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West Coast Eagle and warmening convert Chris Judd has traded his Holden HSV V8 for a Prius:

“It’s a little bit nerdy and a bit like the Flintstone days, where you’re skipping along with your feet under the car. It’s a change I’ve made and I’m copping a bit of stick for it.”

He’ll be back in a V8 once the estrogen wears off. Although it seems the problem is club-wide:

Judd also revealed that the Eagles, who are having discussions with a mob called Elementree, want to become the AFL’s first carbon-neutral club.

Via Infidel Tiger, who emails: “As for the Eagles wanting to become the first carbon-neutral club, wouldn’t they be better advised to first become a drug-free club?”

Posted by Tim B. on 05/04/2007 at 02:04 PM
  1. “...I’ve made and I’m copping a bit of stick for it.”

    Is that Australian for ‘a chubby’?

    Posted by blogagog on 2007 05 04 at 03:00 PM • permalink

  2. They can be the first club to play in dresses, too. Maybe have an elephant walk on the way to the pitch first.

    Posted by brett_l on 2007 05 04 at 03:23 PM • permalink

  3. “Judd also revealed that the Eagles, who are having discussions with a mob called Elementree”.  I first read it as “a moth called Elementree”.  Makes as much sense.

    Posted by HRT1009 on 2007 05 04 at 05:12 PM • permalink

  4. #1 blogalog

    copping a bit of stick


    In Oz it means being on the receiving end of strong verbal advice to change your ways.
    It was probably along the lines:
    “Juddy, you are being a fucking girly dickhead. Wake up to y’self, mate.”
    What’s a “chubby”?

    Posted by Skeeter on 2007 05 04 at 05:33 PM • permalink

  5. #4 Skeets a chubby is a cooloquial term for an erection.

    For good examples of its usage, ref:James Woods in John Carpenter’s Vampire$.

    As for the Weagles. Pack of farking girlyboys.

    Ben Cousins was all over the news last night bleating about his “use” of illegal substances and how he apologises to everyone.

    I’d prefer he got out the cat and flogged himself.

    Tosser.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 05 04 at 05:43 PM • permalink

  6. oops. Forgot to add:

    And show some real remorse.

    Yet another reason why AFL is a losers game these days. Pack of nancyboys and wusses. Let him apologise and it’ll all be okay?

    If I was built like Infidel Tiger I’d be saying:

    SUCK. MY. NUTS!

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 05 04 at 05:47 PM • permalink

  7. Its a pretty clear attempt to distract from the clubs drug problems.

    but then who cares, any contact sport that has a charge of ‘rough play’ is a game for people who don’t have the stones to play netball.

    Posted by Harry Buttle on 2007 05 04 at 06:31 PM • permalink

  8. #5, Niknarf.  I agree about Ben Cousins.

    His so-called “apology” was made with a smirk on his face most of the time.  Then he had the nerve to ask that his privacy be respected!

    He deserves no respect of any kin.

    Posted by ann j on 2007 05 04 at 06:32 PM • permalink

  9. Things are in a bad state when it takes a couple of gals to give advice to Footie players to grow a pair.

    Just be careful, Nilk and Ann. Guys will take being called a wuss by other guys, it’s sledging, part of the usual boy-type dominance games.

    Come on, we all saw it and laughed at it when we were in 3rd grade. Yes, even me.

    But when gals impugne their manliness, it’s more serious, and the testosterone can cause them to do really silly things. The wussier and more insecure they are, the more they feel they have to prove.

    Posted by Zoe Brain on 2007 05 04 at 06:47 PM • permalink

  10. If they want to be carbon neutral, just lie down on the field and stop breathing.

    Posted by arrowhead ripper on 2007 05 04 at 06:53 PM • permalink

  11. Have you seen their new mascot?

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 05 04 at 07:39 PM • permalink

  12. I’d say they were dumbing sport down, but…well, you know.

    Posted by saltydog on 2007 05 04 at 07:51 PM • permalink

  13. Tim, it’s not a Toyota Prius; it’s a Kyoto Pious!

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:02 PM • permalink

  14. Hilarious, reminds me of handbags

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:07 PM • permalink

  15. Sledging.

    This is a term I only know from Oz, and am not sure of it’s meaning.

    Is it like, you know, dissing?

    Or pouring oproborium upon?

    Or slagging?

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:11 PM • permalink

  16. Sledging is like goading the opposition with derogatory and inflammatory remarks, eg: when an English fielder droppd a very crucial catch, an Australian player was heard to remark “You just dropped the World Cup.” Sometimes it’s out and out insult, but most often more subtle.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 05 04 at 09:18 PM • permalink

  17. Very bold comments, by the way, Wimpy.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 05 04 at 09:19 PM • permalink

  18. Chubby? Dontcha mean Woody? Rock. Hardon. Erection. Stiffy (Stiffo for the Ozzies?) regular go-getta. thumping ready mate; stiff as an englishman’s resolve. penetration-ready. go-go-gadget-chopper. humpety-doodle. Shaft!, he’s da man. feel the power. The Satiator. The Creator. The Power, feel the powah. Two cylinders, one barrel, many shots. Reload, shoot!

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:22 PM • permalink

  19. Buggah, help us round up the boldies, the Andrea.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:22 PM • permalink

  20. Now, following a cold showah, to get back to topic: It is reassuring to me that the enviro-mentalists waste ther money by being Pious.

    My only issue with them is that they want to force their religion upon me and, oh, also, #2 issue, they are just plain wrong.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:34 PM • permalink

  21. Andrea, Andrea!! Where are you when we need you? The Bolds! The Bolds! They ARE INVADING.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 05 04 at 09:35 PM • permalink

  22. Wow, a Prius? Then we can forget the drug taking, the slurs about having sex with an opponents’ child, the nightclub brawls?

    Posted by Nic on 2007 05 04 at 10:15 PM • permalink

  23. They can ride around on pink pushbikes for all I care.

    As long as they keep bringing home premiership flags, and seriously pissing off the Victorians, who regard AFL as “their” game.

    Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2007 05 04 at 10:48 PM • permalink

  24. Aaaarrrggghhh . . . this is reaslly going to break the bold tag budget!

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:15 PM • permalink

  25. </b>

    Is that better?

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:16 PM • permalink

  26. How about this?

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:16 PM • permalink

  27. Or this?

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:17 PM • permalink

  28. Bugger it - let someone else save the bold tags.

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:17 PM • permalink

  29. I did it! I saved millions in bold tags!

    Posted by Young and Free on 2007 05 04 at 11:18 PM • permalink

  30. No you didn’t. Bold still on for Mac users.

    Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2007 05 05 at 12:23 AM • permalink

  31. Yeah, well, Macs are like that from what I hear.

    Posted by saltydog on 2007 05 05 at 01:19 AM • permalink

  32. Neuron neutral thugs?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 05 05 at 01:28 AM • permalink

  33. It’s now completely clear why the Eagles are crap - the coach lets the players have cars!  The slack turds should be made to run everywhere, including across the Nullarbor to games in Melbourne.

    In my day, the VFL players didn’t catch a tram to the game - they pushed it.  Things are getting slack when they’re allowed to drive.

    Bugger me, I might have to start watching rugby if this keeps up.

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 05 05 at 01:58 AM • permalink

  34. And players didn’t get sports drinks at quarter time.  They didn’t even get oranges.

    They were given the unwashed socks from the previous game to suck on. 

    They were very manly men in those days…

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 05 05 at 02:01 AM • permalink

  35. #9 Zoe, if they had any testosterone I might be worried, but I have severe doubts as to their levels.

    I reckon I’ve got more testosterone in my ovaries.

    Aussie Rules used to be a bloody great game, and worth the trek into the G to stand in the rain and watch the play.

    These days, you look sideways at the ump you cop a fine. Someone calls you a name you sook and bleat and they cop a fine.

    Personally, I’m not a netball fan, but it’s got to have more skill and precision and strategy these days than bloody footy.

    I’m sure if Ben Cousins came and knocked on my door for an apology for the insinuation that he’s a sookylala nambypambt, so I’d be happy to apologise.

    I was wrong, sir, you’re not a sookylala. You are a complete and utter numbnuts who needs to grow a brain and use it.

    I’ve worked with some precious people in my time, but these hothouse flowers elite sportsmen just shit me to tears when they come over all smarmy and “apologetic”.

    My cardboard cutout of George Bush has more acting ability.

    Let’s have it once more with sincerity, Ben.

    /rant

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 05 05 at 02:09 AM • permalink

  36. Oestrogen, Toyota Priuses, Drug use, AFL players.. It is all coming together. When an athlete is on “the gear” (‘roids) the body naturally produces more oestrogen to counter the sudden increase in testosterone (created through ‘roid use). When the artificial driver for the testosterone is removed the testosterone level drops, however, the body takes a while to adjust its oestrogen levels back to normal. This excess oestrogen imbalance causes testicle shrinkage, breast development and now apparently, vehicular downsizing.

    Posted by CanberraNeoCon on 2007 05 05 at 08:47 AM • permalink

  37. I’ve given up on the top level of Aussie Rules, which is definitely a misnomer. I stick to country football, which has all of the good elements of the game in spades, without the tossers and Prius-thingies.
    I can’t really move much after yesterdays game, but it is a good kind of immobility.

    Posted by Simon Darkshade on 2007 05 05 at 09:57 PM • permalink

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