Is a rip-snorter the same as a ripper, and aren't there laws against kicking
them? Shouldn't they be allowed to get on with their rip-snorting in peace?
Best wishes
Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Tolhurst <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 30 July 2000 03:27
Subject: Re: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
>Oh, and to be fair, Andrew McLeod
>who won a Norm Smith Medal for being
>B-O-G in an AFL Grand Final (first koori
>to do so, unless preceeded by Michael Long),
>well he wears his Adelaide jumper with pride
>and stirred a losing side
>by screaming down the boundary line
>to 50 metres out and kicking
>a rip-snorter in the last Qtr.
>
>Best
>
>Hugh
>
>PS That cheered KF Pearson up quite a bit!
>However Dr Jennifer Harrison tells me the Sydney
>vs Richmond game was terrific stuff!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Hugh Tolhurst <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 12:53 AM
>Subject: Language (Australian):- 'B-O-G' on the MCG
>
>
>>
>> please pardon the acronyms:-
>>
>> 'B-O-G' in Australian Rules Football writing
>> means 'Best on Ground'
>>
>> and Holland ended up kicking seven
>> on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
>>
>> this post if for non-melbourne listees
>> exclusively,
>> for Sydney listees "you lot were bloody lucky
>> to beat the Tigers by a point!"
>>
>> cheers in a plastic glass
>>
>> Hugh
>>
>>
>
>
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