Official Match Thread Season 38 Round 17: Ophidian Old Boys vs Las Vegas Bears @ Spotswood Oval

[Robertio]

Svalbard is a Norwegian territory located halfway between the North Pole and the Norwegian mainland.

It's the furthest inhabited place on earth from Australia. The average highest daytime temperature as he says in the video is below freezing for all but four months of the year!

Looks bloody cold.

 

[thewizardmelon]

Looks bloody cold.

In another life, I could see me being one of those people spending months in the arctic/antarctic doing research where it’s daytime for months. Sounds glorious (minus the work part)

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

Looks bloody cold.

That would be one way of putting it mate! Between the cold and the roaming bears what's not to like?

 

[philreich]

As an Englishman, there’s never been a better time to knock off the Aussies - it’s their weakest test team in quite some time. All the good Aussie bowlers another year older too

We'll see - I've heard that the English will soon be referred to as the Pommy Possums, because they keep getting killed on the road .

 

[Robertio]

In another life, I could see me being one of those people spending months in the arctic/antarctic doing research where it’s daytime for months. Sounds glorious (minus the work part)

It would be interesting for while.

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

In another life, I could see me being one of those people spending months in the arctic/antarctic doing research where it’s daytime for months. Sounds glorious (minus the work part)

You know something i must head up to Iceland/Norway direction, and experience the midnight sun sometime in the not too distant future.

 

[Cap]

I HATE all those fake-tinis with a passion. I admit, I kinda turn my nose up at vodka Martinis.

2 parts good gin + 1 part dry vermouth + shaken with ice = tasty goodness

Accept no substitutes, order an Appletini and deal with my withering glare...

I like the Vesper Martini from the Bond books.

No idea what an Appletini is and I'm not sure i want to know

 

[Cap]

In another life, I could see me being one of those people spending months in the arctic/antarctic doing research where it’s daytime for months. Sounds glorious (minus the work part)

In another life I invented calorie free booze.

 

[Robertio]

You know something i must head up to Iceland/Norway direction, and experience the midnight sun sometime in the not too distant future.

You only live once mate.

 

[Robertio]

In another life I invented calorie free booze.

You'll be knighted for that mate.

 

[Cap]

You'll be knighted for that mate.

then about 12 months later dead of Cirrhosis

 

[Cap]

So who is watch the Soceroos tonight

 

[thewizardmelon]

We'll see - I've heard that the English will soon be referred to as the Pommy Possums, because they keep getting killed on the road .

A fair assessment of the current situation to be sure

In another life I invented calorie free booze.

Hand him the Qobel prize and keys to the Qity!

 

[Pugsley]

So who is watch the Soceroos tonight

I' will have a look. Not confident.

 

[philreich]

A fair assessment of the current situation to be sure

Mind you, they did just score 823 in Pakistan - hopefully we don't prepare too many roads!!!

 

[Pugsley]

I knew a bloke who thought that Yoko Ono was Japanese for One Egg Please.

South Australia back to normal programming.

 

[philreich]

South Australia back to normal programming.

What a shock - NOT!!!

 

[Braklet]

I like the Vesper Martini from the Bond books.

No idea what an Appletini is and I'm not sure i want to know

Never had one, but I would drink one.

I read that the Bond vodka Martini was basically a Smirnoff product placement in the movies, since the books were different.

Nobody who appreciates booze wants an Appletini.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

I HATE all those fake-tinis with a passion. I admit, I kinda turn my nose up at vodka Martinis.

2 parts good gin + 1 part dry vermouth + shaken with ice = tasty goodness

Accept no substitutes, order an Appletini and deal with my withering glare...

One qootini coming right up.

 

[philreich]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

A little known ''fact'' about that song is that the jilted lovers it's about are Matera92 and Art Vandelay_

If you could cease associating me with the festering pustule that would be swell.

Acceptable methods of having me in the same sentence is exclusively, and entirely limited to noting how much superior I am to him in all ways imaginable.

 

[Pugsley]

 

[Cap]

Never had one, but I would drink one.

I read that the Bond vodka Martini was basically a Smirnoff product placement in the movies, since the books were different.

Nobody who appreciates booze wants an Appletini.

Thats a good point, mind you from what I've been told Martinis are better with worse quality gins, I normally use Gordons although I have used more expensive ones.

For me, as a person who doesn't like Gin, its in the Dry Vermouth.

Appletini reminds me of that song

 

[philreich]

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If you keep that up, you might have a career as an AFL umpire ahead of you .

 

[Pugsley]