@ACT-Crusader - Weka was one of the Thames Valley Mafia along with @Fonzie and Bart, but we co-opted them in as Bay fans . @aucklandwarlord was also on the terraces at Eden Park on a certain day we might have mentioned once or twice. @King-Goober-XL was another regular Bay fan around that time.

In 2004 @bayimports finally got to (mostly) bury the memories - and end of game footage of him - from the stands at Eden Park in 1996...

Unlike Steve Braunias with his ongoing 'Secret Diary' series, @JP & I eventually figured out that there's only so many Day in the Life satires that you can write before you start repeating the same gags in a different guise. Think we did either five or six of them in the end - they were all a huge amount of fun to write - with plenty of stifled laughs at work as iterative e-mail versions were sent back and forth. The one for Phooey included a couple of local knowledge lines about the Hong Kong rugby scene from @BartMan - it was the first one we did and the content flowed quickly!

Mountie @brain-man made a few Bay related posts from London in the mid 2000's but was sadly lost to a car accident on the Kaimai ranges in 2009. For those in Hamilton there's a memorial bench dedicated to him outside College Hall on the Waikato Uni campus: https://www.wu.ac.nz/fmd/memorial_trees_plaques.shtml - Brains was a good keen Varsity man and an absolutely top bloke.

"Varsity W.U.R.F.C. Eat, Laugh, Drink, Play, Nude. In loving memory of Varsity Legend Matt 'Brains' Goodlet"

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Vanilla Ice is a fucken legend. Definitely the best white boy rapper that's ever lived.

Also, having seen Action Bronson break his hand knocking some stupid stage-invader off the stage... you might want to keep that opinion quiet if ever meeting him.

If I meet Action Bronson ( who ? ) or if I meet Vanilla Ice ( sigh....if only ) ?

Your post isn't clear.

I've given that a few seconds thought as to whether that was trolling... I'll leave it to others to judge whether there was anything unclear.

Highly recommend expanding your mic-rocking whitey experiences.

There's no point when they're all so vastly inferior to Vanilla Ice.

Cheers - sorry, been drinking a bit, truly couldn't identify trolling until the confirmation.
Edit: a little embarrassed that I (even temporarily) thought somebody could genuinely think Vanilla Ice was anything other than a hack.

His lyrics where too 'good' not to have fun with. He's so fast, other DJs say “Damn!” If his rhyme was a drug he'd sell it by the gram...

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I don’t think there’s any judge or jury who would award California the entire value of that song unless Zepp’s legal team did something egregious that insulted them all.

What would be hilarious is if Plant and Page had different lawyers, and Plant’s legal team said, “hey, our guy wrote all the lyrics, you get none of that; you want a share, go after his” - pointing finger at Jimmy’s lawyers.

I wish I had your faith in juries. The final nail in that coffin was when a jury awarded Rebel Wilson $4.5m because a magazine told the truth about her and caused her hurty feelings. Seems to me that in many of these cases juries see their job as being some kind of de facto wealth redistribution body. If they perceive you’ve got money they’re going to stick it to you just out of spite.

Balancing the ledger though, and to cheer us all up, here’s Vanilla Ice’s ironclad defence against Queen and Bowie. If you listen really closely you can hear his lawyers locking themselves in their studies and taking their revolvers from their desk drawers.

Vanilla Ice is a fucken legend. Definitely the best white boy rapper that's ever lived.

I love the song, but the best white boy rapper? Does Marshall Mathers not take that title?

Shit no.

Vanilla rocks the mic like a vandal

He's even a lyrical poet, deadly, when he plays a dope melody.

@ACT-Crusader said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

Also there was that (Indian??) cricket poster. Went by a couple of names during his time I think. Good contributor.

Salil/thaleelbhai?

Was a really good bloke, not sure where he vanished to. I met up with him briefly in Rotorua one Boxing Day when he was in NZ on a family holiday.

I watched part of almost every BBL game from Christmas Eve until the second week of January. Think I've only watched a few minutes of highlights since...

@Crucial said in SuperBru 2017:

TSFSUPER17

I've joined, and been reminded that I lost my nerve to tip against my team last night and instead tipped the Chiefs by 3 points...

@Nepia said in Chiefs vs Highlanders:

So I didn't expect a win in the lead up, but then when the Chiefs were up I thought they were going to walk it, now I'm going to pissed off with the loss.

THIS!!!

@gt12 said in Chiefs vs Highlanders:

This is so frustrating, I think it paints the picture of what this year will be like for the Chiefs - potential spoilers. That’s about it.

Yep, looks like a ‘rebuilding for 2020/speculating about Colin Cooper’s job’ year already...

Justin Marshall is a complete fucking imbecile.