BS: Poor old Andy Murray

Subject: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 04:55 AM

One occasionally sees an unfortunate #200 in the world with the misfortune to draw the top seed in the 1st round sent off with that sort of flea in the ear. But such a comprehensive, humiliating thrashing administered by one of the very top group of players to another as Roger Federer gave Andy Murray in the O2 arena last night I have never seen before. And to think they were level 11-all on previous head-to-head matches. It left me feeling really quite sad.

Congratulations to Federer, obviously, on hitting such form; and commiserations to poor old Andy.

Still... what can one say?

≈M≈

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 07:39 AM

Yeah, poor old Andy competing with perhaps the greatest player of all time and making millions doing something most folks do for pleasure when they get a few hours off from wage-slaving.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 08:22 AM

And making a big leap back up the rankings in recent weeks after a year in which he's struggled to get back on top form after his back operation. Let's face it big defeats like this are not career defining. Just 2 years ago he hammered Federer 6-2, 6-0, 6-4 so had it been best out of three also it was a similar type of thumping.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: clueless don
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 09:05 AM

Roger Federer, AKA The Blancmange.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 09:59 AM

Allan Conn,

I assume that you're referring to the Olympics? In which case it was 6-2 6-1 6-4.

Murray has never taken a set 6-0 off Federer.

See here, for example.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Musket
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 10:08 AM

Ah, but when he beat Federer, he was British. It was a scot who lost to Federer.

Different sporran of haggis entirely.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 11:07 AM

It was still a big thumping Ed. Which is kind of the point! He's won against Nadal on a love set. It happens. All in all the past few months have been a great improvement for him

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 14 Nov 14 - 11:23 AM

look on the bright side - his mum's still in strictly ........

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 15 Nov 14 - 11:19 AM

Andy Murray? Poor?

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 15 Nov 14 - 04:28 PM

Gillyflower & Rustbucket:

Everyone knows he's got pots of dosh.

Even you are not so preternaturally stupid, however, as not to know that the word 'poor' has more than one connotation; & which of them is operative here.

So why pretend to be more foolish than you are? -- a thoroughly otiose affectation.

Just remember that nobody loves a smartarse.

≈M≈

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: akenaton
Date: 15 Nov 14 - 05:42 PM

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Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Steve Shaw virtually incandescent
Date: 15 Nov 14 - 07:37 PM

Will you funking barstewards please cut poor Andy some slack? The lad not only has to play tennis but also has to endure watching his mother's terrible dancing on Strictly fer chrissake! I hear a rumour that he sent in 250000 text votes for all the other candidates but to no avail as the British public want her in in spite of everything, so that's that!

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 01:41 AM

Insofar as so absurd a catachresis has any referent, this is "a free country"; so why spend all this time watching Strictly Come Dancing, a programme which I have never seen but which I understand to appeal to quite a considerable demographic, simply for the dubious pleasure of demonstrating the superiority of your taste to theirs? And why the obloquy directed at Mrs Murray for taking part in it? I expect they paid her well for doing so. I bet you wouldn't turn the offer down if it came your way, any of you o-so-much-better-than-the-rest-of-us denigrators! Wherefore the 'incandescence'? Just don't watch the bloody programme, is all.

And what the fact of his mother's taking part in a harmlessly popular bit of tv has to do with her son's woeful performance in a game of tennis, I cannot conceive.

Tho, as Boris Becker said so memorably that time, nobody died at that.

≈M≈

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 05:54 AM

change balls!

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Musket
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 06:02 AM

He can't. He's been neutered.

"A programme I have never seen but which I understand to appeal..." Ruddy hell. I thought I was the one who refuses to cohort with the proletariate.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Steve Shaw in head-scratching mode
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 06:13 AM

At least you haven't undergone a sense-of-humour bypass, co-Messiah, unlike he of the rusty roar...

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 06:27 AM

Muskibum -- None of the authorities I have consulted [online dicts, Chambers, COD &c] authorises the use of "cohort" as a verb.

What word did you intend to employ?

≈M≈ in 'legendary pedant' mode

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Musket
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 08:18 AM

The Care Quality Commission style guide for inspection reports and investigation publications does though. The most common usage being to "cohort" patients with known infections in ward bays. I used to write a few before resigning in disgust over the incompetence and poor leadership. Got my reputation to destroy myself without their help thank you...

That's without looking.

OED thesaurus has it with gather, place, assemble etc, and that was looking....

I'll let you into a secret, I've never watched Come Dancing either. I don't understand the appeal myself, but neither do I ponder on who it may appeal to. You make might wish to draw socio economic conclusions as to my viewing pleasures? Wheeler Dealers, Top Gear, the footy, Grand Designs, some of the detective stuff... Err.. Oh, sciency stuff. Some good bits recently.

Good luck with deciding whether I'm peasant, prole, toff or egghead.

Oh, Andy Murray.. Like most of the population, I don't follow tennis at all but during Wimbledon declare myself a leading expert. (I go for the day on the first Thursday, centre court as a guest of a financial firm. Factor that in.)

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 08:46 AM

Ah, now that is interesting. As I have often said, one of the joys of our language is the flexibility whereby nouns can be so readily verbed. Thank you for this further example.

As to your 'good luck' wishes; these are appreciated, but their present occasion is a matter of considerable indifference to me. Place yourself in any category you please; it will not in the least effect the noiseless tenor of my way.

≈M≈

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Steve Shaw avoiding leonine affectation
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 09:15 AM

"Effect"? Discuss...

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Musket
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 09:15 AM

Considerable indifference eh? Joy of language indeed....

And there was me thinking you would situationise my coming from positionwise.

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 10:01 AM

Oh poo!

AFFECT!

Odd down the garden to eat worms -- again. Just time before Fed v Djoko...

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Nov 14 - 10:06 AM

'OFF' -- sodit

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: GUEST,Rahere
Date: 17 Nov 14 - 05:41 AM

Anyway, such is the inscrutability of providence, that with a broad smirk on his face while apologising for knackering Federer's back, Master Murray finally got to play in something like a final in locum Federi. With help like that on his side, hell hath no fury like a mother scorned...

Subject: RE: BS: Poor old Andy Murray
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Nov 14 - 06:31 AM

Al - you should have waited a couple of days. Andy's mum has now been booted off Strictly.... a shame that Federer didn't get to play Djokovic, though!

Kitty