might bump into the likes of MOI, whose knowledge
>> of African geography is clearly superior to yours--the capital of
>> Benin is Cotonou, BTW and it lies next door to Togo (capital Lome).
>>
>> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
>> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia
>> (capital Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire
>> (capital Abidjan),
>> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
>
>
> Today's trivia. Which answer of Dwight's is wrong - or at best incomplete.
>
Africa, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, etc. use as capital cities, but you'd
just have accused me of showing off.
>>
>> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than
>> coming from a country which loses football matches to third-world
>> countries.
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>
>
>
> James
>
> Which third world countries? Turkey? Ireland? Uruguay? Brazil - whoops,
> sorry we beat them. Japan? You've got an interesting definition of
> "third world".
>
Drawing against the team which was supposed to be the weakest team in
your group will prove (I confidently predict)prove to be as good as a loss.
> Heard we might be playing you in a friendly. Who knows, maybe we'll
> give you a goal this time. First time for everything, eh Dwighty!
If you manage to survive your group, perhaps it will be sooner than you
expect--and perhaps it won't be a "friendly". It will of course, be in
a meaningless competition which no one takes seriously. Oh well!
Kwame
>>> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
>>> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia
>>> (capital Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire
>>> (capital Abidjan),
>>> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
>>
>>
>> Today's trivia. Which answer of Dwight's is wrong - or at best
>> incomplete.
>>
> I could probably have named all of the cities which Nigeria, South
> Africa, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, etc. use as capital cities, but you'd
> just have accused me of showing off.
>
It's still Abj though.
Dwight, I'm impressed, so keep showing off. Maybe the incomplete one is
Mog[a]dishu
K
--
do not follow where the path may lead...go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail
Dwight Beers
> [snip]
>
>>>>And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
>>>>Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia
>>>>(capital Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire
>>>>(capital Abidjan),
>>>>or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
>>>
>>>
>>>Today's trivia. Which answer of Dwight's is wrong - or at best
>>>incomplete.
>>>
>>
>>I could probably have named all of the cities which Nigeria, South
>>Africa, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, etc. use as capital cities, but you'd
>>just have accused me of showing off.
>>
>
> lol, nice one, as I was gonna say, for CI, it would be Yammousoukro (sp.).
> It's still Abj though.
> Dwight, I'm impressed, so keep showing off. Maybe the incomplete one is
> Mog[a]dishu
>
> K
>
would do--put probably I left out Yammousoukro in the first place
because (1)it would really be showing off and (2)I'm pretty sure it
ain't in my spellchecker.
And, just for you Kwame--Ghana (capital Accra)
And, just for you Victoria--(Seychelles):)
Victoria Barrett
wrote:
>I've seen Moqdishu spelt at least 6 or 7 ways,
Like Quadaffi, Kaddafi, Qadaffy (Duck), Quadhafi. As an SNL skit once
put it, "spell it anyway you like!".
> so I figured any version
>would do--put probably I left out Yammousoukro in the first place
>because (1)it would really be showing off and (2)I'm pretty sure it
>ain't in my spellchecker.
>
>And, just for you Kwame--Ghana (capital Accra)
>And, just for you Victoria--(Seychelles):)
Yay. You go, Dwight! Stick it to dem Aussies!
P.S.: My favourite is Nouakchott -- Mauritania. Damn if I didn't spell
that right in the IRC trivia channel, and then proceeded to get all
the medical questions wrong..................
James Allnutt
Nah, I'd just accuse you of being the dull pretentious prat you already
are. I mean, wow, you listed a whole lot of African countries and their
capitals to show us how "smart" you are. Like, there's nowhere on the
internets that would give you the same list for you just to copy off.
>
>>>
>>> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than
>>> coming from a country which loses football matches to third-world
>>> countries.
>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>
>>
Still waiting for that list of third-world countries we've been losing
to - I assume "third-world" to you means "anything I can't see from my
window".
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>> Which third world countries? Turkey? Ireland? Uruguay? Brazil -
>> whoops, sorry we beat them. Japan? You've got an interesting
>> definition of "third world".
>>
> Drawing against the team which was supposed to be the weakest team in
> your group will prove (I confidently predict)prove to be as good as a loss.
>
>
"Losing" is now "drawing". Gee six posts down the line we'll we world
champions - things are looking up.
>> Heard we might be playing you in a friendly. Who knows, maybe we'll
>> give you a goal this time. First time for everything, eh Dwighty!
>
>
> If you manage to survive your group, perhaps it will be sooner than you
> expect--and perhaps it won't be a "friendly". It will of course, be in
> a meaningless competition which no one takes seriously. Oh well!
Still, it would probably be good for you to break your duck against us
in something, then you'd have something to brag about "We beat you in a
youth match" - that would just put us in our place.
James
James Allnutt
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:45:56 -0400, Dwight Beers <HDB...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I've seen Moqdishu spelt at least 6 or 7 ways,
>
>
> Like Quadaffi, Kaddafi, Qadaffy (Duck), Quadhafi. As an SNL skit once
> put it, "spell it anyway you like!".
>
>
>>so I figured any version
>>would do--put probably I left out Yammousoukro in the first place
>>because (1)it would really be showing off and (2)I'm pretty sure it
>>ain't in my spellchecker.
>>
>>And, just for you Kwame--Ghana (capital Accra)
>>And, just for you Victoria--(Seychelles):)
>
>
> Yay. You go, Dwight! Stick it to dem Aussies!
Copying country names off the internets, making claims you back down
from immediately. If that's "sticking it" to Australia I'd hate to see
what you'd need to do to lose an argument. Try to type and sever your
own fingers perhaps?
James
What are these damp lettuce marks doing?
ruud
<Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>Nah, I'd just accuse you of being the dull pretentious prat you already
>are. I mean, wow, you listed a whole lot of African countries and their
>capitals to show us how "smart" you are. Like, there's nowhere on the
>internets that would give you the same list for you just to copy off.
Give him a break. Most universities in the US would award a PhD for
that sort of research (cutting & pasting from the CIA world book).
Jim Goloboy
>Give him a break. Most universities in the US would award a PhD for
>that sort of research (cutting & pasting from the CIA world book).
You're just telling me that now? WTF have I been doing the last five
years?????
James Allnutt
Watching the Simpsons and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
Personally I'd worry if I were you, the "UC" at the end of your
university name looks disturbingly like "University of Canberra", and
that can't be good.
James
boumtje
Mango wrote:
> Also it seems some people here a being a bit precious about some of your
> comments. If what you said has earned a spot in someone's killfile, I'm
> surprised they ever read more than one post from someone.
exactly what i was thinking...crybabies
dani...aren't you dani sdao from RMHH? would expect you to be a little
tougher than that, man
anyway, it was a fair remark from mark...the topic recently came up in
RMHH and i posted this (from a 2002 survey):
Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:
87 percent cannot find Iraq
83 percent cannot find Afghanistan
76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia
70 percent cannot find New Jersey
49 percent cannot find New York
11 percent cannot find the United States
mr.tim
www.rmhh.com
Victoria Barrett
>Mango wrote:
>
>> Also it seems some people here a being a bit precious about some of your
>> comments. If what you said has earned a spot in someone's killfile, I'm
>> surprised they ever read more than one post from someone.
>
>exactly what i was thinking...crybabies
He's Canadian, you mindless troll.
And stop trying to escape my killfile by changing nicks and emails.
Victoria Barrett
<Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>Watching the Simpsons and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
>
>Personally I'd worry if I were you, the "UC" at the end of your
>university name looks disturbingly like "University of Canberra", and
>that can't be good.
Fortunately for him, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is.
Go on, James. Ask him about those Nobel Prize winners who use the same
loo as he. I'm sure he has a few stories he can tell you, boy oh boy!
James Allnutt
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:53:44 +1000, James Allnutt
> <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Watching the Simpsons and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
>>
>>Personally I'd worry if I were you, the "UC" at the end of your
>>university name looks disturbingly like "University of Canberra", and
>>that can't be good.
>
>
> Fortunately for him, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is.
>
"Urbana-Champaign" - Cheap hock (L) ?
> Go on, James. Ask him about those Nobel Prize winners who use the same
> loo as he. I'm sure he has a few stories he can tell you, boy oh boy!
You'll be horrified to know, but there are Nobel Prize winners out here
in the provinces as well, some where I went to university. Bizarro
world isn't it, some of us Aussies walk upright and all.
James
boumtje
Dwight Beers wrote:
> mark wrote:
> > Benin 1 tied Australia 1
> > Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
> >
> > Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found this
> > game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because, for the
> > first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no idea who
> > any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of Benin until
> > the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
> >
> > (Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
> > right in there. Oh, the shame!)
> >
>
> Probably wouldn't be a good idea to come to Portland, Maine if you
> decide to repatriate.
>
> First, because you might bump into the likes of MOI, whose knowledge of
> African geography is clearly superior to yours--the capital of Benin is
> Cotonou, BTW and it lies next door to Togo (capital Lome).
look who owns an atlas...but benin actually has 2 capitals, porto novo
being the other
> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia (capital
> Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire (capital Abidjan),
> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
so there is one somalian, one eritrean, one ethiopian, one sudanese,
one ivory coaster(?) and one djiboutan(?) in portland? very
multicultural city you've got there
or when you said he'd be just as likely to run into a person of those
nationalities as he would be to run into you, were you confused?
> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than coming
> from a country which loses football matches to third-world countries.
a) didn't lose
b) it was a youth match
c) brazil, argentina, south korea, cameroon and south africa are all
3rd world countries
the original poster made a joke...your post is just stupid
mr.tim
www.rmhh.com
boumtje
Victoria Barrett wrote:
> On 12 Jun 2005 17:02:44 -0700, "boumtje" <bou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Mango wrote:
> >
> >> Also it seems some people here a being a bit precious about some of your
> >> comments. If what you said has earned a spot in someone's killfile, I'm
> >> surprised they ever read more than one post from someone.
> >
> >exactly what i was thinking...crybabies
>
> He's Canadian, you mindless troll.
what are you talking about, you silly cow?
who's canadian and what's that got to do with anything?
> And stop trying to escape my killfile by changing nicks and emails.
you're confusing me with someone else...i've had the same nick for
about 5 years, same email since gmail began
and i doubt you ever had any reason to killfile me...i am not a troll
and never have been...unless you just killfile anyone that disagrees
with you...that wouldn't surprise me actually
mr.tim
www.rmhh.com
Jim Goloboy
<Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>Jim Goloboy wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:55:32 GMT, ruud <no_e...@hotmail.scum> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Give him a break. Most universities in the US would award a PhD for
>>>that sort of research (cutting & pasting from the CIA world book).
>>
>>
>> You're just telling me that now? WTF have I been doing the last five
>> years?????
>
>Watching the Simpsons
Actually, at this very moment I am watching the Simpsons for the first
time in like a year. And it's actually funny!
>and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
I think I've caught every episode at least twice by now, so it's just
a matter of matching appropriate quotes to RSS posts and I'll never
have to think of anything original again. And apparently I can get a
PhD for this too!!!
Richard
<42acca85$0$2440$5a62...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
James Allnutt <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
> Watching the Simpsons and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
pity he can't watch good, educational aussie tv like the glass house, eh?
-richard
James Allnutt
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:53:44 +1000, James Allnutt
> <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>Jim Goloboy wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:55:32 GMT, ruud <no_e...@hotmail.scum> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Give him a break. Most universities in the US would award a PhD for
>>>>that sort of research (cutting & pasting from the CIA world book).
>>>
>>>
>>>You're just telling me that now? WTF have I been doing the last five
>>>years?????
>>
>>Watching the Simpsons
>
>
> Actually, at this very moment I am watching the Simpsons for the first
> time in like a year. And it's actually funny!
>
>
You doubted?
>>and Futurama? Or not enough thereof apparently.
>
>
> I think I've caught every episode at least twice by now, so it's just
> a matter of matching appropriate quotes to RSS posts and I'll never
> have to think of anything original again.
Works for me.
And apparently I can get a
> PhD for this too!!!
>
Surely that's true everywhere these days.
Anyhoo, apparently I'm meant to ask you about the Nobel Prize winners
you know. R they hot? Do U have pictures?
I believe one of them discovered the letter 'Q'. Is there a monument to
this great feat in your toilet block (according to VB that's where you
meet them - I'm not really sure what she is trying to say about you).
James
James Allnutt
Just the one with Alanna Burns. That's all you'll ever need.
"LOCK ALL THE DOORS"
James
Jim Goloboy
<Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>Jim Goloboy wrote:
>
>Anyhoo, apparently I'm meant to ask you about the Nobel Prize winners
>you know. R they hot? Do U have pictures?
Of course they r hot. I have free pix 4u but send me your credit card
# if you want the nude ones.
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/gifs/lauterb.jpg
>I believe one of them discovered the letter 'Q'. Is there a monument to
>this great feat in your toilet block (according to VB that's where you
>meet them - I'm not really sure what she is trying to say about you).
I really haven't looked for the plaque, when we meet there we are
pretty focused on the anal sex.
Richard
<42acdc0a$0$2470$5a62...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
James Allnutt <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
> Just the one with Alanna Burns. That's all you'll ever need.
>
> "LOCK ALL THE DOORS"
are you referring to the olympic gold medalist who had her medal stolen?
i thought she was called lauren?...
anyway, that show is top, especially hughesy.
-richard
James Allnutt
> In article
> <42acdc0a$0$2470$5a62...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
> James Allnutt <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>Just the one with Alanna Burns. That's all you'll ever need.
>>
>>"LOCK ALL THE DOORS"
>
>
> i thought she was called lauren?...
Yeah, probs - Ronnie Burns' daughter
> are you referring to the olympic gold medalist who had her medal stolen?
She had her medal stolen too? Oh my lawd.
mark
[Jim Goloboy]
> Personally I'd worry if I were you, the "UC" at the end of your
> university name looks disturbingly like "University of Canberra", and
> that can't be good.
Ahem? ANU student were we?
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James Allnutt
> It's the end of the world as we know it, and James Allnutt feels...
> [Jim Goloboy]
>
>>Personally I'd worry if I were you, the "UC" at the end of your
>>university name looks disturbingly like "University of Canberra", and
>>that can't be good.
>
>
> Ahem? ANU student were we?
>
>
James
jord...@gmail.com
Kwame ha escrito:
> [snip]
> >>> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
> >>> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia
> >>> (capital Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire
> >>> (capital Abidjan),
> >>> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
> >>
> >>
> >> Today's trivia. Which answer of Dwight's is wrong - or at best
> >> incomplete.
> >>
> > I could probably have named all of the cities which Nigeria, South
> > Africa, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, etc. use as capital cities, but you'd
> > just have accused me of showing off.
> >
> lol, nice one, as I was gonna say, for CI, it would be Yammousoukro (sp.).
> It's still Abj though.
> Dwight, I'm impressed, so keep showing off. Maybe the incomplete one is
> Mog[a]dishu
>
Also the capital of Benin is Porto Novo. Cotonou is the major city and
economic center, but not the capital.
Bit like Abuja and Lagos in Nigeria.
So there are two errors in that post :)
J.
James Allnutt
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:07:42 +1000, James Allnutt
> <Ja...@webgopulltheotherone.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>Jim Goloboy wrote:
>>
>>Anyhoo, apparently I'm meant to ask you about the Nobel Prize winners
>>you know. R they hot? Do U have pictures?
>
>
> Of course they r hot. I have free pix 4u but send me your credit card
> # if you want the nude ones.
>
> http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/gifs/lauterb.jpg
I've heard you shouldn't do that - you might catch a virus.
>
>
>>I believe one of them discovered the letter 'Q'. Is there a monument to
>>this great feat in your toilet block (according to VB that's where you
>>meet them - I'm not really sure what she is trying to say about you).
>
>
> I really haven't looked for the plaque, when we meet there we are
> pretty focused on the anal sex.
>
>
>
See ... previous ... comment.
James
Dwight Beers
>
>
> Dwight Beers wrote:
>> mark wrote:
>> > Benin 1 tied Australia 1
>> > Omotoyossi 31' Ward 52' (IIRC)
>> >
>> > Maybe it was the Aus/NZ friendly first up that did it, but I found
>> this
>> > game Really Bloody Exciting(TM). This was doubly odd because, for the
>> > first time in years, I was watching a match in which I had no idea who
>> > any of the players were. In fact, I'd never even heard of Benin until
>> > the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
>> >
>> > (Never heard of a country? I should probably move to the USA, I'd fit
>> > right in there. Oh, the shame!)
>> >
>>
>> Probably wouldn't be a good idea to come to Portland, Maine if you
>> decide to repatriate.
>>
>> First, because you might bump into the likes of MOI, whose knowledge of
>> African geography is clearly superior to yours--the capital of Benin is
>> Cotonou, BTW and it lies next door to Togo (capital Lome).
>
> look who owns an atlas...but benin actually has 2 capitals, porto novo
> being the other
>
Although I do have a number of African maps available to me, I did in fact
do the above from memory. My memory, may not be what it used to be, and I
probably don't remember every African city that has been suggested or used
as some kind of capital city over the past 40 years or so, but I could
certainly still name all of the countries of Africa.
In my Washington years, as I was kind of a semi-Africanist(at least I
worked among them )I could probably have named all of African heads of
states as well.
But, today, I suspect most of the Americans on this newsgroup could do as
well as I in any kind of African geography quiz. After all, we have in
common in this group that we follow the world's most popular sport and
African countries do turn up in the news quite frequently in that sport.
>> And, second, you would be just as likely to bump into someone from
>> Somalia (capital Mogidishu), Eritrea (capital Asmara), Ethiopia (capital
>> Addis Ababa), Sudan (capital Khartoum), Cote d'Ivoire (capital Abidjan),
>> or of course Djibouti (capital Djibouti).
>
> so there is one somalian, one eritrean, one ethiopian, one sudanese,
> one ivory coaster(?) and one djiboutan(?) in portland? very
> multicultural city you've got there
>
No in fact, there are quite large communities of Somali's(probably even
more than their more famous brethren up in Lewiston, Maine), Sudanese,
Ethiopian, etc. I threw in Cote d'Ivoire because I happened to work with
an Ivoirien a couple of years back.
> or when you said he'd be just as likely to run into a person of those
> nationalities as he would be to run into you, were you confused?
>
You'd have to be wearing a blindfold if you walked down Congress Street in
downtown Portland without spotting at least one of the afore mentioned
African groups.
>> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than coming
>> from a country which loses football matches to third-world countries.
>
> a) didn't lose
If your guys now manage to beat Japan and the Netherlands, and our guys
manage to lose to Egypt--have at me.
> b) it was a youth match
IIRC, Richard Nixon was president of the United States, when last I saw an
Australian team (nice Norwich Canary style kits, BTW)in that there World
Cup thingy.:)
> c) brazil, argentina, south korea, cameroon and south africa are all
> 3rd world countries
>
Cameroon(with it's two capitals) is usually considered a third-world
country(economically, etc.), as is, South Africa(with it's THREE
capitals). Although, of course, they would not be thought of as such in
football terms.
> the original poster made a joke...your post is just stupid
>
My post too was written at least half in jest.:)
But, your responses to my "stupid" post, were highly instructional,
informative and enlightening, so together, we have made a small
contribution to our little world's better understanding of and knowledge
of the African continent. Now, if I could only find that there other
"continent" that these Australians keep yakking about. I can't seem to
find it on any of my little atlases. What's it near?:)
> mr.tim
> www.rmhh.com
>
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mark
I'd head over there and thump you, but I slipped in the drool and now I
can't get up.
Victoria Barrett
wrote:
>My post too was written at least half in jest.:)
And anyone not seeing that is taking you too seriously Dwight.
This is always a mistake. :)
>But, your responses to my "stupid" post, were highly instructional,
>informative and enlightening, so together, we have made a small
>contribution to our little world's better understanding of and knowledge
>of the African continent.
Aww. That's much nicer than my reaction would've been.
> Now, if I could only find that there other
>"continent" that these Australians keep yakking about. I can't seem to
>find it on any of my little atlases. What's it near?:)
Atlantis.
boumtje
Dwight Beers wrote:
> Although I do have a number of African maps available to me, I did in fact
> do the above from memory. My memory, may not be what it used to be, and I
> probably don't remember every African city that has been suggested or used
> as some kind of capital city over the past 40 years or so, but I could
> certainly still name all of the countries of Africa.
First, thanks for the civil response.
Your knowledge of African geography is much better than mine. I
actually had to look up the capital of Benin. I couldn't remember it,
but I felt sure it wasn't Cotonou. Didn't realise there were two
capitals.
> In my Washington years, as I was kind of a semi-Africanist(at least I
> worked among them )I could probably have named all of African heads of
> states as well.
I can't name five.
> But, today, I suspect most of the Americans on this newsgroup could do as
> well as I in any kind of African geography quiz. After all, we have in
> common in this group that we follow the world's most popular sport and
> African countries do turn up in the news quite frequently in that sport.
Maybe so, but generally Americans aren't known for their knowledge of
world geography. That's why the original poster made his little joke. I
got involved in the thread because I thought the people that took
exception to his comment were being overly sensitive. And I was
hungover and feeling grouchy. And that Barrett person annoys me.
> No in fact, there are quite large communities of Somali's(probably even
> more than their more famous brethren up in Lewiston, Maine), Sudanese,
> Ethiopian, etc. I threw in Cote d'Ivoire because I happened to work with
> an Ivoirien a couple of years back.
There's also a very large African presence where I live (Noble Park in
Melbourne). Mostly Sudanese.
> >> All of which could prove to be even more embarassing to you than coming
> >> from a country which loses football matches to third-world countries.
> >
> > a) didn't lose
>
> If your guys now manage to beat Japan and the Netherlands, and our guys
> manage to lose to Egypt--have at me.
That still won't turn the first match into a loss, which is all I
meant.
> > b) it was a youth match
>
> IIRC, Richard Nixon was president of the United States, when last I saw an
> Australian team (nice Norwich Canary style kits, BTW)in that there World
> Cup thingy.:)
Well, this could be a whole new thread but I think it's been discussed
before. If we could qualify for the WCF by finishing in the top three
of a group consisting of Australia, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad &
Tobago, Mexico and Guatemala, then I think we'd be there.
> My post too was written at least half in jest.:)
After a second reading, I can see that.
> But, your responses to my "stupid" post, were highly instructional,
> informative and enlightening, so together, we have made a small
> contribution to our little world's better understanding of and knowledge
> of the African continent.
Not sure how much of that is sarcasm, but yeah...
> Now, if I could only find that there other
> "continent" that these Australians keep yakking about. I can't seem to
> find it on any of my little atlases. What's it near?:)
Noumea
mr.tim
ruud
<m.gal...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>IIn fact, I'd never even heard of Benin until
>the SBS commentators starting talking up the game.
Saturday, 1:40pm on ABC...
Mosaic: Eyes on the world: Benin - The coast of slaves
mark
some kind of mutiny of preverts to say...
There, I *knew* refereeing was stunting my intellectual growth.
Damnit, I want my Saturdays back...
Paul C
Nobel Prizes are two-a-penny. Even the secondary school I teach in has
produced two (although admittedly they had left school by the time
they received the awards).
Victoria Barrett
wrote:
>Nobel Prizes are two-a-penny. Even the secondary school I teach in has
>produced two (although admittedly they had left school by the time
>they received the awards).
Magdalen was a hot-bed for Nobel Prizes too. But not very many
recently. :-/
Hey, it seems lots of people on RSS have a Nobel Prize connexion.
Maybe we should open an RSS sperm bank, since greatness certainly
rubbed off? :)