Aussie rules football.....

playinghob
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Submitted by playinghob on 6 April, 2008 - 19:58.

Just come back from the pub after having watched Geelong vs Melbourne (by accident), cracking game, but does anyone outside of Australia understand Aussie rules football?! And judging by the Aussies packing the pub, it seems you have to be pretty drunk to watch it. A bizarre experiance I must say!

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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6 April, 2008 - 23:19

yeah, you're allowed to punch people and they don't really count the points or anything
at the end of every match the teams get drunk and shower together and the fans turn and punch the person standing next to them

Steven. "not online much for a while"
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6 April, 2008 - 23:26

http://libcom.org/history/1883-today-the-radical-history-of-aussie-rules-football

Asher "Anarcho-Kyke Federation Of Aotearoa"
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7 April, 2008 - 01:03

There's another brief thread about this stupid fucking sport in the Oceania section here.

Its a lot of fun to play, but my god is it boring to watch (both on TV and live).

newyawka "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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8 April, 2008 - 13:52

a long time ago a friend o' mine heard the phrase "australian rules football" and thought it was a joke, meaning "any game without rules."

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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8 April, 2008 - 13:54

yeah essentially it should be used interchangeably with "prison-rules"

magnifico "rehabilitating"
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9 April, 2008 - 18:22
xConorx wrote:
yeah, you're allowed to punch people and they don't really count the points or anything
at the end of every match the teams get drunk and shower together and the fans turn and punch the person standing next to them

Funnily enough, punching is one of the things you're really really not allowed to do, you get banned for ages so whenever they have a big fight everyone grabs each others' shirts and threatens to punch them but very rarely actually does.

Also if anyone kicks the ball away after a free kick is given, holds on to the person about to take a free kick to delay it, gets in the ref's face or any other such shenanigans they are immediately penalised by the kick being taken 50m further forward, so you get a lot less of all that bollocks than you do in football.

Fantastic Adelaide 'showdown' at the weekend, i bought setanta just to watch it and was up at 7.30am on a sunday, wasn't disappointed by the game or the result!

newyawka "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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9 April, 2008 - 19:05
magnifico wrote:
Funnily enough, punching is one of the things you're really really not allowed to do,

wimps.

want more? get your fill here:
http://www.hockeyfights.com/

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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9 April, 2008 - 20:05

instead of fighting while playing ice hockey (which is a completely bent sport)
why don't they actually just train fighting?

Refused "LibCom's official social secretary"
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9 April, 2008 - 20:15

Because they are pansies.

newyawka "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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9 April, 2008 - 20:21
xConorx wrote:
instead of fighting while playing ice hockey (which is a completely bent sport)
why don't they actually just train fighting?

because it is so much more skillful doing it on a pair of skates on a sheet of ice

Alan "Getting drunk, playing punk on a stylophone"
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9 April, 2008 - 20:39

Only in America would they incorporate handbags into a legitimate sport cos the fat kids have watched too much MTV and drank too much Coke to maintain attention otherwise. Even the players only last about a minute each on the ice, fat cunts.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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9 April, 2008 - 20:50

Spot-on Alan, it really is a fucking joke - the sport is so shit they have to inject, and facilitate, punch-ups on the field of play. I mean let's face it - who fucking watches ice-hockey for anything other than the fights.

As with all american-type sports (except basketball which is basically international) it's a fucking joke.

And as for the fighting thing if you want to fight, go and train to fight, if you want to watch people fight, go watch people who actually fight.

newyawka "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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9 April, 2008 - 21:25

yiz make me laugh

notch8 "Spiteful Loner"
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9 April, 2008 - 21:35
newyawka wrote:
yiz make me laugh

Is the fact that he has no teeth meant to make us think he's hard? Its pretty clear his teeth are gone because he's an inbreed who has never heard of toothpaste.

Refused "LibCom's official social secretary"
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9 April, 2008 - 21:44

Word.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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9 April, 2008 - 21:45

NAILS!

newyawka "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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9 April, 2008 - 21:52
notch8 wrote:
Is the fact that he has no teeth meant to make us think he's hard?

yes.
and, he's laughing at you, you anti-finnite racist.

notch8 "Spiteful Loner"
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9 April, 2008 - 22:01
newyawka wrote:
notch8 wrote:
Is the fact that he has no teeth meant to make us think he's hard?

yes.
and, he's laughing at you, you anti-finnite racist.

He's not laughing at me, hes just seen his sister in her bra.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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9 April, 2008 - 22:35

and he loved it, dirty bastard