@canefan said in Comedy gold from the Walrus:

@sparky said in Comedy gold from the Walrus:

Jones can pick who he wants. Simon Shaw would seem his most eccentric choice. My team is better.

Best Players Sparky has seen (ie since 1983):

1 Os Du Randt (South Africa) 2. Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand) 3 Pascal Ondarts (France) 4 John Eales (Australia) 5 Brodie Retallick (New Zealand) 6 Richard Hill (England) 7 Richie McCaw (New Zealand) 8 Buck Shelford (New Zealand) 9 Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa) 10 Dan Carter (New Zealand) 11 Jonah Lomu (New Zealand) 12 Maa Nonu (New Zealand) 13 Danie Gerber (South Africa) 14 David Campese (Australia) 15 Serge Blanco (France)
16 Phil Kearns (Australia) 17 Steve McDowell (New Zealand) 18 Jason Leonard (England) 19 Martin Johnson (England) 20 Michael Jones (New Zealand) 21 Nick Farr-Jones (Australia) 22 Jonny Wilkinson (England) 23 Jeff Wilson (New Zealnd)

No dead weight in there

Lomu & Joost, what too soon?!?

@rancid-schnitzel said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

@no-quarter said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

I dare any of you blokes in the dating game to give the contractual consent a go on your first date:

"Contractual consent involves creating a written contract that outlines the sexual preferences of the partners involved and clearly states the sexual acts that can and can’t be performed, and in which situations. For some people, contractual consent means consent isn’t needed in the moment. For others, verbal, implied, or enthusiastic consent still need to happen."

Thinking on that more I might try that with the wife, see if I can slip a few extras into the fine print...

I've read of married couples who sign contracts stipulating that they have to have sex a certain number of times a week.

Gee it's tempting to bring one of those forms just to see the reaction. @MN5 you game?

Sorry, can you clarify, is this contractual consent between @MN5 and yourself?

@chchfanatic said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

Ioane is a flog. Totally outplayed by whitelock

@chchfanatic said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

Ioane is a flog. Totally outplayed by whitelock

Looks like the Russians have hacked the fern

Have you considered weight and balance in your purchase? How comfortable will it be for one hand browsing?

Is it just me or does this look really cool, not so cool that I would want one myself. Kinda like a "Red badge of Courage" or Purple Heart. Makes you look tough too.

@machpants said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

Cool I'm now not uniformed

Thank you for your service

@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

Not the sound barrier but a cool pic. It's also not much of a barrier anymore.

Some other great photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2897165/Stunning-photos-capture-awesome-power-fighter-jet-approaches-sonic-boom-creates-vapour-cone-itself.html

You are obviously misled, that is the deployment of the Geo-Engineering and Mind Control vapour trails

Mere Kirihimete you bunch of old curmudgeons!

Bring on the Rugby Season and a Happy World Cup for the good guys

@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@Chris-B. maybe Digby took one look at the Reds, thought "fuck that, i wouldn't mind winning a couple of games".

A lot of frustrated Wallaby fan friends are sharing that Jones interview and agreeing whole heartedly. I can't agree with much except the fact that what they are doing now isn't working. He's in the private schools-Sydney Clubs-NSW/Qld-Wallabies model that existed in the 80s. Typical of Jones, a lot of mouth and soundbite, very little in the way of thought.

And why do all these commentators assume that the NZRU want to play in the provincial trans-tasman comp?

Maybe add one team to the provincial comp and call them the Australian Warriors ?!?

@taniwharugby said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:

Jeebus, Nick's put on the beef. Nice sun tan though

@taniwharugby Make him pay for his 14 days at the Stamford at Rack rates. That will be a lot more than $2,500

@Snowy said in Parenting:

@Virgil said in Parenting:

Having a husband must be worse... look at all of us.

My wife is a massive fail as far as raising a child to a mature, responsible adult goes, but I do blame her for all of my faults.

Is that because you were unaware of them until she mentioned them?

@Bones said in Fern Helpline:

Right place for this then? I'm struggling to figure out how to deal with this one (not exactly major)....

So my boss - really nice guy, always means well and does fight my corner if it's required. But...I can't have a conversation with him about anything without getting one sentence in and then hearing a 5 minute (at least) personal anecdote from him on a same/similar topic. We have a weekly one-to-one and I've given up. There is no point me trying to raise anything anymore as I don't get a chance to say my piece AND I get regaled with a monologue about an experience I have no interest in.

I don't really know what to do about it - if I say something then I'm sure that would just make him completely shut down in future due to being so self conscious about it - or am I projecting?

Do you have access to his schedule? Why don't you catch him 5-10 minutes before his next meeting and only ask the priority question

@Crucial said in Online Shopping - Clobber:

@Bones said in Online Shopping - Clobber:

@Crucial found that jacket you were looking for bro.

Still after the stonewashed version

pffftt, it's Acid Wash or nothing!

@antipodean free worldwide shipping at the moment

Shoes
https://www.meermin.es/en/shop/caballero.html
https://www.doublemonk.com/
https://www.pediwear.co.uk/
Clothing
https://bergbergstore.com/
https://www.cordings.co.uk/menswear
https://www.shopthefinest.com/

Just a taste, I have shopped from all. Let me know if you are looking for something specific as a have many more

@Stargazer said in What alternative sports to watch during lock down:

@dK You're late to the party!!

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/427393

Happy to share the credit

Free concert, Marc Rebillet

I offer you the glory that is Marble Olympics

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJdpnjuSWVOLgGT9fIzL0g

You can thank me later

@mariner4life said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@Kirwan said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@mariner4life said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@Nepia said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@Bones said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@mariner4life dad bod Pratt didn't have movie money eh.

TBF, he was on network tv money at that time which was still pretty decent at the time.

I guess we're all just a movie personal trainer away from being hot.

you keep telling yourself that champ!

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a21285961/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-mcelhenney-jacked-fit/

Kind of true, this is all it takes to have Brad Pitt's torso.

even if i had Brad Pitt's body, my head is still my head

As I always say, you can't train ugly