That’s it guys. It’s almost the weekend – and the last one of those before the real action starts.
At the request of one of my favourite posters, Wes, this is a completely free-for-all “anything goes” thread, where you can discuss anything and everything that you want to. I’m not really sure why it’s necessary, to be honest, because digression tends to be the name of the game anyway.
Still – here you go. Wes? Over to you!
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Anything except politics of course!!! 😈
Ahem, hoor jy klempie???
My tooth hurts.
I’m hungry
this site is darem gevrek this mornings… 😳
It snowed on the way to work. Hope I can get home.
@wpw (Comment 4) : stop complaining
Maybe someone can explain to me how this IPL cricket business works. Who owns the teams? And if a player is ‘bought’ for X amount, how much of that money does said player receive?
Thanks you.
@McLovin (Comment 5) : is it snowing in the city?
@robdylan (Comment 8) : Wasn’t when I was walking from the station. More like sleet.
Today is DDay for the squads announcements. Any news?
Maybe we should start with a lekka joke?
Sharks supporters thinking they will beat the Stormers next week at Newlands.
Ja that should keep you going.
😆
OK look like they all went into silent mode, righo lets try a afrikaans one first up.
Die goeie, slegte en lelike
Goed: Jou vrou is swanger.
Sleg: Dis ‘n drieling.
Lelik: Jy het vyf jaar gelede ‘n vasektomie gehad.
Goed: Jou vrou praat nie met jou nie.
Sleg: Sy wil skei…
Lelik: Sy is ‘n prokureur..
Goed: Jou jongste seun raak uiteindelik volwasse.
Sleg: Hy is betrokke by jou buurvrou.
Lelik: Jy ook.
Goed: Jy en jou vrou besluit: geen meer kinders nie.
Sleg: Jou vrou kry nie haar Pille opgespoor nie.
Lelik: Jou 13-jarige dogtertjie het hulle geleen.
Goed: Jy vertel jou 10-jarige dogtertjie van die voe?jies en diebytjies.
Sleg: Sy val jou voortdurend in die rede.
Lelik: Met korreksies.
Goed: Jou seun gaan met iemand nuut uit.
Sleg: Dis ‘n ander man.
Lelik: Hy’s jou beste vriend..
Goed: Jou 15-jarige dogter het ‘n nuwe werk.
Sleg: As ‘n gesellin.
Lelik: Jou kollegas is haar beste klante.
Baie lelik: Sy maak meer geld as jy.
Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, the England stars, were sold for US$ 1.55 million each at the IPL auction on Friday, making them the highest-paid cricketers in the Twenty20 league.
For anyone interested here’s the full list.
Seventeen slots were filled in over two hours of the 2009 IPL auction in Goa. Here is a list of the players who have been bought at the auction (base price in brackets; all numbers in US$):
Pool A
Shaun Tait to Rajasthan Royals 375,000 (250,000)
JP Duminy to Mumbai Indians 950,000 (300,000)
Andrew Flintoff to Chennai Super Kings 1.55 million (950,000)
Kevin Pietersen to Bangalore Royal Challengers 1.55 million (1.35 million)
Pool B
Fidel Edwards to Deccan Chargers 150,000 (150,000)
Owais Shah to Delhi Daredevils 275,000 (150,000)
Paul Collingwood to Delhi 275,000 (250,000)
Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin and Chamara Kapugedara were unsold.
Pool C
Tyron Henderson to Rajasthan 650,000 (100,000)
Ravi Bopara to Kings XI Punjab 450,000 (150,000)
Thilan Thushara to Chennai 140,000 (125,000)
Jesse Ryder to Bangalore 160,000 (100,000)
Kyle Mills to Mumbai 150,000 (150,000).
Pool D
Dwayne Smith to Deccan Chargers 100,000 (100,000)
Jerome Taylor to Punjab 150,000 (150,000)
Mohammad Ashraful to Mumbai 75,000 (75,000)
Samit Patel, Shakib-al-Hassan, Morne Van Wyk, Stephen Smith, Ashley Noffke, Gulam Bodi and Daren Powell were unsold.
Ashwell Prince, Phil Jaques, Andre Nel, Luke Wright and Nuwan Kulasekara were unsold.
Pool E
Tamim Iqbal, Jon Moss, Bryce McGain, James Franklin, Aiden Blizzard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Michael Klinger, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Prasanna Jayawardene and Dominic Thornley were unsold.
Pool F
Mashrafe Mortaza to Kolkata Knight Riders 600,000 (50,000)
George Bailey to Chennai 50,000 (50,000)
Yusuf Abdulla, Daniel Harris, Kemar Roach, Aaron Bird, Michael Dighton, Michael Hill and Brett Geeves were unsold.
more julle, mclovin where do u live????
@willa (Comment 14) : Sunny London.
JP Duminy for 950 000 dollars??? 😯
Well done JP!!!
@PaarlBok (Comment 10) : isn’t it tomorrow?
whats life like there?im thinking about leaving sa
Sevens Boks just lost to kenya 😥
@molly (Comment 19) : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!! 👿 👿 👿
@molly (Comment 19) : 😯
@molly (Comment 19) : score?????
@molly (Comment 19) : we’re in the quarters anyway… so that’s not a trainsmash
@molly (Comment 19) :
Paul Treu should to be fired!!! 👿
@willa (Comment 18) : It’s okay. But I’m a laid back & for most part when in rome do as the romans kind of person. 🙂
@willa (Comment 22) :
Dude, surely you should be asking robdylan that question…(he also lives there)
Any dude with an avatar like McLovin’s CANNOT be taken seriously!!!
😈
@willa (Comment 18) : Any questions are welcome. I’ll try and answer as best I can. 🙂
@willa (Comment 18) : I like the UK just fine.
@wpw (Comment 26) : because he’s a Stormers supporter…
@robdylan (Comment 29) : 👿 😳 😥
Smile if you’re not wearing any underwear. 😀 😉
sorry it was 22-17
@robdylan (Comment 28) : well as long as i can watch ALL the rugby, i will be fine, that beard u see in my pic is not for the fun of it, im not shaving untill the end of the s14
Kenya top of their/our group. 😯
So anybody got millions to invest…I’m your man
@Pokkel (Comment 35) : That’s not millions of Zim dollars by the way 🙄
@Pokkel (Comment 35) :
Does it have to be ‘millions’ 🙄
@wpw (Comment 37) : Ok I’ll settle for R 100 000 upwards…Beggers can’t be choosers
@wpw (Comment 37) : Ok what have you got? 😛
@willa (Comment 33) : you will be disappointed here…
@Pokkel (Comment 39) :
I’ve got 1 billion dollars… in hard earned ZIM currency!!!
@robdylan (Comment 40) : So is politics included in ‘free for all anything goes’ 😉
@robdylan (Comment 40) : how do you guys survive there???? 😯
@wpw (Comment 41) : Refer to comment 36 👿
Other cricket news, Aus got 225/5 after 50 overs and Black Craps 115/3 in the 30th . Needing 5.5 per over.
@willa (Comment 43) : There are ways to see all the rugby thanks to the interweb. 😉
@PaarlBok (Comment 45) : Seems like it’s going to be another close one.
@Pokkel (Comment 42) : are you mad? 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 40) : Come on Robbie, my son now there for 2 weeks, suffer a bit but after getting his job the outjie dont have time to complain now. Must say he wasnt a week there before he smeek us that he wants to come back.
In our days we had to go to Voortrekkerhoogte, they go to London.
@McLovin (Comment 46) : ok, fair enough. We need to compare notes at some stage
@McLovin (Comment 47) : No not really. Cant believe Clarke gets to 98 and they ended on 225 after 50. They have a serious confidense problem at the moment and I enjoy this. For many a year we had to come back after been hammered in Aus to just fall apart at home. Kry vi julle Aussies. 😎
@robdylan (Comment 50) : Any time.
did u hear about this game the sarries 3rd devision lost by 350 points
http://www.scrum.com/englandclub/rugby/story/90373.html
sorry see it was 194 – 3
@willa (Comment 54) : Still…what were they doing…?
Still on ridiculous scores…and since anything goes…
Basketball : LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored a record-breaking 61 points in a single match… WOW!!! 😆
New Zealand require another 59 runs with 7 wickets and 11.0 overs remaining
@McLovin (Comment 57) :
I think we can all see where this is going… 😆 😆
@McLovin (Comment 57) :
They’ve just lost Taylor… 👿
New Zealand require another 50 runs with 6 wickets and 50 balls remaining
ODI Rankings…
Team Matches Points Rating
South Africa 34 4245 125
Australia 34 4176 123
India 45 5487 122
New Zealand 28 3216 115
Pakistan 31 3446 111
@arrogant blackshark (Comment 58) : I want NZ to win. Simply because they’re rubbish and it’s against Aus. 😈
@McLovin (Comment 60) :
2 FOUR’s in row and now they need 39 from 41…
Surely even the Black Caps can’t screw this one up…
@arrogant blackshark (Comment 61) : Hope so….
@McLovin (Comment 62) :
I really hope you’ll change your avatar on the 14th cos it doesn’t go well with disappointment…
New Zealand require another 24 runs with 6 wickets and 25 balls remaining
🙄 They really like these tight chases…
@arrogant blackshark (Comment 63) :
New Zealand require another 6 runs with 6 wickets and 12 balls remaining
5 runs needed off 11 balls.
6 needed off two overs
I bet New Zealand will find a way to stretch it to be last ball…somehow…
4 runs needed off 9 balls…. 😈
And its over. FOUR runs!!! 😆 😆
Is it too late to cancel the Australian’s visit?
Surely we can do with some real competition…
NZ win by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare…
@wpw (Comment 72) : 😎
Australia have slid to their fifth consecutive defeat, that too at home.
😆 😆 😆
Australia have slid to their fifth consecutive defeat, all at home.
One day a blonde woman wants to buy some crocodile boots but is enraged by the high price. The store clerk refused to haggle so the blonde stomped out of the store saying
“I’ll go get my own crocodile boots!”
The store clerk just ignored her.
A few days later the clerk was driving home and saw a blonde woman with a shotgun waist deep in swamp water and a 9 foot crocodile rushing toward her. At the last second she shoots and kills the crocodile and drags it on shore with several others. The clerk hears her say.-
“Damn!! This one isn’t wearing boots either!!!!”
DA Warner c Vettori b Mills 2 of 11 balls
Things not going too well for Wonderboy either… 😆
@McLovin (Comment 76) : Ha ha ha … 😀
@blackshark (Comment 77) : He seems to have been a bit of a one hit wonder!
@Baldrick (Comment 79) : Talking of one hit wonders, my faves are Butthole Surfers and Time Bandits!
@Baldrick (Comment 80) : those sound gay. if they broke up and reformed they could be called butthole bandits.
@try time (Comment 81) :
you Sharks guys are clearly not comfortable with your sexuality.
Are you homophobic bru??? 😀
Jackie Kruger and Eugene Gunning
George – Residents from the Southern Cape have come out strongly in favour of Hansie Cronjé’s inclusion in Naas Botha’s hall of fame in Knysna on Thursday.
Among the residents were former Springbok rugby player Anton Leonard, sport expert Tienie Halgryn and Abrie de Swardt, former president of SWD Athletics.
Cronjé was involved in a match-fixing scandal during his time as South African skipper that rocked the cricket world.
Botha said on Thursday after three years, it was decided to give the public and sporting federation a chance as well to name sporting heroes for the hall of fame.
The South African Cricket Council could therefore decide to nominate Cronjé. “This decision, however, had nothing to do with the hall of fame itself,” he said.
He said proper research would be done on the nominees and they would be carefully screened to evaluate their achievements.
Leonard from George, said Cronjé definitely had to be honoured.
“People looked up to him. He apologised. He made South Africa’s cricket competitive.”
Leonard emphasised that people shouldn’t make an emotional decision about something like this.
Albertus Kenney, chief executive officer of SWD Cricket, disagreed. He spoke in his personal capacity. Kennedy said his point of view had nothing to do with Cronjé’s controversy.
A book, The Chosen, was recently published with the names of the 50 top South African cricket players of all time. Cronjé was not mentioned.
Kennedy did add that Cronjé was an icon and had made a much bigger contribution by making cricket a popular sport and added that someone like current Proteas captain, Graeme Smith, should be honoured based on his recent performance and achievements on the field.
De Swardt, who was involved with the Carpe Diem School in George where Cronjé was the club chairperson of the sporting club for disabled people, believed that the former captain did more than his fair share for sport after the years of isolation were over.
“Hansie made a confession of guilt, but was never found guilty in a court of law. He belongs in the hall of fame.”
Halgryn, who knew Cronjé, said, “Hansie Cronjé is not a name that you erase over one mistake.”
what do you okes think??? should Hansie be honoured??? 😯
@wpw (Comment 82) : nah, i don’t mind it if you like your botty pounded just stay away from mine. as personalities go gays are actually cool to hang with, they have a better sense of humour. better to hang with than a big dutchmen after a couple of brandewyns and it is time to chat up up the chicks.
Tom, in deep thought, is very quiet.
Jerry asks, ” What is wrong with you, Tom? ”
” Please don’t ask. ”
” I’m your best friend. You can talk to me. ”
” My seven year old son made my secretary pregnant. ”
” That’s not possible. ”
” No, he did. ”
” How? ”
” He punctured my condoms! ” 😆
Ek kyk my vrou op ‘n dag so en sê:
“Liefie, toe ons 30 jaar gelede getroud is, het ons ‘n goedkoop woonstel en ‘n goedkoop kar gehad.
Ons het op ‘n sofabed geslaap en na ‘n swart en wit TV stel gekyk.
Maar ek het elke aand by ‘n vuurwarm brunet in die kooi geklim.
Nou het ons ‘n mooi huis, ‘n mooi kar en ‘n plasma TV skerm.
Maar ek slaap elke aand by ‘n vrou van amper 55.
Ek dink nie jy is besig om jou kant te bring nie..”
My vrou is ‘n baie redelike mens.
Sy sê toe ek moet gaan en vir my ‘n warmbloedige 29-jarige blondine soek.
Dan sal sy wat my vrou is, seker maak dat ek weer in ‘n goedkoop woonstel bly, in ‘n goedkoop kar ry,
op ‘n sofabed slaap en na ‘n klein swart en wit TV kyk.
Ouer vroue is briljant. Hulle weet presies hoe om jou middeljare krisis op te los.
😈 😈
A professor at the University of Staffordshire was giving a lecture on ‘Involuntary Muscular Contractions’ to his first year medical students. Realising this was not the most riveting subject, the professor decided to lighten the mood slightly. He pointed to a mature female student in the front row and said, ‘Do you know what your arse hole is doing while you’re having an orgasm?’
She replied, ‘probably playing golf with his friends.’
It took 45 minutes to restore order in the classroom…….
@wpw (Comment 84) : No. 👿
Guys any news on the team announcements? been on SA rugby site and there it states that today is the day all SA squads need to be announced, but other than that all is hush hush
A guy and a girl meet at a bar. They get along so well that they decide to go to
> the girl’s place.
>
> A few drinks later, the guy takes off his shirt and then washes his hands. He
> then takes off his trousers and washes his hands again.
>
> The girl has been watching him and says, “You must be a dentist..”
>
> The guy, surprised, says “Yes….how did you figure that out?”
>
> “Easy,” she replied, “you keep washing your hands.”
>
> One thing led to another and they make love. After they are done, the girl
> says,”You must be a good dentist.”
>
> The guy, now with a boosted ego says, “Sure, I’m a good dentist, how did you
> figure that out?”
>
> “Didn’t feel a thing.”
@McLovin (Comment 89) :
I agree. 🙂
@wpw (Comment 84) :
Yes he should…he was a great player and captain 👿
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 90) :
Haven’t heard anything – but I’m not too anxious cos I think we all have a pretty good idea what the squad is gonna look like… 🙂
@blackshark (Comment 94) : I agree, but I am keen to see any surprises like, has Swanie made it into the 30 man squad? What about vulindlu, is Ross Cronje/Charl in the squad? Downey? etc.
@wpw (Comment 1) : Hypocrite. 🙂
I missed out on the earlier cricket celebrations. LMAO. Aus are so sh*t.
@klempie (Comment 97) : Oh and a Saffer hit the winning runs. That seems to be happening alot against Aus these days. 😆
@klempie (Comment 98) : And Aus have slipped to third on the ODI rankings. LOL
@Baldrick (Comment 80) : i don’t mind the sun sometimes!
@Ice (you can leave your hat on!) (Comment 91) : Cool . 😆
@klempie (Comment 96) :
verskoon my???
😯
@wpw (Comment 102) : Rob het destyds gese dat jy ook daarvan hou om politiek te praat. 😉 Hy gee jou waarskuwings al die tyd.
So with all the upsets in the 7’s it now means that The Boks are playing New Zealand in the quarter finals tomorrow. 🙄
@Pokkel (Comment 104) : So basically we’re playing our final 2 games early. 🙂
@wpw (Comment 83) :
Halgryn, who knew Cronjé, said, “Hansie Cronjé is not a name that you erase over one mistake.”
One mistake – if bloody only!
The man sold out his fans, his country and his team mates for a measly few bucks.
That should hardly be rewarded no matter how “nice” the guy was.
And lets not forget he repeatedly lied even after being caught.
@Ice (you can leave your hat on!) (Comment 88) :
The 1st Affair
A married man was having an affair with his secretary.
One day they went to her place and made love all afternoon.
Exhausted, they fell asleep and woke up at 8 PM.
The man hurriedly dressed and told his lover to take his shoes outside and rub them in the grass and dirt. He put on his shoes and drove home.
‘Where have you been?’ his wife demanded.
‘I can’t lie to you,’ he replied, ‘I’m having an affair with my secretary.
We had sex all afternoon.’
She looked down at his shoes and said: ‘You lying bastard!
You’ve been playing golf!’
The 2nd Affair
A middle-aged couple had two beautiful daughters but always talked about having a son.
They decided to try one last time for the son they always wanted.
The wife got pregnant and delivered a healthy baby boy.
The joyful father rushed to the nursery t! o see his new son.
He was horrified at the ugliest child he had ever seen.
He told his wife: ‘There’s no way I can be the father of this baby.
Look at the two beautiful daughters I fathered! Have you been fooling around behind my back?’
The wife smiled sweetly and replied: ‘Not this time!’
The 3rd Affair
A mortician was working late one night. He examined the body of Mr.
Schwartz,about to be cremated, and made a startling discovery.
Schwartz had the largest private part he had ever seen!
‘I’m sorry Mr. Schwartz,’ the mortician commented, ‘I can’t allow you to be cremated with such an impressive private part. It must be saved for posterity.’
So, he removed it, stuffed it into his briefcase, and took it home
‘I have something to show you won’t believe,’ he said to his wife, opening his briefcase.
‘My God!’ the wife exclaimed, ‘Schwartz is dead!’
The 4th Affair
A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband opening the front door.
‘Hurry,’ she said, ‘stand in the corner.’ She rubbed baby oil all over him, and then dusted him with talcum powder.
‘Don’t move until I tell you,’ she said, ‘pretend you’re a statue.’
‘! What’s this?’ the husband inquired as he entered the room.
‘Oh it’s a statue,’ she replied, ‘the Smiths bought one and I liked it so I got one for us, too.’
No more was said, not even when they went to bed.
Around 2 AM the husband got up, went to the kitchen and returned with a sandwich and a beer.
‘Here,’ he said to the statue, have this. I stood like that for two days at the Smiths and nobody offered me a damned thing.’
The 5th Affair
A man walked into a cafe, went to the bar and ordered a beer.
‘Certainly, Sir, that’ll be one cent.’
‘One Cent?’ the man exclaimed.
He glanced at the menu and asked: ‘How much for a nice juicy steak and a bottle of wine?’
‘A nickel,’ the barman replied.
‘A nickel?’ exclaimed the man. ‘Where’s the guy who owns this place?’
The bartender replied: ‘Upstairs, with my wife.’
The man asked: ‘What’s he doing upstairs with your wife?’
The bartender replied: ‘The same thing I’m doing to his business down here.’
The 6th Affair
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly:
‘I have something I must confess.’
‘There’s no need to, ‘his wife replied.
‘No,’ he insisted, ‘I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!’
‘I know,’ she replied, ‘now just rest and let the poison work.’
@VinChainSaw (Comment 106) : Is jy terug? 😯
@VinChainSaw (Comment 106) : Correct. 👿
@PaarlBok (Comment 107) :
Classic PB!
@PaarlBok (Comment 108) :
Ja wat het heerlike vakansie gehad maar sit nou weer by my lessenaar.
Kry maar min tyd vir blog deesdae.
Hoe gaan dit daar in die Paarl?
@VinChainSaw (Comment 106) :
Mission accomplished. I was wondering where our dear friend Vinnie was and hence the reason for my Hansie post.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 106) :
Hey…it was a few bucks and a nice jacket… 👿
And he sold out gamblers…and attempted to sell the team and country and all of that…
Not that I’m saying these were good deeds but if the list is to be made up of the Greatest Cricketers/ Greatest Sportsmen…as opposed to Greatest Saints…then hell yeah he should be in it…we can’t wipe him off the record books…(Well, Biff can and has…but that’s a different talk show 🙂 )
A lot of people dislike Michael Jackson…for different reasons based on different things…but he’s still the King Of Pop…
@PaarlBok (Comment 107) : 😆 😆
@VinChainSaw (Comment 106) : And Michael Phelps smokes dope so he won’t qualify either??
@VinChainSaw (Comment 111) : Vrek warm. Het van gister eers somer geslat. Wag nou vir die Tjarkies volgende week. Boet gaan jy weer tip op TSF?
@blackshark (Comment 113) :
The thing is, he wasn’t such a ‘great’ sportsman.
Have a look at his playing record and you will see why… 😮
@wpw (Comment 117) :
I guess he wasn’t…and I’m sure there were plenty of great cricketers before his time and my time…but I’d like to think he cuts the Top 50.
Anyway…who made the list? (Players from 1990 onwards)
@Pokkel (Comment 115) :
Naas Botha fathered an illegitimate child and lied about it.
He is the President/Creator of the Hall Of Fame. 🙄
@Pokkel (Comment 115) : I don’t think he smoked while he was swimming. 🙂
@blackshark (Comment 118) :
Don’t think anyone from 1990 as yet.
Don’t confuse an off the field discretion with what Hansie did. He took money to cheat. 👿
indiscretion 😳
@wpw (Comment 119) : Ja but the mother was probably a WP fan.
SA Hall of Fame:
Class 2006:
CRICKET
Hassan Howa (Administrator)
Basil D’Oliveira
Graem Pollock
Barry Richards
Frank Rora
Class 2007:
CRICKET
Goolam Abed
Ali Bacher (Administrator)
Grant Khomo (also rugby)
Saait Magiet
@wpw (Comment 121) :
Then it’s a crap list… 😆
@McLovin (Comment 122) : And still managed to have the highest ODI win percentage as captain. Damn he was good. LOL
@McLovin (Comment 122) : Just stirring…it shows that Michael Phelps is only human 😉
Seeing as this IS a rugby site here are the rugby Hall of Famers:
Class 2006:
RUGBY
1995 Team that won the World Cup (Team Category)
Naas Botha
Danie Craven
Morne du Plessis
Frik du Preez
Hennie Muller
Francois Pienaar
Class 2007:
RUGBY
Danie Gerber
Bennie Osler
Joost van der Westhuizen
@klempie (Comment 127) : They only gave him one leather jacket not 11. 😉
@Pokkel (Comment 128) : cool. 😎
@McLovin (Comment 124) : Ever wondered why Naas have such a big head? He was made by a pis horing. 💡
No Robbie Fleck??? 😯
@McLovin (Comment 130) : 😛
@PaarlBok (Comment 132) : Can someone tell me why Naas has a reputation for having a big head? I just don’t see it.
@wpw (Comment 133) : Eddie Andrews? 🙄
@wpw (Comment 133) : No Eddie Andrews ❓ 😯
@klempie (Comment 135) : I like Naas. Hated him when he played, but only cause he was good and not playing for WP. 😈 Loved him in a bok jersey. 😎
@McLovin (Comment 136) : Great minds think alike…such a great player he was old Eddie
@McLovin (Comment 136) : @Pokkel (Comment 137) :
Julle twee soek my né??? 👿
I wonder if Percy and Os will be nominated for the class of 2008. 🙄
@McLovin (Comment 138) :
Even though he couldn’t tackle??? 🙂
@Pokkel (Comment 115) :
Dope-smoking cheat…we still know what he and his sponsors OMEGA did in Beijing… 😛
The other 7 medals looked legitimate though…but he still sucks…
@wpw (Comment 141) : He didn’t need to 😆
@Pokkel (Comment 139) : 😆
@klempie (Comment 135) : Nah Naas is OK and a legend just kidding, was an age old WeePee joking. 😳
@blackshark (Comment 142) : So does most Americans and ALL aussies
Career record
Under Cronje’s captaincy South Africa won 27 Tests and lost 11, completing series victories against every team except Australia.[20] He captained the One-Day International team to 99 wins out of 138 matches with one tied match and three no results. He holds the South African record for matches captained in and matches won as captain.[21] His 99 wins as captain makes him the third most successful captain worldwide in terms of matches won, behind Ricky Ponting and Allan Border, and in terms of percentage of wins (73.70), behind Ponting and Clive Lloyd.[22] Between September 1993 and March 2000 he played in 162 consecutive ODIs, a South African record.
How is Ponting’s percentage of wins now? 😆
@McLovin (Comment 138) : @PaarlBok (Comment 145) : Ah. 😎 Ja I was too young to see him play. He’s a legend in the SS studio as far as I’m concerned puts the others in there to shame.
@klempie (Comment 135) :
He does have a big head…
I have a swimmong question if anybody knows. In athletics they use a laser or whatever at the finish line to determine the winner right? And it’s always dead straight. In the pool you have to touch the pool wall. I guess there must be some pressure sensor there. But what if the wall is not perfectly straight?
@blackshark (Comment 149) : and VERY BIG teeth 😆
@McLovin (Comment 150) : So thats why Phelps always won swimming in the same lane 🙄
@McLovin (Comment 150) : What if the laser is not perfectly in line with the finish line? 🙄
@klempie (Comment 153) : True. But that’s easy to correct. What do they do with a ‘krom’ wall? 😐
@klempie (Comment 148) : Saw him play many a time. Was at Loftus , think it was 1978 when Morne downed him with a late tackle. 😎
@PaarlBok (Comment 155) : I was 1 year old
@McLovin (Comment 154) : They don’t allow them to swim in a pool with a krom wall.
@robdylan (Comment 156) : I was just a thought
@klempie (Comment 157) : It could be out by only a few millimetres. Would love to know who checks it.
@McLovin (Comment 154) :
🙄 They give the lane with the thick wall to Phelps…
Just to be clear I’m not implying Phelps won because of a krom wall, just wondering.
@PaarlBok (Comment 155) : Unfortunately I was too young to a see that. But didn’t Morne need police protection to get off the field?
@McLovin (Comment 159) : There are strict tolerances that have be met when the pool is built. If they’re not met, they can’t swim in em.
@klempie (Comment 163) : Makes sense.
@McLovin (Comment 161) :
Yeah…cos Phelps won because they froze Cavic’s sensor for a fraction of a second…
@McLovin (Comment 162) : whose side do you reckon the Pretoria police were on?
@blackshark (Comment 160) : See he lost his kellogs sponsorship. Turning out to be a very expensive bong. Plus cereal is good for the munchies.
@robdylan (Comment 166) :
Probably would’ve felt safer being thrown back into the angry mob… 😛
@robdylan (Comment 166) : I was just thinking that. 😆 Not sure if I’d want a bunch of pretoria konstabels looking after me if I was Mr du Plessis.
@McLovin (Comment 167) :
Later people…enjoy the last boring weekend…
Michael Clarke and Simon Katich have confirmed that they were involved in a dressing-room altercation after the Sydney Test against South Africa, but said they had moved on from the incident. The Daily Telegraph reported that the players argued over the singing of the team song, Beneath the Southern Cross, and had to be pulled apart by team-mates.
😯
@blackshark (Comment 170) : cheerio..
@McLovin (Comment 171) : AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Trouble is brewing in paradise. 😆
@klempie (Comment 173) : They must take their singing seriously. 😈
@McLovin (Comment 162) :
It was a straight arm around the neck coathanger tackle, a real lowlight in Morne du Plessis career, no doubt.
Naas Botha was also attacked on the field at Newlands, with a chair nogal, by one of the Newlands faithful.
@Salmonoid (Comment 175) : I see. I’ll have to see if I can find footage of the incident. 🙂
@McLovin (Comment 176) :
It was really nasty. If it happenend these days Kobus Wiese and Joost would be pleading with the pissed masses to take it easy on their 5 hour extension of the SuperRugby special.
The problem with Naas was that he was this real little snotkop barely out of school, playing with and against the meanest and best players the world had to offer and he always rose to the occassion. He really was in a class of his own and a match winner on his own. If he wasnt on your side you despised him.
You’ve got to get your first tackle in early, even if it’s late.
@Salmonoid (Comment 177) : 😆 pissed as in dronk or pissed as in angry?
Although it being superrugby probably both.
@McLovin (Comment 179) :
I sometimes think both, have you ever seen / heard the show – it gets very heated and can be bloody funny in its ridiculeness.
One of the best incidents I remember was after the Rapport newspaper was busy with their crusade to get Jake White fired and replaced with Heyneke Meyer. After one very unsavoury front page article climbing into Jake White and his personal life the paying public of Rapport was informed that Jake White was definatly going to get the chop. On Mondays SuperRugby this topic came up and sports editor and instigator of the article phoned in and it was clear that this guy appeared to have had a few. Anyway to cut a long story short Joost washed the guys ears for him good and proper and sent him off, tail between the legs, to consider the crap he wrote.
BTW I am not a regular SuperRugby watcher – but will catch some of the show especially after the Bulls lose a game or when some uusual event has happened in SA rugby.
@Salmonoid (Comment 180) : I have seen a few episodes. But for some reason it always seemed that the same poephol from Parow or Pretoria with single digit IQ got through. Might watch an episode or two again for a bit of a laugh.
And have to admit I liked Joost as a player, but not so keen on him otherwise.
@Salmonoid (Comment 181) : just to double-check… are you saying that the Bulls losing a game counts as an unusual event? 😯
@McLovin (Comment 182) :
Thats pretty much standard fare, its not for serious watching and should be enjoyed with that in mind. The wommen are normally the best.
@Salmonoid (Comment 184) : Definitely not serious viewing… 😆
@robdylan (Comment 183) :
Yes, of course – for a Bulls supporter, its normally the ref, linesman or TV officials fault, lately its the coaches fault.
Anyway the weekend is here – enjoy.
@Salmonoid (Comment 187) : adios 🙂
@Salmonoid (Comment 187) : hasta luego