After Grog Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-514952009-11-10T11:45:00+11:00"Virutally unintelligible to non-Australians" -- Harry HuttonTypePadOVERKILL 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...TonyCLOWN MEMORY LANEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a67702c7970c2009-10-26T21:25:00+11:002009-10-26T21:57:28+11:00Talk-back callers' cherished personal memories. It's a stone certainty that as soon as the punters start reminiscing, their so-called cherished memories will be wrong. Last week SEN callers were asked to nominate their favourite Cox Plate moments. The first bloke...TonyWURST WORLD WARtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6162372970b2009-10-23T13:45:00+11:002009-10-23T14:39:49+11:00During World War One the royal family changed their name from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. On the flip side, in 1915 StKilda changed its colours to red, yellow and black. And, according to Boynton's research, what used to be known...TonyDON'T KNOW DICTUMtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a668f34b970c2009-10-22T19:35:00+11:002009-10-22T18:39:54+11:00"Penny Wong will have to resign because her position is completely untenable, cos it goes against everything that she set down in her diatribe, which she, so, ahh, gave with such dictum." So Virginia Trioli was sprung pulling faces and...TonyPOINTS OF ORDERtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a64af5d3970c2009-10-19T16:55:00+11:002009-10-19T17:09:23+11:00Good article by Tim Lane in yesterday's Age: No stopping video umpire genie once it escapes the TV box We saw, on the television, Tom Hawkins' kick brush the goalpost, so we know the goal umpire made an error in...TonyGET YER JA-JA'S OUTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a5eb5719970b2009-10-16T12:40:40+11:002009-10-16T12:46:42+11:00Is everybody ready? We're sorry for the delay: Aaaand, here's what happens next. On the outside chance a German opera sloppily dubbed into Swedish with Italian subtitles is not your linguistic long suit, try this.TonyCAULFIELD CARPtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a5e7fb15970b2009-10-15T16:50:18+11:002009-10-15T16:54:32+11:00What goose ever says Caul? Caul Blimey Mispronounced words, and please, no more. We're drowning in examples of linguistic lunacy. Barry, for example, is bald from pulling his hair out at people referring to "Corfield" instead of "Caulfield". Piss orf,...TonyBELITTLE PEOPLE?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6363e3f970c2009-10-13T21:25:00+11:002009-10-13T21:33:56+11:00Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Rodney Dangerfield - "Hey, Wang! Don't tell 'em you're Jewish" - have made a motza taking shots at their heritage. So why can't a short arse cash in on his height? Dwarf jockey race slammed A...TonyOl' BLUE CHEESEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb34453ef0120a6313bac970c2009-10-12T14:40:00+11:002009-10-12T14:43:02+11:00Regardless of whether you think Hey Hey It's Blackface Day is a storm in a thimble, or a disgrace which reveals the hidden evil in the heart of all Australians, I'm sure you'll agree Alan Howe has nailed Harry Connick's...Tony