~~ "The cricket's on the television."
Did last night's presentations make you cringe? They did me. The VB spokesman (Geoff, was it?) turned things into a promo for Talking Boonie, employing some dubious comedy stylings in the process. "It's time to put Little Boonie to sleep," he nighty-nighted. "We won't hear Little Boonie again until next summer." What the fuck! Did he think he was talking to slow-learners? I don't mind the sponsor mentioning their product, but fair dinkum, there are limits.
~~ "He's seeing 'em like watermelons."
Speaking of watermelons, what's up with Tony Grieg's nose? Very W.C. Fields. I hadn't noticed before, but is the big Yarpie a pisshead?
~~ "The word for today is thirsty. Better grab a beer"
Yes, beer. Best you click on Little Boonie to find out why Big Boonie isn't happy with beer. Would you like a spoon with that?
By the way. Channel Nine regularly miss the first few overs after the dinner break - last night they missed nearly ten. Swine! To top that they are now often missing the first ball of an over, sometimes the first two. It's stupid to come back from a break and have the commentators talking about what happened on the first or second ball, blithely unaware(?) we didn't see it.
~~ "You're joking, aren't ya?"
"Get me a beer... the crickets about to start" wore a bit thin halfway through the news (ACA for you city folk) only to find out that Brett Lee already tore through the top order and had the other side 3/10 when they finally decided to come back. Not even worth watching after that.
Posted by: Adsy | 15 February 2006 at 14:23
Yeah, but last night I was at work and I organised so the break was at seven, and the bastards didn't come out until the break was over. Cricket during the break is a rare treat, so I was gipped.
Posted by: Tony.T | 15 February 2006 at 17:29
By the way, I hope you snoozers are clicking on the Boonanza piccy.
Posted by: Tony.T | 15 February 2006 at 17:41
I love Boonie's look there. It is the same disdain that Boony used to show half-rate, pommy, left arm orthodox, nudie delivering pie-chuckers.
Eddie was prepared to delay the news until 6:03:12 to allow the cricket to finish. Perhaps we can convince him to get their shit together on advertising interrupting the game. They have managed to fit ads in between Brett Lee deliveries as well as those appalling placard holding punters at the ground. I'd be prepared to live with them as long as they show all of the fucking cricket!
Posted by: Some Other Bruce | 15 February 2006 at 20:05
Well I am totally pissed off with my Boony.
The bloody thing has sat in pride of place at the regulation 2-3 metres in front of the telly, with the aircon directed at it to keep it's delicate electronic circuitry protected from the heat of the day, and all it has ever said is "the lucky word is 'cheers'" three times in a row, and hasn't even squeaked a swearword or two for the entire VB series.
I knew I should have sold the POS on eBay.
Posted by: Pedro the Ignorant | 16 February 2006 at 03:39
I received that Boony picture a few days ago, and forwarded it on to a number of people, with the subject line: 'Just Tragic'. Without fail all female recipients responded with "I don't get it."
Exactly. That's the problem.
Posted by: gav | 16 February 2006 at 12:26
SOB: I'm with you, I reckon many of those placards are plants. Wonder how long you'd last holding up a sign for Mitsubishi or Toohey's instead of Toyota and VB.
Pedro: They're already floogy them on Ebay.
Gav: You've nailed it.
Posted by: Tony.T | 16 February 2006 at 15:27
Come on Tone. All of the placards are plants. They've just given them out to a likely looking punter near a camera to get their head on the telly.
Either that or there a lot of fans of channel nein shows with access to a commercial printing shop.
Posted by: Some Other Bruce | 16 February 2006 at 22:22
Tony...at least u heard what (geoff) was saying, i was at the game , and couldn't hear a thing....people behind me thought he was the great 'tooo4twenteetoo'. Gav...some of us get it.....
Posted by: sophie | 16 February 2006 at 22:32
Tony:
Surely the very phrase "Talking Boonie" would have given away the fact it was a gyp made by the clueless for the clueless? I mean what next, The Intelligent Tufnell? The Humble Chappelli? The Cheerful Willis, whose glass is always half-empty? Anyway I hope Boonie enjoyed his latte. Incidentally, WC Fields's hooter was caused by a hefty smack in the face, not (originally) by his love of ethanol, so perhaps the conmparison with Tony Grig wasn't far off.
Posted by: Clem Snide | 17 February 2006 at 00:36
Coming soon:
Clever Bill
Drawling Tubbs
Posted by: Tony.T | 17 February 2006 at 14:50
Clever Bill, Drawling Tubbs........and.....taaadaaa.....Bowling Murali!
Posted by: nick | 17 February 2006 at 15:50
Taaadaaa indeed. Untoppable that, Nick.
Posted by: Tony.T | 17 February 2006 at 16:25
If you look over the tip of Boonie's left shoulder you will see what looks like a lithe Indian Gentleman scarping on a bike. Could he have chucked in a bad glass on Boonie? It might be the ladies bad technique but then again it might be something far more sinister.
Posted by: youcancallmemeyer | 17 February 2006 at 19:33
You got better eye-sight than me, Meyer. But if, as you say, it's a lithe Indian on a bike scarpering the scene, then there's only one conclusion - glassy knoll.
Posted by: Tony.T | 18 February 2006 at 14:30
what the?.....r u all undergrads?.....
Posted by: sophie | 23 February 2006 at 00:32
No way, duude!
Posted by: Tony.T | 23 February 2006 at 06:47
ahhh....post-grad philosophy......isee.....
Posted by: sophie | 25 February 2006 at 01:42