Official Match Thread Season 38, First Elimination Final: Gumbies FFC v Ophidian Old Boys at The House of Gumby

[Braklet]

I wasn’t a fan pre-kids. They’re honestly so ****ing handy to have a pair or two in the car for impromptu stops

I get that, which is why I limit my criticism to Croc-wearing adults.

 

[Braklet]

The silent fart bombs are the worst. It happened once at school. In that scenario you just say who's just after farting and pretend that it wasn't you!

He who smelt it dealt it

 

[Braklet]

I wasn't here then, so doesn't count

You haven't lived until you've witnessed Pickitt posting thousands of incrementing integers...

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

There's only two premiership cups on offer every year. If you can win just one of them then you're doing well.

Of course the back to back flags would've been nice, but you can't get too greedy about these things.

It was a great game and congrats to the Gumbies on their win. Hopefully you go on and take the flag now.

It was a fun week spent in your company cheers for that as well. Enjoy the upcoming Christmas/holidays period and we'll see you again in the new year.

Commiserations OOBs but for a club that's only two years old, two premiership cups and a spoon reside in the Spotswood trophy cabinet.

We'll be back with a serious vengeance next year as well to bring more glory back to Spotswood.

 

[Braklet]

Longest I ever worked was about 42 hours straight. That was when I was at IBM and thought I was doing my bit for the greatest technology company in the world and it would be really really appreciated. Thankfully I've had that shitful notion kicked out of me.

Since leaving still pulled a few allnighters but nothing much above 24-26 hours.

I worked for a series of startups... thinking I was gonna get rich every time.

Anyway, one time we were facing a product release deadline with serious repercussions tied to future payments. The testers uncovered a critical bug, that not only crashed the system hard (requiring a full re-provision), but was intermittent.

It was all hands on board for over a week. We were catching cat naps at our desks so I can't say I stayed up for over 80 hours, but I lost track of time about 80 hours in. At that point they let us take a break to get home for showers and sleep, then back in about 8 hours later.

That's when I also discovered that sleep deprivation is the absolute worst driving impairment on the planet, second only to nodding off after a shot of heroin. Luckily I didn't put my truck into a tree.

The bug was due to a timer-driven log event with a malformed string... it worked great ALMOST all the time, except during system updates when part of the output resulted in a divide-by-zero.

(Spoiler: I didn't get rich.)

 

[Braklet]

I haven't met Matt Damon, but I have met the bloke he's playing here, the great Francois Pienaar

I hope you didn't repeat your Courteney Cox performance

 

[Braklet]

Well damn, now I guess I gotta clean my drawers. Exciting finish, sad it didn't go the OOB way.

Great game Gumbies, and great thread. I'll probably join the Gumball bandwagon for this finals series.

Thanks for the well paced posts and time, MWPP.

 

[philreich]

I worked for a series of startups... thinking I was gonna get rich every time.

Anyway, one time we were facing a product release deadline with serious repercussions tied to future payments. The testers uncovered a critical bug, that not only crashed the system hard (requiring a full re-provision), but was intermittent.

It was all hands on board for over a week. We were catching cat naps at our desks so I can't say I stayed up for over 80 hours, but I lost track of time about 80 hours in. At that point they let us take a break to get home for showers and sleep, then back in about 8 hours later.

That's when I also discovered that sleep deprivation is the absolute worst driving impairment on the planet, second only to nodding off after a shot of heroin. Luckily I didn't put my truck into a tree.

The bug was due to a timer-driven log event with a malformed string... it worked great ALMOST all the time, except during system updates when part of the output resulted in a divide-by-zero.

(Spoiler: I didn't get rich.)

Years ago, I remember hearing about a truck driver, whose task it was to get from Perth to Brisbane in 50 hours. He was 4 hours late, so they sacked him!!!

 

[sabso]

Years ago, I remember hearing about a truck driver, whose task it was to get from Perth to Brisbane in 50 hours. He was 4 hours late, so they sacked him!!!

That's a real version of the manufactured danger they put in Outback Truckers. I'm under the impression people from Australia are all like the guys in that show.

 

[Braklet]

That's a real version of the manufactured danger they put in Outback Truckers. I'm under the impression people from Australia are all like the guys in that show.

I'm under the impression people from Australia are all like the characters in the first two Mad Max movies... add a few surfboards and Foster's Lager oilcans.

 

[sabso]

I'm under the impression people from Australia are all like the characters in the first two Mad Max movies... add a few surfboards and Foster's Lager oilcans.

They're also all called Bruce and teach philosophy.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Damn.....

Thanks Gumbies and GOOD LUCK

 

[philreich]

 

[GWS Goose]

I haven't met Matt Damon, but I have met the bloke he's playing here, the great Francois Pienaar

I've heard he has an aura about him.
I never crossed paths in my footy times, but a lot of the guys of his era speak about him with an air of reverence

 

[Over The Post]

That's a real version of the manufactured danger they put in Outback Truckers. I'm under the impression people from Australia are all like the guys in that show.

I drove from Brisbane airport to Gladstone late one night in a rented Ford XR6. I was doing about 120km/h on the Bruce Highway when some lights came up FAST behind me. Had a semi right on my tail for a minute until I found a safe spot to move over. I followed him for a while at 165km/h and backed right off, I didn't know the road and figured if he had a prang it wouldn't be good to be near.

 

[philreich]

I drove from Brisbane airport to Gladstone late one night in a rented Ford XR6. I was doing about 120km/h on the Bruce Highway when some lights came up FAST behind me. Had a semi right on my tail for a minute until I found a safe spot to move over. I followed him for a while at 165km/h and backed right off, I didn't know the road and figured if he had a prang it wouldn't be good to be near.

I was driving home the other day - it had been a long week, and I was tired. Suddenly a cop pulls me over: he motions for me to wind down my window. When I did so, he says, "Sir - it's Friday afternoon, and I'm tired. If you can give me a reason for why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you off with a warning just this once."

Thinking quickly, I replied, "Well it just so happens that my wife left me this week: she ran away with a policeman, and I thought you were trying to bring her back."

Seemingly satisfied with my answer, the policeman says to me, "Have a good weekend, sir."

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

I've heard he has an aura about him.
I never crossed paths in my footy times, but a lot of the guys of his era speak about him with an air of reverence

He, Phillipe Sella (legendary French player) and Michael Lynagh were all playing for Saracens in the English league early days after it went professional. Now, I was the biggest Lynagh fanboy going around, but he didn't have the presence of Pienaar. Aura is a great word, I felt inconsequential next to him.

 

[GWS Goose]

He, Phillipe Sella (legendary French player) and Muichael Lynagh were all playing for Saracens in the English league early days after it went professional. Now, I was the biggest Lynagh fanboy going around, but he didn't have the presence of Pienaar. Aura is a great word, I felt inconsequential next to him.

they are huge names.
Were you are Saracens at the time??
There are a few blokes from that era that they talk about in the same way.
Sean Fitzpatrick and John Eales have a similar statesman like reputation.
Will Carling, a very different personality, also commands respect, mostly cause he is so charismatic (shagging Princess Di also gives you street cred). I played against Will in an expedition game after the game, one of the older blokes (pretty sure it was Marty Roebuck, he is the best guy) told me to just jump in the circle with Will and enjoy the show. He told great stories for hours. He is a ripper.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

they are huge names.
Were you are Saracens at the time??
There are a few blokes from that era that they talk about in the same way.
Sean Fitzpatrick and John Eales have a similar statesman like reputation.
Will Carling, a very different personality, also commands respect, mostly cause he is so charismatic (shagging Princess Di also gives you street cred). I played against Will in an expedition game after the game, one of the older blokes (pretty sure it was Marty Roebuck, he is the best guy) told me to just jump in the circle with Will and enjoy the show. He told great stories for hours. He is a ripper.

Lol no I wasn't at Sarries, I'm not that good.

I knew Timmy Horan a bit and got introduced to Jason Little and Lynagh through him. Have met Eales, great fella, didn't leave me in awe like Pienaar.

Sounds like I'd love a night with Carling, lol.

 

[DemurePrincess]

they are huge names.
Were you are Saracens at the time??
There are a few blokes from that era that they talk about in the same way.
Sean Fitzpatrick and John Eales have a similar statesman like reputation.
Will Carling, a very different personality, also commands respect, mostly cause he is so charismatic (shagging Princess Di also gives you street cred). I played against Will in an expedition game after the game, one of the older blokes (pretty sure it was Marty Roebuck, he is the best guy) told me to just jump in the circle with Will and enjoy the show. He told great stories for hours. He is a ripper.

My dad coached John Eales when he was a colt! Ealsie as he’s fondly known used to rock up with the other colts at around 3am, get in our pool and sing Hey Jude on the top of their voices until mum or dad would wake up and let them in. I’d wake in the morning to stinking bodies all over our lounge room floor lol
Mum would cook them breaky and then they would **** off! Only after a win though lol

 

[DemurePrincess]

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And took 4 premierships

 

[Braklet]

I saw this, and all I could think of was cats_09's fried turkey: