One of my favorite all time movie lines comes from the 1989 movie ‘BATMAN’ when Jack Nicholson as The Joker questions…
“Can somebody please tell me what kind of a world do we live in where a man dressed as a bat steals all of my press”
Well this famous line has risen again, a bit closer to home this time in the DGES WORLD FAMOUS FOOTY TIPPING COMP.
“Can somebody please tell me what kind of a world we live in where a pretty boy steals all of our press”
I refer of course to the fact that Essendon had an almighty win over the Collingwood Scum, yet the Collingwood camera magnet, Dale (The pretty) Thomas received all of the attention .
I’ve mentioned in this forum before about the fact that Thomas appears to be the only Collingwood player permitted to get his photo taken – well get a load of this:
Essendon thumped Collingwood on Saturday.
I rushed home to watch ‘After the game’ and what did I find?
Collingwood pretty boy, Dale Thomas being interviewed, a panel member and special guest on the dud ‘After the Game’ footy/teen show.
Not much journalistic substance about the game but more ‘Teen Magazine’ type questions to which ‘The Pretty’ was more than happy to give his giggly answers.
Typical from channel 10 and a fair dinkum dud TV Show.
The following morning I rushed to the Milk Bar with my trusty canine at my heel to purchase the Sunday Herald Sun. I thumbed my way to the sports pages only to find a full page picture of The Pretty in tears after their loss (The crying bit was good, the subject was not). Furious, but laughing at the poor ol’ Thomas photo, I further thumbed my way through the gossip newspaper to find the Essendon v Collingwood match report all the way in on page 9. This time with yet another photo of The Pretty giving Essendon bloke Angus (na na na na na na na na-na-na Angus) Monfries a shoulder ride to a speccie.
(The Angus speccie photo can be seen on DGES WORLD FAMOUS FOOTY TIPPING COMP tipster, Pear’s blog clarkebruce.wordpress.com)
Bitter/Sweet images of Dale (The Pretty) Thomas this week I must say but the newspaper did make for great fireplace kindling.
7 Comments
July 28, 2008 at 10:49 am
the feral headed pretty boy receiver should hang his head in shame…and as for the hard hitting questions he would have got fro the after the game show…I believe my feelings on the journailstic credibility of those knuckleheads, headed by Andy “Nerd features” Maher, backed up by Sam “I only got this gig because of my father and I’m a half way goodie” Lane is well documented in previous blogs…
July 28, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Fair dinkum Collie, are you sure you’re not a Pom?
You would make most of those $10 tourists sound like they’ve never complained in their lives.
Your scummy side has a win, and a resounding one at that, and you still sook and winge your bloody head off. Ooh, look, there aren’t any photos of us in the paper, ooh look, DT is a guest on this dud show that I’m still watching even though it’s a dud and has a guest I’ve been complaining about for a fortnight…boo hoo.
Change the bloody channel, and buy a different paper!
And unless I’m mistaken, that photo of DT wasn’t taken by him, it looked very much like a photographer working for a newspaper would have taken that photo, so it’s hardly DT’s fault if out of all the guys on the field at that time, they took his.
And I’m willing to bet that DT didn’t gatecrash that dud footy show, but was probably invited some time ago, before any result of the game was known, and they chose DT and not a dud from Bomber land. Maybe they could have invited that captain of yours. They could provide him with some turf so that he could throw some up in the air before he answers each question and if he ever puts his eyebrows back down into their rightful place again maybe he and Tarkyn Lockyer can have a get-together.
Anyway, why not just enjoy the result of your win and stop sooking….I know you’re used to it because you usually lose, but you won this time, so now you don’t have to sook you can actually smile and enjoy! If you don’t know how to do that, just ask a Pom.
July 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Well now Judestar! when I came her 20 years ago I asked people whos the biggest club in the afl! As you see I was brought up in Manchester yes the home of the worlds BIGGEST SPORTING CLUB! COLLINGWOOD I was told! so are they like Manchester United I asked win everything! well errr!! not quite, I was told they nearly do!!!! says it all really. You win nowt and yet your president says your the Manchester United of the Afl!!!!! your supporters and the biggest whinging, moaning supporters in the world, your coach won flags with a State side he has won what since? he like your club from top to bottom are overated, oh forgot you got within 6 points of Geelong in the prelim, well on the cup does it say Geelong won but the whinging twats got within 6 points? your the nearly club you win jack! the biggest club in the afl lol do me a favour cry on your dads shoulder you supported them cause of him, I hug my dad, and Santa because I support THE BEST IN EACH CODEx
July 29, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Pommie – I hug Santa to stop him standing on my foot…
July 29, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!! get your drift pear lol
July 30, 2008 at 10:07 am
I hug Santa when he’s overbalanced and fallen into me.
– usually with a pie, a hot dog, a bucket of chips, a cherry ripe and 2 beers in his hands.
August 1, 2008 at 7:53 am
Santa isn’t awkward…he’s synchronistically challenged…