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by fonzeee
Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The annihilation of minnows at the RWC is a huge embarrassment to the sport
Replies: 142
Views: 4893

Re: The annihilation of minnows at the RWC is a huge embarrassment to the sport

If Namibia weren't facing a 5-day turnaround into the game that is really the crucial one for them (v Uruguay) they might have gone full strength v France. They'd still have lost but unlikely to have been as bad as it was. Amazed no one pointed this out until the second page. They held out a lot of...
by fonzeee
Tue May 02, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NBA season 2023/24 - Play Offs begin 20 April
Replies: 5677
Views: 543856

Re: NBA season 2022/23 - Play Offs Start 15 Apr 2023

I think the Kings will be right back there next year and hopefully a little less banged up. I'm convinced Sabonis had a more significant hand injury than was let on. He's a career 73% FT shooter (74% this season too) who shot 57% this series and was routinely missing wide open free throw line and e...
by fonzeee
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Râguebi Memorial Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Thread
Replies: 556
Views: 35002

Re: Official Raguebi Memorial Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Thread

Good idea re the thread title Fonzee. However, the correct spelling is Râguebi (per his login details) I must come clean here and confess that while I wish I had come up with this idea...someone else did it, as I've been forced into semi-retirement on account of work and a newborn. It is terrific t...
by fonzeee
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Râguebi Memorial Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Thread
Replies: 556
Views: 35002

Re: Official Raguebi Memorial Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Thread

Official Reguebi Memorial Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Thread Good idea re the thread title Fonzee. However, the correct spelling is Râguebi (per his login details) I must come clean here and confess that while I wish I had come up with this idea...someone else did it, as I've been forced into semi-retirement ...
by fonzeee
Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9241
Views: 964286

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Wife is watching the Addams Family sequel right now. Never realized Joan Cusack was so...well... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zEB28gZ5DSc/hqdefault.jpg That's all I have to add. Love the movie, yeah she is fairly hot, can’t name another movie she was in. I only ever seen her in School of Rock as the kill...
by fonzeee
Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waffle House fight
Replies: 73
Views: 1945

Re: Waffle House fight

This is every Waffle House ever after about 1am.
by fonzeee
Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9241
Views: 964286

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Wife is watching the Addams Family sequel right now. Never realized Joan Cusack was so...well...

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That's all I have to add.
by fonzeee
Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stay safe America
Replies: 90
Views: 3173

Re: Stay safe America

Oh the ironing. ? I suspect it is the daily massacring of our very own language by our American cousins through mis-spelling and mis-pronunciation that has irked message. Worcestershire Sauce Aluminium Colour (anything with a u more generally) Leicester Tomato To my surprise when I first came out h...
by fonzeee
Sun Dec 25, 2022 7:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9241
Views: 964286

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Seriously? I thought it was okay. Haven’t exactly been blown away by anything the past few years tbh…some of my all time favorites came out between 2010-2016 or so, then the well kind of went dry for me (even before Covid, though obviously that didn’t help). Knives Out was at least fun, nothing pro...
by fonzeee
Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9241
Views: 964286

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

. Knives Out is one of the better movies from the last few years IMO. Seriously? I thought it was okay. Haven’t exactly been blown away by anything the past few years tbh…some of my all time favorites came out between 2010-2016 or so, then the well kind of went dry for me (even before Covid, though...
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 24, 2022 6:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stay safe America
Replies: 90
Views: 3173

Re: Stay safe America

goeagles wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 4:13 pm I don’t know how Canadians deal with that shit regularly.
Got suckered into visiting the in-laws in Quebec for Christmas one year. Never again. Winter is on a whole other level up there.
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9241
Views: 964286

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

boere wors wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:16 am Glass Onion... trying hard to be satirical. Couldnt be bothered for more than an hour.
It was ok, big step down from the first as expected though. Knives Out is one of the better movies from the last few years IMO.
by fonzeee
Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022
Replies: 3791
Views: 81497

Re: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022

Goalkeeper is a headcase. Yeah, I was speculating with a friend who's a Villa fan that he's got a 'peak goalkeeper' on his hands as they're known to be 'a different breed'. But this lad is borderline certifiable... He's mental, i love him :lol: +1, I can see why he rubs people the wrong way (my dad...
by fonzeee
Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 846678

Re: Official NFL 2022

And, ironically, because of the holding penalty on Denver it never actually happened :lol: :lol: Not gonna lie, I’ve seen this clip dozens of times and only just noticed that today :lol:
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure
Replies: 294
Views: 9716

Re: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure

That’s a really horrible joke. At least they hugged and made up but obviously someone is pretty ignorant. I’d guess a lot of them were laughing more out of shock than anything else. I hope so anyway. In my experience being the butt of jokes along these lines (Latino, not black), your friends don’t ...
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 21, 2022 6:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The myth that the FIFA WC is more competitive than the RWC
Replies: 88
Views: 3146

Re: The myth that the FIFA WC is more competitive than the RWC

Hmmm…would have to think about this but may not be true anymore. Full team would still smoke the minnows though, most likely. NBA guys did drop one to Puerto Rico in 2004 Olympics though, on the other hand. That was the era when USA would make the mistake of throwing a bunch of All stars together 2...
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 846678

Re: Official NFL 2022

Mac Jones is a f**king pea heart lmao Just seen this :lol: Easy to ridicule but he was put in a disadvantageous position, even aside from the physical mismatch. He did try, just got manshamed. Pats fans around here have more or less turned on him though. It's easy to forget he probably hasn't made ...
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NBA season 2023/24 - Play Offs begin 20 April
Replies: 5677
Views: 543856

Re: NBA season 2022/23 - Season Starts 18 Oct 2022

Well, NZ's betting agency is favouring Bucks vs Celtics in the East, and Suns vs Clippers in the West. I agree with their East predictions, but not their West predictions. Who's grabbing your eye? Interesting, preseason I picked Bucks v Clippers finals…health permitting for both teams o’ course. I ...
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NBA season 2023/24 - Play Offs begin 20 April
Replies: 5677
Views: 543856

Re: NBA season 2022/23 - Season Starts 18 Oct 2022

Who we liking this year folks? Well, NZ's betting agency is favouring Bucks vs Celtics in the East, and Suns vs Clippers in the West. I agree with their East predictions, but not their West predictions. Who's grabbing your eye? Interesting, preseason I picked Bucks v Clippers finals…health permitti...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NBA season 2023/24 - Play Offs begin 20 April
Replies: 5677
Views: 543856

Re: NBA season 2022/23 - Season Starts 18 Oct 2022

Who we liking this year folks?
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RIP Max Brito
Replies: 5
Views: 503

Re: RIP Max Brito

RIP Max I know a guy who at 16 was injured in a high school rugby game scrum. Now a tetraplegic. He received a substantial payout from NZs government run ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation). Through good management by he and his family he owns numerous properties down here and in Queenstown and...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 17951
Views: 809086

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

She never mentioned Pearl Harbour...silly cow Why would she you misogynistic prick given she was talking about attacks on US democracy :? It was a bit of a lazy effort and adding “domestic” to the sentence could have largely avoided these attacks, although there would inevitably be references to Ok...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27075
Views: 1984470

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

As for the year in review, I finally “figured out” squatting and at last am comfortably squatting more than my bench like a normal person for the first time since I had a proper trainer back in high school…never 1RM it but been doing 5x5 at 255 lbs (sorry this will all be lbs) Deadlifts (with trap b...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27075
Views: 1984470

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Top notch. f**king love deadlift. Best thing one can do in the gym IMO. +1 How do we feel about trap bar deadlifts? A bit smoother for me but wondering if I’m cheating myself…I’m able to lift more that way, too, which makes me wonder if it’s really all the same…I suspect it isn’t. Nevertheless I’ve...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RIP Max Brito
Replies: 5
Views: 503

Re: RIP Max Brito

Tragic story :((

Kind of hard to believe someone was paralyzed in a RWC game, you usually read about these things happening in some random club match somewhere
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 846678

Re: Official NFL 2022

paddyor wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 1:28 am Mac Jones is a f**king pea heart lmao
Just seen this :lol:

Easy to ridicule but he was put in a disadvantageous position, even aside from the physical mismatch. He did try, just got manshamed.

Pats fans around here have more or less turned on him though.
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The myth that the FIFA WC is more competitive than the RWC
Replies: 88
Views: 3146

Re: The myth that the FIFA WC is more competitive than the RWC

In general football is more competitive than rugby or basketball or volleyball . In football, a big team does not go into a game 100% certain of winning. In rugby, a big team can go to a world cup game, deploy a provincial team and still win. So technically New Zealand could play 2 or 3 of their gr...
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The New York Times printed a swastika crossword?
Replies: 49
Views: 1781

Re: The New York Times printed a swastika crossword?

Perhaps FullbackAce will comment, but I always wondered if the Georgian symbol has a connection to the swastika as they’re similar and Georgia is close to where it was commonplace. Luckily for them they stuck a few extra arms on.
by fonzeee
Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The New York Times printed a swastika crossword?
Replies: 49
Views: 1781

Re: The New York Times printed a swastika crossword?

It used to be, before that mob in Germany appropriated it a few decades ago. Not used to be. Still is in Asian countries. My mate is from Nepal Was popular all over the place until nazi Germany: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29644591 Makes for some amusing photos from a more innocent time: ht...
by fonzeee
Mon Dec 19, 2022 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scream film murders - life imitating art?
Replies: 76
Views: 3722

Re: Scream film murders - life imitating art?

At least you didn’t blame the murders on satanism, rock’n roll or Dungeons & Dragons - previous parent warnings must have solved those already, right? Honestly I couldn’t see how you possibly could have inferred this was my line of argument when I first saw this, but having seen your post on the Qu...
by fonzeee
Mon Dec 19, 2022 11:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27075
Views: 1984470

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Nice work Zak and monkey. :thumbup: For me deadlifts been amazing. Squat has been good and bench was been fine. PB with 280 on dead, which I think is about 12.5 up. 2.5 up on squats, PB now 245. Lost weight and it affected my bench most but feel like that’s coming back a bit now. Are you using poun...
by fonzeee
Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022
Replies: 3791
Views: 81497

Re: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022

Hispanic genetic superiority wins out in the end, just as we all expected :smug:

Say what you will about soccer, but man can this sport be f**king suspenseful
by fonzeee
Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scream film murders - life imitating art?
Replies: 76
Views: 3722

Re: Scream film murders - life imitating art?

Sure thing Karen. You’re the hip guy on this thread. Somehow, we will all presume that you are not ridiculously out of touch based on literally everything you have ever posted on PR. You’re a cool guy that understands things. 👍 Yeah I only spent 8.5 of the last 12 years on large college campuses in...
by fonzeee
Sun Dec 18, 2022 1:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scream film murders - life imitating art?
Replies: 76
Views: 3722

Re: Scream film murders - life imitating art?

Grow up. Well, one of the two of us is an out of touch middle aged man, the other went to high school and college in the social media era. To take a page from your book: you’re an idiot. Sure thing Karen. You’re the hip guy on this thread. Somehow, we will all presume that you are not ridiculously ...
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scream film murders - life imitating art?
Replies: 76
Views: 3722

Re: Scream film murders - life imitating art?

towny wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:17 pm Grow up.
Well, one of the two of us is an out of touch middle aged man, the other went to high school and college in the social media era.

To take a page from your book: you’re an idiot.
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scream film murders - life imitating art?
Replies: 76
Views: 3722

Re: Scream film murders - life imitating art?

As long as you don’t overreact…. I'm not locking their knickers with a key, pal. I'm simply saying kids need to be taught the dangers of social media. I don't think the parents of todays teenagers were really prepared for the darker side of the internet. And I don't blame them at all. But we would ...
by fonzeee
Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Defund the RNLI
Replies: 114
Views: 3843

Re: Defund the RNLI

I thought he was from the states? Big GOP guy in the sneering DeSantis sense right? It’s like you’ve missed 20 years of him whinging about the ref when England lose. But he's all over American politics threads braying about every GOP talking point? You foreign wit kant are all over the American thr...
by fonzeee
Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Good Christmas movie to show a young child?
Replies: 45
Views: 1377

Re: Good Christmas movie to show a young child?

My older daughter hates Home Alone. She watched it first when she was about 7 and then bawled her eyes out afterwards and had nightmares. She's a bit of a thinker and realised the whole concept of being left alone in the house and having burglars trying to get in was actually terrifying. :lol: :lol...
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022
Replies: 3791
Views: 81497

Re: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022

Only Brazil and Germany have reached more world cup QFs than England but I don't disagree but Argentina and Spain are generally in the outsiders group too Spain have reverted to their traditional "flatter to deceive" role after their brief period in the sun. Much like England did. 60 years ago Wond...
by fonzeee
Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022
Replies: 3791
Views: 81497

Re: Official FIFA World Cup Thread - Qatar 2022

I don't think France will win. Had England won that , they would have gone on to win it. Agonising for them Oh really? They would have beaten Argentina? They could have. But you’re so sure. OR Morocco who have looked so solid and organised Random teams don’t really win World Cups if you look at the...