Wimbledon 2011 UK

Subject: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 02:49 AM

Do we really want the spectacle of ladies (who have forgotten they are ladies) behaving like gorillas?????

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 02:58 AM

Explain?

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 03:07 AM

Ditto Explain?

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 03:13 AM

Gorilla = gentle, caring, maternal, sociable and apparently found in the mist.

Sports players = dedicted, focussed, behaving as you do when concentrating.

Sorry Bozo, I find it difficult to follow what the hell you are saying without reading sexist misogynist diatribe. It isn't time for your medication again is it?



To everybody else, Venus was in the best match up to yet the other day, wasn't she?

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 03:22 AM

Good heavens, a choice of disagreeing with Bozo, or disagreeing with Mr Fluids but not both at the same time.

Bozo seems to think that "ladies" should behave like Victorian heroines, glow but never sweat, become faint under stress, and be devoid of physical power. And there is something of a hint of racism, in that he seems to liken the Williams sisters to gorillas.

Sorry, Mr Fluids, I'm going to have to agree with you, although I'd rather you said "medicine" than used the Americanism "medication".

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 03:26 AM

The match yesterday between Li Na and Sabine Lisicki was brilliant and notably devoid of grunting...

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 04:31 AM

"Defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams complains about her court assignment Thursday, when she and Simona Halep were put on Court 2, the third most important court at Wimbledon behind Centre Court and Court 1. Wimbledon only plays three matches per day on both Centre Court and Court 1, and traditionally plays four men's matches and only two women's matches.

On Thursday, Roland Garros champion Li Na was scheduled to face Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court, while Maria Sharapova was set to face British teenager Laura Robson on Court 1. Serena's older sister, five-time Wimbledon champion Venus, has also taken issue with the All England Tennis Club over the issue in the past.

"They like to put us on Court 2, me and Venus, for whatever reason," said Serena, who defeated Haelp in three sets. "I haven't figured it out yet. Maybe one day we'll figure it out. But obviously they're not gonna change. [The men's defending champions] are never moved across. Actually, Venus and I have won more Wimbledons together than a lot of the players, or by ourselves in doubles even. Like I said, they're not going to change, doesn't look like.""

If it's not screaming and grunting from some, it's paranoia from others, apparently.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 04:38 AM

Agree with Kitty re Li Na & Lisicki, but thought Li might have been a bit more gracious in defeat. Obviously she was going to be disappointed; but she might have raised a smile and uttered a congratulatory word rather than the perfunctory handshake & otherwise ignoral she treated her victrix to.

~Michael~

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 04:45 AM

Happy you are agreeing with Mr Fluids, whoever he is. Hope M'Unlearned Friend is not agreeing with me too, or I may have to alter my stance on this.

Glad you liked the use of the term medication. It is the term of reference in The UK. Doubt it has reached Kent yet, but as it is used in UK healthcare including (at the top of the list) The British National Formulary, as well as in every reference I know of in guidelines from Dept of Health, The Academy of Royal Colleges and every arms length body publication...

Oh, and if you know any real solicitors, ask them to look up The Health and Social Care Act 2008, and especially the Regulated Activity Regulations 2010. The guidance for compliance (I have a copy open on my computer, as I use it most days) has, on a word search, 863 occurrences.

I write papers that are published on the subject and as such I use four style guides; DH itself, CQC, HCC and CSCI. Guess what?



Sorry, back to gonzo, bozo or whatever.

Kitty, I may have to come slightly off the fence and admit as a bloke, I didn't mind the grunting.... (Get me coat etc.)

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 06:43 AM

The only thing I find missing these days at Wimbledon are the personalities that we had back then. I actually miss the grunting.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 06:54 AM

Yes, Fluids, I can take you to plenty of linguistic solecisms in statutes. One actually mixed up "proscribed" and "prescribed".

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 07:53 AM

I stopped watching Wimbledon when Lew Hoad turned professional!

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 07:54 AM

Such silly scoring too. Thank goodness for polo.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 08:31 AM

Gorillas playing tennis would be much more entertaining than the present day contingent of ladies or gentlemen.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 09:11 AM

Couldn't agree more, and all the fuss that goes with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Manfred
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 09:13 AM

I thought my wife had taken up tennis when she called out "New balls please" sadly it was the guy from the garage in the town she was talking about. I enjoy Wimbledon, you may find this link more to your taste Richard.


http://uk.health.lifestyle.yahoo.net/woman-with-worlds-largest-breasts.htm

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:33 AM

I enjoy, Cartier, Veuve Cliquot Cup etc

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:34 AM

Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup I should say!!

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:40 AM

Clearly, Manfred, you don't know me at all - nor have you ever seen the Spam email about taking up watching tennis that circulated a couple of years back.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:44 AM

'Tis a pity that the telly no longer has an OFF button.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:57 AM

We in UK NEED Wimbledon ! No Wimbledon fortnight would probably mmean Drought conditions over the South East !

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 12:32 PM

What delightfully quaint arguments!

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 01:04 PM

I enjoy Wimbledon, so bonzo feck off

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 01:21 PM

You live in the ROI, and can watch it without paying a licence fee to the BBC. Not fair, say I.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Musket
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 02:13 PM

I enjoy Wimbledon and for a fortnight a year am the world's leading authority on tennis, to the point of being a pub bore.

Of course, the the other 50 weeks of the year, I forget tennis exists...

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 09:07 PM

Good heavens, Mither, really?

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 09:35 PM

I don't mind it being on tv for a fortnight but I hope none of our players (probably only Andy Murray) win a final. I don't want the "endless" media coverage that would produce.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Musket
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 09:30 AM

Yeah, the other 50 weeks of the year I refer to it as "association" tennis and spout bollocks about how it is a force for bad.

zzzzzz

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 11:04 AM

I see Murry is in the last 16. I'll be rooting for him.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 11:05 AM

Murray.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 11:08 AM

Root for both of them g

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 01:12 PM

Tunesmith: you clearly go back further than me, but I recall my coach (also an early coach of a far-better player - Tod Woodbridge) saying Lew Hoad's volleying skills would have been more than a match for the passing shots of Borg.

Also, as I've said in prose, females should, rather, play TABLE tennis as it puts far less stress on the racket-arm - Tennis Tips to Try

And, more generally, in verse - Musing on Wimbledon

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: skipy
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 02:46 PM

I would rather eat my own spleen than watch it!
Before I was self employed we used to go abroad just to miss it.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 02:50 PM

Why eat your own, when there is an abundance of spleen going free, on Mudcat?

Subject: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 03:26 PM

I have felt for quite some time that there are not any characters anymore in tennis. Everything is so serious.

So today I watched the Baghdatis v Djokovic third round match.

How bloody refreshing to see a character in the game. Baghdatis fought like a dog but smiled and showed he was enjoying himself.

He lost in the end, but he had all the crowd behind him.

Such a refreshing change to watching such boring people like Murray (even though he is an excellent player and I hope he wins the competition).

It would be lovely if we could see a few players coming through with character and crowd pleasers like Connors, McEnroe, Nastasi and people like them.

That was the first match so far where I have thoroughly enjoyed the match.

Great stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: Wolfhound person
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 04:11 PM

And tennis makes such a change from damn team games.
But I agree about the nonentities.

Paws

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 04:39 PM

Then there's clicket. Or cricket. Or hoppers. Or whatever they call it. Thank the gods that be that it's foreign to North America.

My favorite is Sharapova, although she can't seem to get to the finals any more.

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 04:58 PM

I hate it.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 05:25 PM

What about basketball, Q?!...one has to be 6'6'' to have any chance of a getting a guernsey!...or, it seems, Sharapova for that matter. ;-)>

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 05:49 PM

I agree that some humour is good, Arther, but for me entertainment in tennis comes mainly from good rallies/shotmaking, and the good scoring system itself.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 05:55 PM

Not so... a shortass Canuck won MVP a while back. He ain't but 6'3".

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 06:41 PM

"I hate it."

Glad I got out of bed today. Otherwise, I might have never known that. Thanks for taking the time to click on this thread and post that. Made my day to hear your angst.

WTF???

Go make yerself a cup a tea and chill fer fuck sake. Watch some world class atheletes compete in a demanding sport maybe. BTW, is there a TV channel for your sport of bitching and moaning and whining for absolutely no fucking reason to the detriment and time wasting of those who like the sport to which this thread is clearly TITLED, that you opened for no other reason than to get pissed off about?

GO MURRAY!

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 08:13 PM

Feck me I agree with Bonzo.

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 08:28 PM

Another person taking time out of a busy schedule to waste their time and our time. How fuckin delightful. How inane. Why do people go out of their way to be inane and rude to others? Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 11:42 PM

I should rather see the game played cheerfully, but seriously with the intention of winning ~ so I much enjoyed and admired Baghdatis. Those who distract from the purpose of the game by going out of their way to curry the crowd's favour by being "personalities" and "cards" and "characters", with irrelevant clowning and misplaced time-wasting would-be humour (above-named Nastase was the prime example IMO), get on my nerves...

... as, I agree with gnu, do conceited egotists who log on to threads on topics they hate, purely to inform us of that world-shatteringly interesting & important fact: they are an entire waste of space & time.

~Michael~

Subject: RE: BS: Tennis Wimbledon Baghdatis refreshing
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 12:40 AM

Blimey, I never expected it to get nasty! If you don't like Baghdatis or the way he performd or behaves on court, that's fine, discuss. If you don't like tennis, why bother to post at all.

All I was saying was that I enjoyed the match (don't normally enjoy many matches in the first week as they are too one sided). It was one of those matches where the underdog almost sneaked it and fought hard right up to the end.

Looking forward to the next week very much. It certainly would be very nice to see Murray get into the final and if at all possible, win. Helps detract from all the shit things that go on in this world.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 02:03 AM

"Then there's clicket. Or cricket. Or hoppers. Or whatever they call it. Thank the gods that be that it's foreign to North America."

And you'll be glad to know that it always will be. As there's a requirement for at least two functioning brain cells to understand its rules, and an attention-span exceeding that of a goldfish to watch a game, it's entirely unsuitable for North Americans. That's why North America has the greatly-simplified and shortened version of cricket known as Baseball (or as we call it here, "Cricket for The Brainless").

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: GUEST,Steamin' Wille
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 03:19 AM

I'd go a bit further Backwoodsman and remind our former subjects from the colonies that what they call baseball we call rounders and restrict it to little girls in the school playground.

Mind you, cricket has, since Murdoch took over the televising, one aspect the cousins would like. Lots of scope for adverts between overs.

And whilst we are getting it off our Albion chest, rugby players don't need body armour and when we say football we mean a real game.

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Bugsy
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 04:28 AM

If you don't like it, watch something else. It would be a boring old world if we all liked the same thing.
Believe it or not, I even know of people who don't like Folk Music!

CHeers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: BS: Wimbledon nearly half over - good!!!
From: Musket
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 04:43 AM

Aye, and some of them STILL go to folk clubs....