After Grog Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-514952009-11-20T10:05:00+11:00"Virutally unintelligible to non-Australians" -- Harry HuttonTypePadMAIN DIEU!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6b80584970b2009-11-20T10:05:00+11:002009-11-20T23:46:00+11:00An "enforcer" smashes the opposition's best player; a lunatic hand-balls a goal; a striker takes a dive to win a penalty; a defender commits a "professional foul"; a batsman refuses to walk when he knows he's out; a bowler and...TonyTHE SOFTER THEY COMEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6b3d978970b2009-11-19T12:55:00+11:002009-11-19T12:59:40+11:00The spinners and PR flacks who plague sport have moved into music - "I been taken outta context, mon" - but seriously: the Reggae Compassionate Act?!? Star ditched from Big Day They said Beenie Man had signed the Reggae Compassionate...TonyA CRAWFORD PRODUCTIONtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6ac3f0f970b2009-11-18T09:50:00+11:002009-11-18T09:59:32+11:00The Crawford Report is in so it's time for assiduous, comprehensive and considered debate on the future of Olympic Sport funding. For: Since the governments give loads of lolly to miners and car makers and scientists and Indonesians and universities...TonyFAKER'S DOZENtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a691a324970b2009-11-13T12:05:00+11:002009-11-13T12:05:00+11:00TonyPAVED PARADISE, PUT UP A TOYTOWNtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef012875855dfc970c2009-11-12T12:45:00+11:002009-11-12T12:45:00+11:00Another blunder. This one from last night's Midnight Challenge: Tones: "Which female Canadian singer/songwriter released albums called Ladies in the Canyon, Blue and Court & Spark?" Caller: "Ummm. I don't know, Tony." [A bit of back-n-forth, prompting, hints, nudge, nudge.]...TonyMOI MOI UPRISINGtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef012875850723970c2009-11-12T12:35:00+11:002009-11-12T12:45:29+11:00Tom Elliott asks for 3AW listeners to call in with their favourite sporting names: "Without a doubt the best sporting name is Fuifui Maumau." Have you ever heard anyone, anywhere, call Moimoi, Maumau? I tells ya. This business where callers...TonyCUT & DRIEDtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a676df2b970b2009-11-11T15:05:00+11:002009-11-11T15:52:59+11:00"There is no way Tiger will miss the cut. You heard it from The Bogle." ~~ Brett Ogle, SEN Tiger is unlikely to miss the cut in the Masters. But what if he did? John Brumby would have egg on...TonyGOODBYE TO ALL THATtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a67664e5970b2009-11-11T11:40:00+11:002009-11-11T11:49:26+11:00Meanwhile, back at the war, Grandpa AGB and the company barber redefine "over the top".TonyOVERKILL OR CUREtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6657cf4970b2009-11-10T11:45:00+11:002009-11-10T11:54:51+11:00I suppose a simple "hello" was out of the question: TARA BROWN: When you're the best sportsman in the world, the scrutiny is unrelenting. Even when you're just out practising your game, there are always countless camera lenses and thousands...TonyBETTER LATE THAN SOBERtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef012875676970970c2009-11-10T06:35:00+11:002009-11-10T06:45:40+11:00Fev seems to be taking his move to Brisbane seriously, judging by this article in Brisbane's own Courier Mail: Brendan Fevola's early run BRENDAN Fevola has completed a week of secret personal training before his departure from Melbourne today to...TonySNOW LAUGHING MATTERtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef01287564a6e9970c2009-11-09T10:55:00+11:002009-11-09T11:07:01+11:00Foxtel is taking the piss: Channel 500: Vancouver 2010 Preview Tiffany Cherry & Matt Shirvington walk through our sensational coverage of the upcoming Vancouver Olympic Winter Games which starts February 13th 2010. The only place to see the games in...TonyLETHAL LIZtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a660a052970b2009-11-08T08:50:00+11:002009-11-08T08:53:18+11:00James Hopper claims that American football used to be tough. He should thank his lucky stars and stripes he never had to play sock-her against Elizabeth Lambert: What was the ref doing? Two deliberate trips; a punch in the back;...TonyCHECK & DOUBLE CHECHtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6550e4f970b2009-11-05T14:35:00+11:002009-11-05T16:29:43+11:00Thorough due diligence was done when the Chechen president entered Mourilian in the Melbourne Cup: "Ramzan Kadyrov ticked all boxes." ~~ VRC spokesman, SENTonyBRUCE: "CORREEEEEEY!"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6a2c926970c2009-11-03T15:15:00+11:002009-11-03T15:38:45+11:00Box these: Shocking Master O'Reilly Crime Scene MourilianTonyHUNCH DRUNKtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6a259c3970c2009-11-03T13:15:12+11:002009-11-03T15:21:56+11:00Box these: Viewed Master O'Reilly Newport BasalticoTonySCARCELY MANY?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a649bf45970b2009-11-02T19:50:14+11:002009-11-02T19:51:22+11:00More or less: "Bart Cummings, a man of many few words." ~~ Tony Schibeci, SENTonyUMM AND UMMERtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6899bcd970c2009-10-30T15:20:00+11:002009-10-30T15:24:57+11:00From the Green Guide, on Tony Delroy's midnight Challenge trivia shenanigans: Cheating, Delroy says, has "become an issue" with the growth of the internet. "You'll know nine times out of ten in they're Googling because they'll be floundering and then...TonyGNOMIES 2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6887cae970c2009-10-29T12:50:00+11:002009-11-05T14:42:28+11:00Back by popular remand to build upon the outstanding success that was the 2008 Gnomies: The Melbourne Football Club Football Club awards night extravaganza that is The 2009 Gnomies! This year with red and blue carpet; black suits with pointy...TonyANDRE AGACKItag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a627a85f970b2009-10-29T00:15:00+11:002009-10-29T09:25:46+11:00The only reason the ATP believed Andre Agassi's farcical excuse for snorting gack - "I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim’s spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs" - is because they wanted to believe it. Better...TonySOUTH GERMANYtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6272d96970b2009-10-28T13:55:15+11:002009-10-28T13:56:52+11:00Thanks to Pete Tweet comes this excellent article on the lashings of lolly lavished on our Aussie times three Olympic campaigns: Fool's gold AUSTRALIA’s athletes set off for the Olympic Games in Canada in July 1976 in what were, even...Tony