Beer 'n' Sport

dab123 · Post by **dab123** » Friday Apr 08, 2005 10:49 pm

EVO.
I CAN REMEMBER WATCHING THE GREAT BRADMAN & HIS TOURING
SIDE IN THE U.K WHEN THEY SOUNDLY THRASHED MY COUNTRY MEN
IN JUST ABOUT EVERY COUNTY IN ENGLAND, SINCE THEN THERE HAVE
BEEN MANY TERRIFIC AUSSIE CRICKET SQUADS, INCLUDING THE
LILLEE, THOMO, MARSH ERA, BUT!!! . SURELY ON STATISTICS OUR
PRESENT CONTINGENT MUST DESERVE THE TITLE OF THE
"GOLDEN ERA" OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET .
I SHALL NOW PROCEED TO HAVE A BEER FOR EVERY MEMBER OF
PRESENT ELEVEN, PLUS ONE FOR 12th MAN , COACH, MANAGER,
TRAINER, ETC UNTILL I REACH "SILLY POINT " ARGGGGG.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » Saturday Apr 09, 2005 12:46 am

Well for me it's the V8supercars.

We have friends that come down from QLD for the round in Sydney and Bathurst plus the group here in Sydney. We go to the QLD rounds.

A normal round we have around 15 people, 8 guys and 7 gals. For the guys we smuggle in 4 cases of various beers on ice, several 30 packs of coke and 4 - 5 bottles of Bourbon/JD.

We get to the track around 6.30am set up the marques, BBQ, seats, etc and the lid comes off the first stubbie at around 7am. The day is pretty much a 12 hour event with the women folk taking the car keys and driving us home.

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Saturday Apr 09, 2005 10:45 am

Jeez DAB, that's going back a bit. Would have loved to have seen the Don in action.

And you're right about todays squad being the golden era as well. I agree, although the Lillee, Thommo, Marsh era had something else about it.. Maybe it was the Aussie larrikin in the players, maybe it was the rest of the world had half decent teams too (ie the Windies - Sir Viv, Big Bird etc etc), maybe it was cause they were a bit less "professional" than todays players.

As for the V8 Supercars, yeah, don't really get into em myself, but I agree it sounds like a good, long excuse for a p!ss up. Getting the girlfriend chaffeurring you home after, bravo. I used to have a girlfriend that didn't drink at all, but liked pubs. God I miss her

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Saturday Apr 09, 2005 10:52 am

Evo,

my missus works in a pub, so on the odd occasion I go in for a big night I have a chauffeur home and someone to make sure I find the bed etc. Just have to work on the cheap p!ss while at the pub, James Squire stub's over the bar get expensive! The only decent tap beer they've got id Toohey's OLd, but as much as I like it I can't drink it all night, after about 10-15 middies you need a change.

Post by **Oliver** » Saturday Apr 09, 2005 12:56 pm

Cricket of the 1970s and 1980s was great. At least there was some quality opposition for the Aussies. Then there was Thommo, Lillee, Marshie, Doug Walters, etc, etc.

Now it seems that wherever we play we win by an innings and four million runs.

Not very interesting. What would the chances of a tied Test involving Australia be these days? I'd reckon less likely than at any time since we began playing Test cricket.

Call me a cynic and accuse me of living in the past ...

Cheers,

Oliver

mahaba · Post by **mahaba** » Saturday Apr 09, 2005 7:26 pm

Bite your tongues folks

You can never beat the Pommies by too much!

The bigger the flogging, the better

Bring on the ashes

GTI86 · Post by **GTI86** » Sunday Apr 10, 2005 6:54 pm

I agree the more pain the better may as well enjoy it while we can guys
just think 3-5 more years and then no mcgrah , warne,gilchrist or langer
wonder if the rest of the world will get there teams together by then

goatsby · Post by **goatsby** » Sunday Apr 10, 2005 7:27 pm

Beer Krout wrote:Smuggled a couple coopers plastics full of the good stuff into the Essendon v Carlton game on Friday.
Lovely.
Damn Don's!

I do the same beer krout I put Saxbys ginger beer labels on my Coopers plastic bottles and have had no problems someone did ask once why i neede so much ginger beer, i just said its good for health!!

Its $5.20 a beer at the mcg and $4.80 at docklands I havnt been to Geelong this year but beer prices went up 28% from last year, I hope they are included on the CPI.

How did the AFL footy tips go this week , I got 1 winner

Gav · Post by **Gav** » Sunday Apr 10, 2005 9:37 pm

Beerlovers,

Remiss of me not to earlier note the perfect marriage that is beer and horse racing. What a couple!

Gav

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 6:26 am

Three P's of the Racetrack - Pissup, Punt and Perve. What a day.

Greg.

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 9:35 am

Yeah, good call re the neds. Another sporting event that lasts long enough to get ratted. I missed out on the last race day we had. By all accounts it was the day of the year. Oh well, always next time. Not a real big fan of punting, but I'm a zen master at the other two P's.

GTI86, yeah, the legends of Aussie cricket are aging, but with the likes of Clarke and others it's not like we're not going to have a team.

Grab, she's a keeper.

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 4:15 pm

I'm a zen master at the other two P's.

Go with your strengths then. I'm crap at punting too.

Greg

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 4:48 pm

problem with punting is that the horses I like to follow like following other horses

r.magnay · Post by **r.magnay** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 6:19 pm

last time I punted the nags, the bloody ambulance kept beating mine home!!!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 9:23 pm

I really wish I had some vague idea to what the hell you lot are on about............

And I took grief for trying to explain brown bottles

Dogger

Gav · Post by **Gav** » Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 9:51 pm

OK Dogger,

The talk is about long days in the sun drinking beer and betting (and losing) on horse racing. Do they race horses year 'round in Canada?

Referring back to the general topic, how many beers can one buy at, say, an ice hockey game? Does the game go long enough to get p*ssed?

Gav

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 1:10 am

Gav,

Thanks, I got the bit about the ponies, its the punting and perve I am having troubles with.

Those aren't things that you try and say over here and you sure wouldn't say that you like doing it

so I am thinking they mean different things to you

Dogger

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 8:35 am

Hi Dogger

A few more Aussie-ism's for your vocabulary:

Punt (verb) : To place a bet, usually based on speculation.

Perve (verb) : To pay visual homage to the fine female form. Some females find that the act of perving makes a man a pervert, thus it is wiser to perve discretely.

Cheers

Merlin

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 9:07 am

Merlin,

Thanks mate

Clears it up entirely,

Just as an aside, don't come punting round here, you just bet on the ponies.

Just avoid the whiplash from the other.

Hope I can stay out of trouble over that

Dogger

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 10:34 am

No worries. What, dare I ask, would somebody be doing in Canada if they were having a punt?