Eventually we will get to the bottom of the famous Bob Cunis line. July 2010:
Greg Baum, in today's Age State Of The Nation supplement:
"Fifty over cricket is now - as Ian Chappell once characterised obscure New Zealand all-rounder Bob Cunis - neither one thing nor the other."
Chappelli? Bon mot? No:
Test Match Special commentator Alan Gibson once commented, "This is Cunis at the Vauxhall End. Cunis, a funny sort of name: neither one thing nor the other." However according to his Wisden obituary, the witticism was probably first coined by Alan Ross in a report in The Observer of the New Zealanders' match against Sussex in 1969.
Gideon Haigh, of all people, in today's Australian:
ONE of John Arlott's better lines involved New Zealand's Bob Cunis, an honest toiler of an all-rounder in the 1960s. As a cricketer, observed Arlott with droll earthiness, Cunis was like his name: neither one thing nor the other.
The first time I read this was in a Sydney Morning Herald article by Peter Roebuck -- from memory, no source was acknowledged, but it had obviously been doing the rounds for a few decades.
Apparently Ashton Kutcher* is involved with an actrine named Mila Kunis, who will no doubt suffer from the same quip over the years.
*Ashton Kutcher is one of those actors/actresses with an amphibious name that has always puzzled me, since I didn't know who he/she was for many years -- same thing with Cameron Diaz, who I assumed was a man purely on the basis of her name.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | Monday, October 01, 2012 at 08:30 PM
I actually saw him play.
his run-up was a curve. He was a medium pacer but not very good.
couldn't bat either.
Posted by: The Don has Risen | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 08:45 AM
Andie MacDowell and Darryl Hannah were two other odd-bod names.
In a televised AFL games someone passed the ball to David Mensch and Dermie the commentator said "they decided to go the munch." Or similar. I have a witness.
Not one of his fellow commentators said a thing, not sure if was too sly and went over their heads or it was too hot to touch. I think I even heard a hint of Dermie havin' a quiet chuckle to himself at his brilliant sense of dramatic irony.
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2012/04/23/321511_bfl.html
// apologies told this story before but it fits
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 02:08 AM
Nique Needles. Molly Meldrum. Sharrod Wellingham.
"What the fuck's a Molly?
-Madonna
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 02:21 AM
"Mensch was nine majors short of breaking the club record of twenty-two."
Only nine? Imagine if he booted another and was only eight short. And another, seven short. And another...
Posted by: Tony Tea | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 06:53 AM
Missed that bit. That is textbook Robert Walls "special" comments.
"They've got a bit of a roll on here. If they get the next two goals they'll only be 17 points behind - three kicks in it."
Actually, that's a v.bad analogy. But they're both examples of useless white noise from professional sports journalists and I've got this far so I'm still gonna hit the Post button.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Correct terminology: "filler."
Posted by: Tony Tea | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 12:50 PM