Lightning Doesn’t Strike Twice
The Cobbler should have stayed retired. Not one of his win selections in the Yankee ran a place. It’s time to pack up your saddle and take up fishing Nellie. Lightning doesn’t strike twice.
Dame Nellie Cobbler Returns to the Punting Stage – Less Than a Week After He “Retired”
Do you think that the Cobbler might have a gambling problem? Continually publicly declaring that you’re off the punt after a series of losses and then almost immediately beginning gambling again is certainly indicative of one. Or is he just a mad attention seeker who has discovered Twitter as a means to gain some tiny […]
There is an Idiot in Every Crowd
I am n0t sure what this idiot threw on the track as the runner came into the straight for the first time in race 2 at Menangle last night, but whatever it was it had the potential to create danger by spooking the horses. Whoever the fool was needs to give themselves an uppercut. They […]
Some Greyhound Racing Participants are Trying to Kill the Sport (First Published 19 December 2023)
The very morning after Victoria’s richest race a trainer in the State got busted live baiting. Can you believe it? After everything greyhound racing has been through, and all that the good people in the game – the majority of them – have done to rebuild it, some individuals are still doing the wrong thing […]
I Will One Day …. But I Have Some Bad News For You Buddy
So will you. Thanks for your well wishes during my illness. It’s much appreciated. I just wonder who will get there first. The one who wears the glass pipe jockey’s silks I guess sunshine. It ain’t me.
Shane Ciurleo’s Kidding Himself – Andrew Jones Was a Bum
Andrew Jones has done a decent job in difficult circumstances, trying to steer an archaic industry toward a sustainable future model. All the while being targeted by "rival" industry media, and resistance from the industry he represented. Impossible role for an innovator. — Shane Ciurleo (@shaneciurleo) April 26, 2024 Shane Ciurleo’s main claim to fame […]
The Three Great Defamation Denial Puck Ups in History
Ossie’s not gay. Just ask him. Oscar Wilde – I am not a homosexual Dandy old Oscar was. He liked young men too. Wilde ended up bankrupt and destitute, jailed for years, exiled and ruined. All because he had a penchant for boys that he refused to let out of the closet. Ben Roberts-Smith – […]
David v 4 Goliaths
And the missus sinks the slipper in too …. A wise man said only fools rush in. Or touch this pocket rocket’s girl. Well done man! pic.twitter.com/U7lqByGIJ1 — EmmaBorosKidd (@EmmaBorosKidd) April 7, 2024
The Eyes Have it in the Last Race at Clare
There are no words necessary. A picture tells a thousand words. And we all know what it is to be mooned.
You Can’t Call Footy Players Monkeys, and Quite Rightly Too – So Why Do We Continue to Call Redheads Apes?
‘Ranga’ is an abbreviation of ‘orangutan’. Used mostly in Australia, the word has gradually spread across the world and has now been adopted to refer to all redheads. It’s thought that is began being used as a derogatory word around the 1990s in Australia school yards. https://gingerparrot.co.uk/ginger-dictionary/ranga-definition/ Bazza McKeown my ginger haired associate and friend […]