Shrek 2

Just to commit the cardinal sin of posting on-topic:

I liked Shrek 2. It was pretty good.

Oh, and you all should see Shaun of the Dead.

 

bolding mine

Good. I'm glad no one touched this during my brief haitus.

Dumb mother fucker. I deliberately mis-spelled the word. Look back on ALL my posts, and show me a typo. Also, that's you need to get you're hands on the good book.....

 

YOUR hands. It's not like he *is* hands or something.

Sorry. Hard to resist.

 

Fuck me.

Calis, what say you delete that post, and I delete my little typo right quick like?

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAH
I SET A TROLL TRAP AND YOU GOBBLED THAT MOTHER FUCKER UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
baaaahahahahahaha
HOOOOOO HOOOOO HOOO HOHOHOHO *sigh*

 

Speaking of AFL, Essendon vs. West Coast (round three, I think) was one hell of a good match. Eight goals straight to the Bombers (yay) before West Coast even scored a point, then a nail-biting endgame, plus Hird played a blinder...fantastic match.

And while I'm on a roll, whose mark do we think was better? Moorcroft in 2000 (I think) or Sampi's this year? I vote Moorcroft's, for sheer height and power...Sampi got boosted by the pack...

*Prepares for Union/League onslaught*

YOU ALL HAVE THE I.Q OF A CAN OF SOUP!

 

I rekon Sampi's was better because he used the pack to get the mark. Looks alot more violent.

 

I like AFL, but I don't follow it religiously. I remember when I lived in Melbourne, everyone in my class was trying to sway my allegiance to one team or another. I swear, with them it was a lifetime commitment, and I'm supposed to make this sort of decision on 5 minutes of "Hawthorn rules!" "Collingwood!" "Barrack for Geelong!" etc etc etc. Now, naturally, I am a Lions fan.

Also Sea Dog, I think you're thinking of Johnny Wilkinson, who plays rugby union, not rugby league. Cardinal sin to get them confused.

 

Please enlighten me, I know not the difference. Is it just a different league or are there different rules?

 

For an answer to this question i shall quote my boss during the world cup.... the Rugby world cup not the soccer world cup, simpleton's...

 

That's a pretty poor and un-enlightened quote . It's been ripped of another older quote. It's supposed to go
"Soccer is a gentlemen's game played by hoodlums and rugby is a hoodlum's sport played by gentlemen"

 

The differences between union and league are not exactly trivial. The same basic rules apply - no high tackles, can't pass forward, stay behind the kicker etc, but union has 2 more players per team, a different tackling/defensive system, greater tactical kicking, different interchange system etc.

A few players have made the switch from one to the other (or in the case of Andrew Walker, one to the other and then back again), but it always takes them awhile to adjust.

 

since y'all are already talking about some sport Americans don't play, could anyone explain cricket to me?

 

Certainly my dear Rosie, would you like to know about the one day game or the five day game?.

 

Noooooooo!! not cricket! not THE most boring sport in history! (excluding lawnbowls)

 

Crickets allright if you're hearing about it on the news if Australia has won but other than that you may aswell go out into your back yard and watch the grass grow.

 

Fuck you all, cricket is a great game. Now that I think about it, I quite like most sports, especially the ones that are commonly played in Australia.

Cricket's pretty simple - a one dayer goes for one day. A Test match goes for five. In a one dayer, each team bowls up to 50 overs to the other. The object is to score as many runs as possible in those 50 overs. There's 11 players on each team, and as soon as 10 of them are out, that innings is over.

A test match is pretty much the same, but it's played over 5 days, and each team gets 2 innings, with no maximum over limit...except for a 90 overs a day limit, which gives a grand total of 450 possible overs bowled in 5 days. An over consists of 6 balls. There are various ways to get out - bowled, run out, stumped, caught and LBW (leg before wicket) are the standard ways. There are technicalities as well, which may also get you dismissed, but they very rarely occur.

Anything else you wanted to know about it?

 

so what does all that terminology mean? and what's an over? or a ball? give me something to imagine, here. do you hit a ball with a bat? or your hand? or what? i mean, come on, i'm an ignorant American. i've always wanted to know what the hell cricket is, but all we have is baseball. and if you've seen baseball, you know how disappointing that is.

 

You'll either love cricket or hate it. I love it. Most people I know hate it. I'll admit Tests can be boring (they go for around 6 hours a day, for up to five days...you can watch a bit, wander away for an hour then come back...), but One-Dayers can be bloody exciting. Semi-Final of the 1999 World Cup...mmm...

Okay...this is probably going to sound more complicated than it is, but....

Dear Allah....this is impossible. I'm off to find an encyclopaedia or something. [grumble] The American ones always get it wrong...[/grumble]