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"BALL UP!" - Val's 2018 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*
Thanks I have removed my head from the bowl at last and am feeling much better.Graphic eh.🤑Suzy thanks for the cakes ,coincidentally when I was out for my birthday in December my friends brought alone an almost identical
plate of insect cupcakes .I keep stick insects,Eurycantha calcarata and sipyloideas if you want to have a look at my beasties.
You poor thing! ;o<I'll pass on the Stick Insects, thanks! My Brother used to have a huge Tank of them in his Bedroom and they were always such flippin' experts at escaping from it.
I'm sure that there are probably some of them still breeding and living out their lives underneath the Floorboards 30 years on ... just biding their time to come out one day and hang upside down off my Bed Headboard! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "A quote from a webpage on Aussie Slang and Phrases ..."My mum uses the expression "wet as Shags" as in: "we got caught in the rain and were wet as Shags when we got in!" (Shags are, apparently, C..."
Ah I see, thanks Val/Suzy.
Can't say the Giants v Dockers game was very inspiring...okay GWS won, but a relatively low scoring game for them. Hope they improve their accuracy soon...16 behinds ain't gonna cut it, if they wanna stay in the top 4.Listened to the Roos game...I thought they'd do well, but blimey, they made short work of those poor Blues!
TheFoe wrote: "Listened to some of the Crows v Magpies game yesterday. The rain absolutely bucketed it down, the commentary went like this, "The rain's lashing down, of course no umbrellas as they're not allowed,..."Yeah I heard the commentators use that term, did raise a chuckle from me! Another word they use whenever one team is trouncing the other..is shellacking. Whilst I have heard it used before, it's not a common word in my art of Wales. Nice word though!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "You poor thing! ;o<I'll pass on the Stick Insects, thanks! My Brother used to have a huge Tank of them in his Bedroom and they were always such flippin' experts at escaping from it.
I'm sure th..."
One of our libraries had stick insects, though we were never sure if they were at home or not. What do they eat, Anita?
theDuke wrote: "Yeah I heard the commentators use that term, did raise a chuckle from me! Another word they use whenever one team is trouncing the other..is shellacking. Whilst I have heard it used before, it's not a common word in my art of Wales. Nice word though!'..."It's funny how we get so used to slang expressions, we don't always think of where or how they came into being. I wouldn't have been surprised to find that "shellacking" was an Aussie idiom, but it turns out to be North American. Which is why there is no entry for it in my fabulous two volume set The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins - 2 Volumes A-L and M-Z. My son gave it to me for Christmas in 2016 and it's the sort of tome(s) you can easily get lost in. It makes for hilarious (although scholarly) reading. There's two A4 pages worth of "pommy"variants (e.g. as dry as a pommy's bath towel), similarly 'roo, root, etc. There's a lot of words I had never encountered before coming to Australia. e.g. lair (larrikin), spruik (advertise in a loud, haranguing manner), the ubiquitous use of rapt as in "I'm rapt the way my team are playing this season". Don't get me going or I could be here all day.
Lez wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "One of our libraries had stick insects, though we were never sure if they were at home or not. What do they eat, Anita?"My Brother's collection lived off Privet leaves which was quite handy as every Garden around my M&D's has got a large Privet Hedge or Bush in it.
He acquired his, without my Mum's permission or knowledge at first, from a Woman who lived a few roads away from us and who bred them in their thousands! She made my Brother come back every other day over three weeks before she agreed to sell him some - and my poor Mum freaked out and went completely nuts when she went into his Room and came face-to-face with them!
Today's results:Essendon Bombers (Val) v Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly)
5.2.32 (Q1) 2.2.14
9.4.58 (Q2) 4.7.31
12.7.79 (Q3) 8.8.56
16.10.106 (Q4) 12.12.84
Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
3.5.23 (Q1) 5.5.35
7.5.47 (Q2) 5.9.39
11.7.73 (Q3) 5.11.41
18.7.115 (Q4) 6.12.48
Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
4.3.27 (Q1) 1.4.10
8.6.54 (Q2) 3.7.25
13.8.86 (Q3) 5.8.38
15.13.103 (Q4) 7.14.56
Three fairly convincing winners today. All games were competitive up to a point. Hawthorn suffered a couple of crucial injuries (Cyril Rioli and Paul Puopolo) so could be a question mark next week. Duke will be happy to see his Giants at the top of the ladder. And the annual ANZAC Day clash between Collingwood and Essendon is shaping up for a real battle now.
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:Round 4 (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)
Anita on 7 (77)
SussexWelsh on 7 (87)
Lez on 7 (91)
Deano on 7 (94)
Duke on 7 (103)
Philip on 7 (113)
RedJohn on 7 (113)
Tech on 6 (71)
Blastro on 6 (75)
Val on 6 (83)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 6 (88)
Foe on 5 (69)
David on 5 (70)
Suzy on 3 (35)
Grizzly on 2 (63)
Charity donations are:
Sussex (Save The Bilby Fund) - $6.00 (highest score - Eagles 139)
Suzy (Even Keel) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Anita (The Mirabel Foundation) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
SussexWelsh on 26 (136)
Tech on 24 (112)
Lez on 24 (134)
Duke on 24 (167)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 23 (141)
Val on 23 (154)
Blastro on 21 (97)
Anita on 21 (145)
Philip on 20 (259)
David on 19 (126)
Foe on 19 (167)
RedJohn on 18 (259)
Deano on 16 (235)
Grizzly on 15 (171)
Suzy on 14 (166)
Well done Anita! Sussex is maintaining his consistent results - and he'll be very pleased with how his Eagles are travelling. A special shout-out to Deano - 7 may be your highest score ever! Nice tipping!
‘Rapt’ was the first Aussie word I noticed when Neighbours arrived here, used in the sense of fancying someone. Then there was ‘olds’ (parents), chooks and lounge-room. ‘Stoked’ seems to have replaced ‘rapt’ now, at least in (guilty pleasure) Masterchef Australia.
If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladderNext week's fixtures are:
Friday, April 20
Sydney Swans v Adelaide Crows (in Sydney)
Saturday, April 21
St Kilda Saints v GWS Giants (in Melbourne)
Carlton Blues v West Coast Eagles (in Melbourne)
Port Power v Geelong Cats (in Adelaide)
Fremantle Dockers v Western Bulldogs (in Perth)
Sunday, April 22
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns (in Brisbane)
Tuesday, April 24
Melbourne Demons v Richmond Tigers (in Melbourne)
Wednesday, April 25
Collingwood Magpies v Essendon Bombers (in Melbourne)
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight THURSDAY April 19 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.45am FRIDAY April 20 (your time) if absolutely necessary.
Val wrote: "Sussex is maintaining his consistent results - and he'll be very pleased with how his Eagles are travelling."Very pleased indeed, Val but previous experience tells me that the Eagles don't tend to capitalise on good starts to a season.
SussexWelsh wrote: "Very pleased indeed, Val but previous experience tells me that the Eagles ..."Mark Le Cras may face the Tribunal this week for an infringement but as long as Nic Nat stays fit, you're looking good. having Josh Kennedy back was just icing on the cake this week.
Congratulations to Sussex, suzy and Anita :)
On the bright side, I can't get much worse, can I?
Has anybody ever managed to fail to predict a single result?
On the bright side, I can't get much worse, can I?
Has anybody ever managed to fail to predict a single result?
Oh yes, Suzy has definitely scored a big fat zero - so rare she got a pay-out for her charity because of it.
Lez,my guys eat bramble .When I first had sticks I had the normal ones and they eat privet which is a lot easier than hunting for bramble in the winter.SWANS by 27
Giants
Eagles
Power
Bulldogs
Hawks
Suns
Tigers
Magpies
acht aye!swans by 17
giants
eagles
power
dockers
hawks
lions
tigers
bombers
cheers val, good luck y'all!
Sydney Swans #32GWS Giants
West Coast Eagles
Port Power
Fremantle Dockers
Hawthorn Hawks
Brisbane Lions
Richmond Tigers
Collingwood Magpies
good luck all!
Val wrote: "Oh yes, Suzy has definitely scored a big fat zero - so rare she got a pay-out for her charity because of it."What can I say? ... it's simply all down to incredibly hard work, exceptional intelligence, and outstanding natural talent ... (*looks suitably humble, smiles modestly and takes a bow*) ... ! ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "RedJohn wrote: "Is it really only one week Lez? Feels more like the 3,904th week of a lifetime..........so far! :-)"Awww, if it helps any then I do feel like it's kind-of my fault too, RedJohn ....."
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner Suzy. Not your fault at all. Entirely down to my lapses of memory. Now then........what else was I going to say........? :-)
Val wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Yeah I heard the commentators use that term, did raise a chuckle from me! Another word they use whenever one team is trouncing the other..is shellacking. Whilst I have heard it used..."Hi Val....whilst I had read your reply a couple of days ago, I've just read it again..and noticed a surprisingly oddest phrase that you've mentioned, which quite frankly baffles me!
"As dry as a pommy's bath towel"?!!
As our very own Techmeister would say....."Whit?"
What an odd phrase...I would've thought, being as we Brits live in a damper climate to those down under, that our towels would be noticeably wetter than Aussie ones.
How, and more to point, why, did that phrase come about, Val? What does it say in that book of yours?
It probably implies we’re a filthy lot who rarely bathe!
HA HA HA!!! - I think it might possibly be an Aussie insult to Pommies, Duke? ... one implying we don't bathe as much as they think that we should do! ;o>(Like minds, Lez Lee! ;o>)
RedJohn wrote: "Sorry for not getting back to you sooner Suzy. Not your fault at all. Entirely down to my lapses of memory. Now then........what else was I going to say........? :-)"... "Drinks all round and Cake for everyone" ... ? ... ! ;o>
I shower every day..twice in the summertime! 8~S
Lez wrote: "It probably implies we’re a filthy lot who rarely bathe!"If that's true, then that's a bit rich coming from a race of white settlers, us brits dumped there originally...cos the 18 & 19th century English judicial's didn't want the filthy beggars here!!!!!!!
;-D
Only joking Val! :)
They gave us a shellacking in the Commonwealth Games in any case, winning more golds (and medals overall) than England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland put together!! Not just cricket and rugby any more where the Aussies turn us over. Off top of me head I can only think of boxing and footie where we can say we have the upper hand. Unless one counts snooker and darts... which're hardly 'athletic' type sports - anyone remember good old Bill Werbeniuk who used to drink a gallon-or-so before he even got his cue out? Ooooh I say...
sure do, blastro, huge canadian bloke, i remember he used to get tax relief on his lager, as i believe it was deemed to calm some tremor or other condition he suffered from! yeah, real sporty! :)
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "They gave us a shellacking in the Commonwealth Games in any case, winning more golds (and medals overall) than England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland put together!! Not just cricket and rugby any m..."I once saw Bill W. at the Crucible. Did you ever go, Blastro? One year I was working on a cataloguing project in the Central Library when the snooker was on and I used to nip over at lunchtime to see if there were tkts available. We saw about 10 matches that year including the Davies/Thorburn final. Also my husband’s birthday was 24th April and we always went to our favourite Chinese for a meal. Most years several players went there too and the waiters found it amusing that our surname sounds snooker-related!
that's a nice story, Mrs Match-Fixer! :)
Tech wrote: "that's a nice story, Mrs Match-Fixer! :)":-D
Re: "As dry as a pommy's bath towel"I think you've all sussed it by now. My book gives the single meaning "dry" followed by numerous examples - dry meaning thirsty, witty, and lack of rain. I did like the example: He'd just come back from a trip out west and was telling me what conditions were like in the backblocks. 'Dry as a Pommy's towel,' he says. 'Saw a bloke knocked out in a football game and they threw a bucket of dust over him to bring him round.'
I suspect it dates from the peak British migration days of the 50s and 60s, a time when plumbing could still be fairly primitive in some UK homes. I can recall the bath being used as coal storage. Plus the Aussies loved nothing better than to have a dig at their ancestral home, though it was usually done with affection rather than malice. Couldn't do it these days with racial vilification laws.
It reminds me of the classic (British-made, directed by Michael Powell with script by Emeric Pressburger) film "They're A Weird Mob" (1966). Still makes me laugh! And available in full on YouTube. Worth 105mins of anyone's time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDvMY...
Ha ha honestly thought you were jesting about Big Bill's tax thing Tech. After reading yer post several times I thought I'd check and also found that he could apparently consume over 40 pints in a session!!! Now that IS supping, by anyone's standard. Wonder if Tyson Fury could cop a similar arrangement for his charlie use?! : )
With it being only 20 odd miles up the road from here, I've been into Sheff many many times but never to The Crucible. Not really much of a snooker fan Lez tho did watch it when I was a kid. Off top of me head I could probably name more players from the late 70's/early 80's than all the one's since then put together.
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "They gave us a shellacking in the Commonwealth Games in any case, winning more golds (and medals overall) than England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland put together!! Not just cricket and rugby any m..."I have never regarded Darts or Snooker as sports. They are, imo, quite wrongly 'labelled'. Games is what they are, and always will be; just as are Bowls, Croquet, Golf (yes..that's not a sport, just a good walk spoiled to me....Whit? Who said that?!)...Dressage (not really a game either..but it's definitely not a sport! Dunno what that ought to be classed as..Showing off, perhaps?!)..and Curling....cos that's just bowls on ice, as far as I'm concerned!
Can't think of any more atm..but i'm sure there's a few others that should be called games, not sports.
Swans +43Giants
Eagles
Port Power
Dogs
Roos
Suns
Tigers
Bombers
Thanks Val
Am not a fan of any of the above Duke but I'm thinking many would argue in favour of golf. And certainly the Scots around here might have summat to say about curling as it's a bit of a speciality up there. Whad'ya reckon Tech? Fancy chasing a few strange round objects down a patch of ice with a yard brush? : )
Oh bugger I aint done me punt yet. Gotta get lawn cut - shall return with said punt shortly. (would love to come back online around five-ish saying "Ah just finished") so y'all think we live in a mansion but... half hour tops!!
Foe - If yer reading this bud, I'm wondering if I ever sent you a photo of yourself and me at the beach (is it Branksome or Sandbanks, I always confuse the two names?) when we last came down there? We seem to've lost all the pics from that day, which I not be pleased about.I'm not sending ya this by message as I could do with knowing by the end of the year. : )
Well, half an hour sounds about the right amount of time to keep a watchful eye over your entire team of Gardeners all riding around on Lawnmowers, Lord Blastro?I presume you have moved the huge herd of Deer that live in your extensive grounds over to your second Country Estate while you are supervising all of the re-landscaping that you currently have in progress? I hear you have decided to build a modest little 12 storey Pagoda in the Walled Garden overlooking the Waterfall by the Lake? ;o>
i would say that there's a fair bit of energy being expended by curlers, particularly the 'sweepers'. i'd say it was a 'gentle' sport, as there is a lot of skill and judgement involved (as well as being on ice). hard to know the dividing line between sports and games - even the fattest, sweatiest darts player is more mobile than some of the overpaid prima donnas in the premier league! :)
Yes indeed Suze, our rabid salivating American Pitbull is herding the wildlife around the rusty Ford Escort Mk2 - propped up on house-bricks - as I type! : )
Blastro hasn’t mentioned he’s bezzy mates with the folks at Chatsworth and can borrow the ride-on mower any time he wants.
Shush Lez or you'll ruin my hard earned White Trash image!! : )I was once pushed into the river at Chatsworth in full clothes and work boots and I couldn't swim!! Obviously the clown who pushed me (he took a run up from behind so I didn't have a chance - tho a more 'aware' person might have heard the run-up) in didn't realize I couldn't swim but that's beside the point. A hot day and everyone had gone in the water apart from me - wouldn't that suggest to someone with half a brain that maybe there was a reason for that!? Anyways I splashed and kicked and brought meself to the bank. The river at that point isn't wide (luckily enough for me) but quite deep.
Here's my punt for the week,,,
Sydney 23
GWS
West Coast
Port
BULLDAWGS
Hawthorn
Gold Coast
Richmond
Essendon
Cheers Val. G'luck folks.
I'm not doing very well so far. Here's my feeble attempt for this week;Swans 15
Giants
Eagles
Cats
Bulldogs
Hawks
Lions
Tigers
Magpies
Good luck to everyone
Hey? - a little less of the feeble, David! ;o>It takes enormous skill, dedicated determination, great courage and an immense love of compensatory Cake to sit it out at the bottom end of the Table - LOL!!!
I haven't forgotten, Val ;o>I like to punt for the underdogs, as you know, and so I'll wait it out until first thing tomorrow morning to let all of the others get to punt first.
Swans x 15Giants
Eagles
Power
Dockers
Hawks
Lions
Tigers
Pies
Thanks Val
Swans by 22Giants
Eagles
Power
Dockers
Hawks
Suns
Tigers
Bombers
"My mum uses the expression "wet as Shags" as in: "we got caught in the rain and were wet as Shags when we got in!" (Shags are, apparently, Cormorants) ... "Like a Shag on a rock" which is how we describe kids when they get out of the Pool and hold their arms out like a Cormorant drying it's wings"
(EDIT : our Aussie expert, Val, beat me to it ;o>)