Fuckin' hell!

Can't anybody ~read~ around here? I couldn't give a monkey's about whether the inmates in the National Felons League are "Pussies in Pads" or not.

Though I confess that after a season of trying to explain cricket to American women over a cocktail or three, I've gotten a little tired of sporting stereotypes. All they do is get in the way of the good stuff - the history, the drama the achievement and the athleticism and skill.

No! I was mearly questioning the wisdom of giving gits like Nanny Coates any more ammunition for his "SOLO is populated by drama-obsessed knuckle-draggers" campaign.

If you want a ~real~ comparison between rugby and NFL with regard to pads read this man . He's played ~both~ sports and is in a better position to discuss whether NFL players are pussies or whether the modern dunny-brush hair-do sporting rugby player is channelling Michael Jackson by wearing shiny, satin-like, form-fitting uniforms, fingerless gloves and shoulder pads.

Then again maybe not. Afterall, Tane Randell didn't sound "Bad" in that World Cup "Thriller" against France when he complained to the ref that those dirty Frenchies were pulling his testicles in the rucks.

And who could forget this? 

This thread *is* in fun. I laughed when I saw it, & stickied it. Good opportunity for some ... er ... serious (not) ... U.S./Kiwi mock-parochialism. Never imagined anyone would take offence at it. Am still rubbing my eyes in disbelief. Lighten up, guys. There's plenty of meaty stuff here to keep you occupied if you don't like the humour. And just 'cos something is funny doesn't mean it won't make the stickies! This is SOLO!!

Linz

BTW, stickies are ranked by date-of-posting, not by merit.

Every time you make a new post whinging about it you're sending this to the top of the list. If it's disturbing you so much simply let it go...

promoting this thread over any other on the forum. You are the one who is making a big deal out of it. Reading or not reading this thread should not in any way stop you from discussing other topics of interest that are available here.

L W

The answer to you question is plainly spelled out. But in case you can't be arsed, here it is again: By all means, have your fun. Post as many pictures of hairy-girls in bikinis as you like. If that's what floats your boat, who am I to judge? 

that this was supposed to be a reply within a thread - and not a new posting. Let's hope the webmasters will consider introducing the facility to do this in the next upgrade.

But you do have a point, Robert, about these asinine remarks – indeed this is a frivolous mine’s-bigger-than-yours debate that would have been contained within our Rugby vs NFL thread if we’d been able.

but for me this thread is all in fun. I can actually go from being serious on one thread to joking on another with the same people.

If Lindsay has a problem with what we have posted and wants it removed, then seeing as how he owns the site I would remove my part. However my suggestion to you is that if it bothers you that much, just ignore it.

L W

I appreciate the fact that this thread is a dick measuring contest between supporters of (rather than people who know what they are talking about - like maybe the athlete's who take part in) two different codes of football.

And it's a truely wonderful thing that the internet allows Kiwis and American's to rib one another about their favourite sports. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful thing. But does it really rate a top ten articles billing on SOLOPASSION? It isn't ~EVEN FUNNY~.

You see Phil Coates was chiding the members of this site for not properly considering Professor Reisman's articles. His argument is that this site is populated by ignorant gits who excel in swopping epithets and little else.

Is there anything in this thread to say different? Any discussion about the relative tactics or athletic requirements of each code? Anything at all to sink your teeth into and chew over? No. Not a bit. And it is the ~second~ highest ranked article on the SOLO-PASSION title page??!?

Far be it from me to tell you blokes how to run your website. But I may have to consider a new home page if this sort of tripe is going to take priority in future.

"...if any rugger had the goods, he'd be in the NFL."

Why would he bother?

"The rugger's claim to fame is a punter (Daren Bennett)."

Who the fuck is Darren Bennett? And why should we care?

Cheers, Peter Cresswell

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Lonnie,

I hadn't finished my dinner yet.

Glenn,

I have to agree with Craig Ceely; panty liner and pads not withstanding, if any rugger had the goods, he'd be in the NFL. The ruggers claim to fame is a punter (Daren Bennett). BTW, is YA Tittle a pussy?

would be complete without a picture of one of it's cheerleaders. So how about one of a run-of-the-mill rah-rah girl for Rugby:

seems to be suffering from a gender identification problem.

Here's some of your typical real pad-wearing rugby players:

L W

Hi Glenn,

I don't think it's possible. I think you would need to use an image on the web somewhere, externally, and reference it using an HTML image tag (<img>).

Cheers
Julian