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I do understand the game. Basically you have two teams in really tight shorts which are probably made that tight to get the guys really angry (kind of like cinching up a bull at a rodeo) and they proceed to beat the bejezuz out of each other. Now there is a referee in a white coat and hat and, depending on how much pain is inflicted or blood let, he lowers either one arm or both arms with dramatic flare to indicate how many points he has awarded for that particular scrimmage. I didn't go back and look, but I'm certain we're talkin Rugby. Yes? This was Pio's little joke. It is a combination of rugby and cricket. ETA and the only piece of correct information in it is that the players wear tight shorts. 
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He actually correctly described the Referees in AFL. They DID used to wear white coats and hats etc. Mind you that also applies to cricket LMAO.
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I bet Pio didn't know that either. I think from the "dramatic arm gestures" he means cricket. Funny as heck either way.  And we DID thrash the English on Saturday night!
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Have you seen the way AFL umpires wave their arms around?
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Its a pack of foreign foolishness, if ya ask me.. :RollieEyes:
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They have played a few exhibition games in the USA - that's true. So you are confirming the fact that they are indeed exhibitionists? And I do know the difference between Rugby and AFL - well okay I don't really know ALL the differences - but I don't believe they scrum in AFL. Oh and the All Blacks play Rugby and always beat Australia. What do you call that ritual they do before each game? I love that.
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 WOW Pio, this is a 5 Star thread ya got here dude! Color me impressed! Mrs. W Just great! Mrs. W shows up and we lose a star. Nice while it lasted though. I was able to "up" the prices for a few days. Now back to discounting (everything that BigK says, that is).
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The problem with that website is that the header says "Australian Culture" - that's an oxymoron.
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The problem with that website is that the header says "Australian Culture" - that's an oxymoron. Speaking of oxymorons, Pio got quoted by Pep on her notable posts thread. That's an oxymoron. Pio and Notable in the same sentence is also a conflict in terms (as well as good sense)
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Oh how wrong you are.
There are many good posters here on MB. Pio, however, is a notable exception.
See? You can put them both in the same sentence.
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WOW Cinders I never knew that! This thread is in danger of becoming informative - let's all unite to prevent that from happening.
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When two vowels go a walkin' the first one does the talkin'
(except in German)
I before E except after C or when pronounced "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.
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Oh and the All Blacks play Rugby and always beat Australia. Not always, not always... What do you call that ritual they do before each game? I love that. It's called the Haka and we love it too. It's a traditional Maori challenge. Very stirring.
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This thread is in danger of becoming informative - let's all unite to prevent that from happening. It always HAS been informative. Where else could you have learnt about bread bag ties, peeing in the shower, Todd's interminable political rants, physics, the coreolis effect, what people smell like in Saudi, the mind numbingness of foggy WS's (oh, ok, that's everywhere on MB), Pio's (gobsmacking) knowledge about a great many things.
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Wasn't there an ad where the All Blacks were about to play Scotland and the All Blacks did their "haka thing" while the Scots just looked on. When the All Blacks finished, the Scots in unison simply raised their kilts?
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Quite possibly. We've just played Wales and the Welsh stood their ground after the Haka and just stared at the All Blacks. There was a Mexican stand off where no one moved and there was a lot of hostile staring. The ref had to step in to start the game.
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