A little bird told me there has been a scandal involving one of the younger DGESWFTC tipsters.
I hear his team was playing footy against Greenvale, whose side included a girl. It is alleged that this girl delivered a massive hip and shoulder to our young colleague, sending him flying. It was not reported whether or not tears were involved but I hear there was a fair bit of damage to the young bloke’s pride.
Take a bow, Adam Gray…
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s Collingwood. Another thing I can’t stand is Collingwood’s Dale Thomas’ head.
Fair dinkum this bloke gets photographed more often than than Jennifer Hawkins and Roberta Williams put together.
Check out today’s Sunday Herald Sun. Thomas’ smug head is on the front and back cover and to be found no less than four times in the newspaper which is really more like a gossip magazine these days.
It is a Sunday ritual to walk the dog to the milk bar, and buy the paper. While walking back home you can read the hard hitting articles about what Roberta, Kylie, Bec and Nicole are up to.
You advance a couple of pages to find out where Wayne Carey is now living and who he is living with. A quick jump to the sports pages leaves you confronted face to face with page after page of Dale Thomas.
This happens every Sunday morning - and the Sunday AGE is no better.
It works out well though because by the time I’ve bought the paper and walked the dog around the block, I’ve read the rag from cover to cover and I then get to use the paper to start a fire in the fire place at home.
Back to Thomas’ head.
Since this pretty boy burst onto the scene he has become a fascination to the paparazzi who snap him from every angle and pose, whether he’s cuddling his team mates, kissing ol’ sooky Malthouse or waving to the crowd after a fluke goal.
And if I hear him get compared to Ron E Wearmouth again, I’m gunna be sick. Just cos’ he’s got wild, untamed hair. With that criteria, Thomas could also be compared to Germaine Greer, Jaques Christeu and Albert Einstein.
I don’t give a stuff if Thomas can play footy either. I’m just sick, sick, sick of being bombarded with his Collingwood pretty boy head in my face.
Piss off Collingwood - the only time I want to read about you is when you win another wooden spoon.
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I gotta split…
A lot of effort has gone into The Doggfather’s tips this round.
I especially liked the Roos pic and the Brad Hardie/Roger Merrett gems.
Great research Doggfather.
A few rounds ago I announced that Footscray losing after the siren was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
I have now found something equally as funny as that great day.
I present to you the AFL ROUND 12 PREMIERSHIP LADDER which shows Carlton in the top 8.
We have all had to endure a week of Fev, Juddy, Kruz, Gibbo, Rats - Carlton in the Finals and how far can this team go etc, etc
I now present to you the AFL ROUND 13 PREMIERSHIP LADDER which shows Carlton out of the 8.
The world is a beautiful place…
BEHOLD!
An archaeological find of the utmost importance and DGES WORLD FAMOUS FOOTY TIPPING COMP significance.
A find akin to discovering the Lost City of Atlantis, The Tomb of Alexander, The Lee Kernaghan Shirt or the Tower of Babel.
I present to you THE KEN FLETCHER DUD CHEQUE.
If ever you’ve been to the footy and heard the cries from the grandstand “$30 BUCKS FLETCH!” , you will know of the debt owed to the Aberfeldie/St. Johns Cricket Club by former Essendon Football Club Captain, Ken Fletcher. After many years of research and man hours, we now have proof of that debt.
Unfortunately Ken’s son Dustin has had to wear the responsibility for the debt since he is the Fletcher still in the public eye and those of us who manage to get within earshot of the Fletchers are committed to remind them of their responsibilities. $30BUCKS FLETCH!
November 26 1999, the Aberfeldie/St.Johns Cricket Club held a function at the Essendon Football Club, to honour our two club legends.
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Since Ken Fletcher was a former cricketing opponent of our two legends, he was sent an invitation (along with dozens of others), to attend the function. The cost of the evening was a mere $30bucks, which included a 3 course meal, a photostat booklet of all past players stats and figures and the chance to relive old stories of past cricketing deeds with former team mates and opponents.
Fletcher paid for his ticket on the night by cheque made out to CASH.
Needless to say, the bank bounced the cheque.
Mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of the missing dud cheque for almost a decade, until now…
The amazing find was unearthed in a storage vault, in the depths of a garage belonging to Aberfeldie/ St.Johns Cricket Club Treasurer, MVP Barnsey. The find was located amongst the Zoo Magazines and other such paraphernalia.
Not only was the dishonored cheque discovered but also the damning letter from the Bank of Melbourne which has only further added debate to the mystery surrounding the fraud of the Fletchers.
The letter states ‘PAYMENT STOPPED’. Previously the assumption was that Ken Fletcher had presented a cheque to us while not having the funds in the bank. ‘PAYMENT STOPPED’ possibly suggests that the payment was cancelled after the event which makes me wonder if I offended him in a speech that night in my role as Master of Ceremonies.
I can’t remember calling him a FURC, but maybe I did. 
We have also learned that Aberfeldie/St.Johns Cricket Club was fined $9.00 by the bank for presenting the dud cheque so the call from the grandstands at the footy now shall be “YOU OWE US $39 BUCKS FLETCH!”
Click on the cheque and the letter to read the magnified versions.
