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Reply #15 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:38pm
 
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 1:13pm:
A lot of jealous types around here.


Maybe if YOU spent your whole life doing soemthing, you too might be good enough to command such attention.


Jees it's one way to promote excellence isn't it. Prop up an idiot footballer with a single digit IQ. Maybe the chinese will catch on to it and follow suit and forget about education altogether Wink LOL

Why bother manufacturing anything or go to Uni when you can kick a bit of leather around a paddock and know that the media will report your every move Sad
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Reply #16 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:49pm
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:36pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 2:03pm:
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Who cares? Where's the real news, FFS.




Who cares? Only the several million people in this country who follow AFL.


Caesar was right. Give them bread and circuses to keep them occupied and away from the real issues that matter Wink



Thta's right Nail - what the Romans said is still true today.
Give them bread & circuses.
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Reply #17 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:50pm
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:38pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 1:13pm:
A lot of jealous types around here.


Maybe if YOU spent your whole life doing soemthing, you too might be good enough to command such attention.


Jees it's one way to promote excellence isn't it. Prop up an idiot footballer with a single digit IQ. Maybe the chinese will catch on to it and follow suit and forget about education altogether Wink LOL

Why bother manufacturing anything or go to Uni when you can kick a bit of leather around a paddock and know that the media will report your every move Sad



Jealousy is a b!tch.
If you spent as much time at footy training as ya did whingin about sportsmen, you too could be a champ, and earn several million a year.
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Re: Do you care about Gary Abblet and the stupid AFL ?
Reply #18 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:14pm
 
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:50pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:38pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 1:13pm:
A lot of jealous types around here.


Maybe if YOU spent your whole life doing soemthing, you too might be good enough to command such attention.


Jees it's one way to promote excellence isn't it. Prop up an idiot footballer with a single digit IQ. Maybe the chinese will catch on to it and follow suit and forget about education altogether Wink LOL

Why bother manufacturing anything or go to Uni when you can kick a bit of leather around a paddock and know that the media will report your every move Sad



Jealousy is a b!tch.
If you spent as much time at footy training as ya did whingin about sportsmen, you too could be a champ, and earn several million a year.


Thats right we all should be futty players. We can export out skills overseas and bring money into the country. A real export earner Wink LOL

Typical libbo attitude. Don't criticize corporate crooks or low achievers if they make to much because you must be ENVIOUS !!!!
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Reply #19 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:32pm
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:14pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:50pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:38pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 1:13pm:
A lot of jealous types around here.


Maybe if YOU spent your whole life doing soemthing, you too might be good enough to command such attention.


Jees it's one way to promote excellence isn't it. Prop up an idiot footballer with a single digit IQ. Maybe the chinese will catch on to it and follow suit and forget about education altogether Wink LOL

Why bother manufacturing anything or go to Uni when you can kick a bit of leather around a paddock and know that the media will report your every move Sad



Jealousy is a b!tch.
If you spent as much time at footy training as ya did whingin about sportsmen, you too could be a champ, and earn several million a year.


Thats right we all should be futty players. We can export out skills overseas and bring money into the country. A real export earner Wink LOL

Typical libbo attitude. Don't criticize corporate crooks or low achievers if they make to much because you must be ENVIOUS !!!!



So which is abba...a corporate crook or a low achiever?
Anyhoo last nail, do you think he was just born the best player in the game?

Nar...he worked hard in his chosen field to get to the top, and now he will enjoy the fruits of his labour, while you sit around and say  'but but but all he can do is kick a footy...It's not FAIR! wah wah waaaaaah!!
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Reply #20 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:37pm
 
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So which is abba...a corporate crook or a low achiever? Anyhoo last nail, do you think he was just born the best player in the game?

Nar...he worked hard in his chosen field to get to the top, and now he will enjoy the fruits of his labour, while you sit around and say  'but but but all he can do is kick a footy...It's not FAIR! wah wah waaaaaah!!


In china he would be a low achiever and with no education he would be looked down upon and certainly wouldn't make the news or get any media attention whatsoever. But then this isn't china is it, nor can it boast what china has done over the last 20 years, the results which we are seeing in nearly every shop as imported goods Sad

Where are the Gary Ablet exports ? Smiley LOL
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Reply #21 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:48pm
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:37pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:32pm:
So which is abba...a corporate crook or a low achiever? Anyhoo last nail, do you think he was just born the best player in the game?

Nar...he worked hard in his chosen field to get to the top, and now he will enjoy the fruits of his labour, while you sit around and say  'but but but all he can do is kick a footy...It's not FAIR! wah wah waaaaaah!!


In china he would be a low achiever and with no education he would be looked down upon and certainly wouldn't make the news or get any media attention whatsoever. But then this isn't china is it, nor can it boast what china has done over the last 20 years, the results which we are seeing in nearly every shop as imported goods Sad

Where are the Gary Ablet exports ? Smiley LOL




Lets say you are correct in your assumption that he is as dumb as a box of hammers, what would you have him do?  Work his whole life packing potatoes into sacks for $1 an hour?  We can't all be nuclear physicists or brain surgeons, so good on him for making the most of what he's got, and providing enjoyment for hundreds of thousands of australians each week.
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Reply #22 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 5:39pm
 
As long as Collingwood doesn't win the Grand Final...if they do win, Aussie Rules will suck  Smiley
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Re: Do you care about Gary Abblet and the stupid AFL ?
Reply #23 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 6:00pm
 
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:48pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:37pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:32pm:
So which is abba...a corporate crook or a low achiever? Anyhoo last nail, do you think he was just born the best player in the game?

Nar...he worked hard in his chosen field to get to the top, and now he will enjoy the fruits of his labour, while you sit around and say  'but but but all he can do is kick a footy...It's not FAIR! wah wah waaaaaah!!


In china he would be a low achiever and with no education he would be looked down upon and certainly wouldn't make the news or get any media attention whatsoever. But then this isn't china is it, nor can it boast what china has done over the last 20 years, the results which we are seeing in nearly every shop as imported goods Sad

Where are the Gary Ablet exports ? Smiley LOL




Lets say you are correct in your assumption that he is as dumb as a box of hammers, what would you have him do?  Work his whole life packing potatoes into sacks for $1 an hour?  We can't all be nuclear physicists or brain surgeons, so good on him for making the most of what he's got, and providing enjoyment for hundreds of thousands of australians each week.



The question is more about the media than Gary Abblet, he's ok and he doesn't ask to be worshipped, the media feed it to us by the bucket full, for what? they can't come up with a story of their own, so it's easier to use a story that's fed to them.

In Sydney, the Iron Chef outrated the AFL semi final. Only Victoria care.
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Reply #24 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 6:01pm
 
Who's Barry Applet?

Is he one of the Bali 9?
I think it's nice that they let them play AFL in jail.
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Reply #25 - Sep 30th, 2010 at 6:18pm
 
I'm not against football as an opiate for the masses and the great unwashed, like WESLEY. No problem.

Where I do object is allegedly serious news services, like the ABC, running ABC News 24, and ABC News radio, with 5, 10 or 15 minutes devoted to this crap, hour after hour, day after day. Run the headline, by all means, i.e. Ablett goes to Gold Coast Suns for $2 million a year, but don't spend the next 10 minutes talking about it. I doubt very much that the intelligent are particularly interested.

Limited though we are in this country.
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Reply #26 - Oct 1st, 2010 at 9:48am
 
I understand what you are saying about sport in news. They have been doing it for years...it seems like the sports news starts about 10 minutes into every 30 minute news service.

It is especially noticable to those of us that generally cannot stand sport but to bang on about the ABC doing Abblet stories ..... crikey how do you think I feel, the only two radio stations I listen to are ABC and Radio National and we are coming to the time of the year when one has the friggin cricket on day after day and the other one will probably be playing friggin jazz. The most poo game and the most poo music in tandem.

As for Gary Abblet..he is a spectacular player to watch and one of the true elites of the game..I will make the trip down to the Gold Coast to watch him when I can. AFL is pretty much the only sport I can stand to watch (although Union at it's BEST is pretty exciting as well) other than motorcycle road racing.

Go Saints...please please please break Collingwood's heart.

BTW Gold Coast Suns is one of the most idiotic name I have ever heard. How embarressment!
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Reply #27 - Oct 1st, 2010 at 9:50am
 
Life_goes_on wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 6:01pm:
Who's Barry Applet?

Is he one of the Bali 9?
I think it's nice that they let them play AFL in jail.


Life - can you change your photo please?
You look like someone who is all washed up.
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Reply #28 - Oct 1st, 2010 at 10:04am
 
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:48pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:37pm:
... wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 4:32pm:
So which is abba...a corporate crook or a low achiever? Anyhoo last nail, do you think he was just born the best player in the game?

Nar...he worked hard in his chosen field to get to the top, and now he will enjoy the fruits of his labour, while you sit around and say  'but but but all he can do is kick a footy...It's not FAIR! wah wah waaaaaah!!


In china he would be a low achiever and with no education he would be looked down upon and certainly wouldn't make the news or get any media attention whatsoever. But then this isn't china is it, nor can it boast what china has done over the last 20 years, the results which we are seeing in nearly every shop as imported goods Sad

Where are the Gary Ablet exports ? Smiley LOL




Lets say you are correct in your assumption that he is as dumb as a box of hammers, what would you have him do?  Work his whole life packing potatoes into sacks for $1 an hour?  We can't all be nuclear physicists or brain surgeons, so good on him for making the most of what he's got, and providing enjoyment for hundreds of thousands of australians each week.


I don't care what he does. Just get him off the media and start reporting the real news instead of the kiddies news. What sort of media is this that can't report real news ?
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Reply #29 - Oct 1st, 2010 at 10:09am
 
Franklin wrote on Sep 30th, 2010 at 6:18pm:
I'm not against football as an opiate for the masses and the great unwashed, like WESLEY. No problem.

Where I do object is allegedly serious news services, like the ABC, running ABC News 24, and ABC News radio, with 5, 10 or 15 minutes devoted to this crap, hour after hour, day after day. Run the headline, by all means, i.e. Ablett goes to Gold Coast Suns for $2 million a year, but don't spend the next 10 minutes talking about it. I doubt very much that the intelligent are particularly interested.

Limited though we are in this country.


You'd think the ABC would know better.

It gets worse on the commercial channels. 10 minutes of sports crap at the start and 10 minutes at the end. 5 minutes of ads and 2 minutes of weather which leaves 3 minutes for local and overseas news Sad
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