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My wife was stung by a wasp, and now she's in the ED with her face all swollen and bruised. Luckily I was close enough to hit the wasp with my shovel before it could sting her again.

One that's forgotten these days. 1935. South Melbourne beat Collingwood in the 2nd Semi-Final to go into the GF. Star Full-Forward Bob Pratt kicks 6 (against Jack Regan 'The Prince of Full Backs'), reaching the 100-goal mark for the season in the process. (He had also kicked 10 against...

Good wicket for Stars.

I think the aussie girls have a good chance in the High jump - no doubt that Mahuchikh has the best 'peak' jump, but it is a lot harder to do that every single time. In a competition, you might take anywhere from 6-12 jumps. When she set the worl record she missed 2 jumps under 2.00 metres...

Darth Vader: "Luke, I know what you're getting for Christmas". Luke: "How"? Darth: "I felt your presents". Luke: "That is a really terrible Dad joke"! Darth: "Funny you should mention that............................................"

I agree that the 50m arc has influenced tactics in the game. A 50-metre arc is right on most player's limit for a shot for goal. As a result, the defending team will do all they can to keep the attacking team from possessing the ball inside the 50. You see the situation of the attacking team...

Hmmm - being unbiased, I think the Eng-NZ WC final has that covered as the best ever. 1. It's the World Cup Final. 2. It ended in a tie (2 ties, actually including the Super Over). 3. Heaps of controversy - overthrows etc. 4. Incredibly close calls in the last overs - Boult stepping on the rope...

Did anyone else think that Indian fielder put in a pretty poor effort on the boundary trying to stop that four from Head?

As a Richmond fan - I have a morbid fascination with finishing juuust out of the finals - ie 'Ninthmond'. My question is - what is the best record a team has had and still missed out on the finals? I suspect in the days of the Final 4, it may have been Richmond in 1966 - when they won 13...

Sorry, I'm a bit late to this thread. I was going to post something on the first day it was posted, and I discussed it with my wife, put forward a few names for consideration (with good, detailed reasons), and I've only just come out of hospital.

Has this rubbish finally stopped? They are planes. People look up in the sky and see lights. Unfortunately, they don't look up in the sky often, so when they see something they haven't seen before (like planes with landing lights etc), they don't know what they are - and eventually some idiot...

Australia have never picked all rounders - they are usually Batsmen or bowlers who are OK at the other skill - ie pick up a useful wicket while bowling 10-ish overs to give the main bowlers a rest or make a handy 30-40 in the lower order. The worst thing you can do is pick a guy who averages...

There are two types of people in this world - those who think Alan Jones is a twat, and Alan Jones.

Lynch. If he plays well (see: injuries), we'll be not very good. If he doesn't play well (see: injuries), we'll be f****** terrible.

I thought there are 10 types of people in this world - those who understand Binary notation and those who don't.

Hopefully, her good mate Pauline Hanson can offer some sympathy.

So In RD 1, 2018, you lost a home game to a side that finished 2 games above you in 2017. Well, that happens. In RD 2, 2018, you beat a side that finished below you in 2017, and would go on to drop even further away in 2018 to finish 13th. Well, yes - that's to be expected. I hardly think...

Any olive farm can graft various types of olives onto existing stock. It's just a metaphor for 'The Jews are welcome into Christianity, just as soon as they agree they were wrong'. Just not a very accurate botanical metaphor. Paul was just a Jew who joined Jesus's cult and decided to keep...

Don't forget up until 1979, all games in Australia were 8-ball overs (6-ball overs were brought in after Packer so Channel 9 could get more ad breaks). That Aus-NZ game was 8-ball overs. The first (domestic) one-dayers in the UK were 65 overs (390 deliveries). It was immediately popular, but...

I'll take All-Australian Full Back Andrew Kellaway.

Port Adelaide had always given their captain #1, as had Collingwood. I think it was the late 70s when it stopped at the Pies (Ray Shaw was captain in 1980, and he didn't wear #1). It's an interesting idea, and happened in a few teams from all sports around the world. It came from the days...

You've met my sister, have you?

Do I have to get mum to unpick the 39 from the back of my jumper?

I remember the Sydney couple - they were back when the Sydney game was the only match on Sunday TV, so everyone watched them. Sydney had scored 200+ points in both those games (both at the SCG), and the next game was also ot the SCG - against the bottom-of-the-ladder Tigers. (Friday night prime...

I think you're stealing your jokes from somewhere (I know I am).

I went to the Kleptomaniacs awards, where I took first, second and thrid prize. I didn't win any.

I went to the kleptomaniacs self-help group last week. Unfortunately, all the seats were taken.

Yeah, we've done that. Sold 3 home games to Cairns to play the Gold Coast when they started (and couldn't beat an egg). We lost 2 of them. Sold a home game to Darwin (vs Port Adelaide - guess which team has played the most games in Darwin, so it was virtually a home game for them?). Lost...

I always thought Paul Reiffel was an under-appreciated all-rounder. Batting average 26, Bowling average 26. Excellent One-Day player as well. I remember in 1997, he was contentiously left out of the Australian touring team to England. We got thrashed in the first test, and the national...

How about the Rest of the World games in 1970 - a lot of people don't remember that the Poms played the ROW in 1970 (same reason - South African team was banned). The poms awarded all their players Test 'caps' (for some it was the only one they got) - and for many years Wisden included them in...