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- 11/07/09
| Name: | bill pennington (no, not that one) |
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| Location: | Australia, but reasonably peripatetic |
| Member since: | June 26, 2004 |
| Last visit: | November 07, 2009 |
owlhouse has posted 94 links and 1616 comments to SportsFilter and 11 links and 606 comments to the Locker Room.
Roy of the Rovers: A look back at the values of yesteryear. Maybe you have to be British.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 01:22 AM on September 17 - 5 comments
More Scandal for F1: Nelson Piquet was ordered to 'deliberately crash' his Renault at last year's Singapore Grand Prix, leaked transcripts reveal.
posted by owlhouse to auto racing at 01:52 AM on September 11 - 4 comments
Ashes 2009 Pointscore Final: Find out who wins inside!
posted by owlhouse to fantasy at 02:10 AM on August 24 - 6 comments
Ashes 2009 Pointscore: Update after Edgbaston and Headingley. Only one Test to go - with the series tied at 1-1, it's getting nervous out there, and in here, too.
posted by owlhouse to fantasy at 06:37 PM on August 15 - 5 comments
Beyond Sport: What can athletes do to make the world a better place? Olympian Ian Thorpe tells it like it is, and exposes Australia's dirty little secret.
posted by owlhouse to culture at 10:40 PM on July 28 - 10 comments
Apology accepted, kerrycindy. People have said worse things about me in this place*!
Internet threads aren't really good places to pick up on subleties of communication, so it must be hard for you. My own son enjoys his interactions on the net, although he prefers non-sports forums. He was diagnosed at 6, but with patience and help at 14 he is improving in dealing with reading, processing and responding to emotions, in all parts of his life. He has even developed a wicked sense of humour.
Good luck with raising your boy.
*Something about me and Fidel Castro springs to mind.
posted by owlhouse at 05:05 PM on November 06
Wasn't he carrying his California prescription with him?
posted by owlhouse at 04:55 PM on November 06
"That's not the kind of player I am."
Unfortunately Ms Lambert, it is. Heat of the moment retaliation is one thing, but what you did was premeditated, repetitive and vicious. If you did it on the street, you'd be in court.
If any one of my players behaved like that, they would never play for the club or association again.
posted by owlhouse at 04:50 PM on November 06
Since it looks like I started this, just a couple of points:
I've posted over 2,000 times on SpoFi, and have probably used profanity on a dozen occasions. Almost all of these were trying for some kind of comedic effect. Like most things in life, humour is in the eye of the beholder, and subtlety is often lost in print.
I have children, too. In fact, as some people here know already, my 14 year old son also has Asperger's Syndrome. Like kerrycindy's boy, he used to have problems with the appropriate use of language, especially at school. However, through reading, observing and learning, he now knows the right context for words like 'fuck'. For him, this is mainly to exagerrate the punchline of a joke.
My philosophy (with both my kids) is that they are going to be exposed to all sorts of profanity anyway, so I don't hide anything from them and we discuss the 'right' way to use the range of words in the English language. My son's language therapist agrees with me.
In fact, my children have ended up very clever at English (their mother being a novelist also helps) and they love movies like The Big Lebowski, which we have watched together a number of times. Thanks for the link tahoemoj - the first thing I thought of when this issue came up was the scene where the Old Timer asks The Dude why he has to use so many "cuss words".
posted by owlhouse at 03:32 PM on November 05
like Owlhouse's exaggerated unhappiness over another Yankees title
I'm glad most of you got it.
posted by owlhouse at 03:08 PM on November 05
This year I celebrated Canada Day in Caledon, Ontario. Edmonton by 17. They have a Strawberry Festival at the fairgrounds. Montreal by 20. Unfortunately things got out of hand, and I ended up in hospital, with a strawberry shoved up my arse. Calgary by 8. The doctor looked at me and scratched his head. Winnipeg by 11. He asked me "Would you like some cream for that?"
Boom, tish.
posted by owlhouse at 06:16 AM on November 05
Can I be first to say Fuck the Yankees?
Thank you.
posted by owlhouse at 06:09 AM on November 05
the emirate bought themselves a race just to say they had something some larger countries Dubai didn't.
Fixed it for ya.
Interesting, too, is the proxy rivalry being played out in the battle for global sports sponsorship between Emirates and Etihad.
posted by owlhouse at 03:07 AM on November 05
Good on the Tongans for replying with the Siva Tau. They still got hammered, though.
posted by owlhouse at 04:09 PM on November 04
Holden - what dviking said about how the odds are presented these days. It's kind of like the metric system. Much easier than when I used to work for a bookmaker, and had to calculate things like a bet of two dollars fifty each way, at odds of 13 to 8, just using my head!
posted by owlhouse at 03:41 PM on November 04
Horse wins race. I had ten each way on it. Woo hoo, the drinks are on me.
Hey, just one per person, and no doubles. What do you think I am, made of money?
posted by owlhouse at 06:08 AM on November 04
Whoever came up with this idea deserves a Nobel Prize.
Probably.
posted by owlhouse at 05:34 PM on November 03
Not such nice creatures, indeed. Down here, they kill.
posted by owlhouse at 07:51 AM on November 02
Tomorrow it's The Day That Stops A Nation down here.
Here's some betting advice, for those tempted to get on the punt.
posted by owlhouse at 06:42 PM on November 01
Women's Soccer Playoff Turns Ugly
Which proves my point about Australians just talking a tough game.
Well, fatty, there's being tough on the ball, and then there's Kevin Muscat.