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Old Tue Jun 19, 2001, 10:41pm
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Hey there...

Speaking of video. I'm glad there is a video of this:

I don't have it anymore, but it is a video of a high school game (I think) and there play is at the far end and you see a young girl running along the sideline (OOB) away from the play - probably to go to teh freshroom or something. Anyways, someone shoots and a defender gets the rebound and I think he outlet passes the ball to a teammate who just chucks the ball because the time was getting down to 0:00. Anyhoo, he totally misses the basket, but it dings the little kid right in the noggin, running OOB alogn the endline now.

Anyone see this & laugh as much as I did???

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Old Wed Jun 20, 2001, 01:53am
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Haven't seen that one. But I have seen one of an NBA game where, at halftime warmups, a ball boy was getting rebounds for the Pistons, threw the ball out toward the sideline after a basket while the player was turning his back to him. The ball hit a fan behind the bench who was standing up and made him spill his beer all over then-Piston coach Chuck Daly.

And I wish I had a video on the game Dave and I did where the pass hit a defender in the back of the head, went up and hit the backboard, then dropped in.

And while I'm wishing, I wish I had a video of a game where two weird things happened on free throws in the same game. On one shot, we had a wedgie. On another shot later in the game, the ball hit the bracket, bounced up in the air, came down on the bracket, bounced there about 10 times and came to rest on the bracket! I've never had a ball come to rest on the bracket before or since, either on a field goal try or a free throw try, and I've only had about 3 wedgies on free throws in 22 years, and I had both happen in the same game (different teams).
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Old Wed Jun 20, 2001, 02:55am
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I played in a game in highschool where at the end of half time, our 6'10" centre threw the ball from his own foul line.

Th eball hit the back of the hoop, bounced 10' in the air, slowly bounced about 4 or 5 times on the back of the hoop, and finally dropped through...hitting the opposing centre clean on the top of the head!
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I played in a game in highschool where at the end of half time, our 6'10" centre threw the ball from his own foul line.

Th eball hit the back of the hoop, bounced 10' in the air, slowly bounced about 4 or 5 times on the back of the hoop, and finally dropped through...hitting the opposing centre clean on the top of the head!
What's a centre? Is that a center with a metric uniform number?
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What's a centre? Is that a center with a metric uniform number? [/B]
Centre is the proper way of spelling the player's position that is typically the tallest on a team, playing "the #5 position".



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Originally posted by Mark Padgett

What's a centre? Is that a center with a metric uniform number?
Centre is the proper way of spelling the player's position that is typically the tallest on a team, playing "the #5 position".



..Mike, from a Commonwealth country [/B]
Does it matter what COLOUR his jersey is?

Does he motor to the game in a lorry, and take the lift up to the dressing room? Is Bob his uncle?
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 05:17am
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What's a centre? Is that a center with a metric uniform number?
Centre is the proper way of spelling the player's position that is typically the tallest on a team, playing "the #5 position".



..Mike, from a Commonwealth country
Does it matter what COLOUR his jersey is?

Does he motor to the game in a lorry, and take the lift up to the dressing room? Is Bob his uncle? [/B]
The colour of the centre's uniform doesn't matter, but the fact that he was over 2 metres tall was significant. He actually drove to the game in a ute with his pet wombat and kangaroo in the boot. Unfortunately he ran out of petrol and so had to walk on the footpath to get to the game.

Stoopid americans that can't speak proper
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 08:09am
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Obviously, I don't get out of the country enough....!
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 09:00am
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colour of the centre's uniform doesn't matter, but the fact that he was over 2 metres tall was significant. He actually drove to the game in a ute with his pet wombat and kangaroo in the boot. Unfortunately he ran out of petrol and so had to walk on the footpath to get to the game.

Stoopid americans that can't speak proper [/B]
Why does this sound like a bad outback commercial?


Although, I much prefer the fosters ad's.
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 09:05am
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colour of the centre's uniform doesn't matter, but the fact that he was over 2 metres tall was significant. He actually drove to the game in a ute with his pet wombat and kangaroo in the boot. Unfortunately he ran out of petrol and so had to walk on the footpath to get to the game.

Stoopid americans that can't speak proper
Why does this sound like a bad outback commercial?


Although, I much prefer the fosters ad's. [/B]
Brian, I hate to break it to you, but nobody in Australia actually drinks Fosters - it is widely recognised as the worst of the Australian beers (and there are some pretty damn good ones!). However, their ads are always amusing.
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 10:16am
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I have heard that claim before, actually I prefer a certain rather dark Irish stout.

I do find the fosters commercials to be some of the best. I don't know if you get them there, but the "how to speak Australian" bits are classic.
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I believe it was Noel Coward who said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

I wonder what he would have said about Australia and America - perhaps "two countries separated by their rules of football?"
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 12:16pm
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I believe it was Noel Coward who said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
I think it was George Bernard Shaw, but I know you'll correct me if I'm wrong!
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Originally posted by Brian Watson
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colour of the centre's uniform doesn't matter, but the fact that he was over 2 metres tall was significant. He actually drove to the game in a ute with his pet wombat and kangaroo in the boot. Unfortunately he ran out of petrol and so had to walk on the footpath to get to the game.

Stoopid americans that can't speak proper
Why does this sound like a bad outback commercial?


Although, I much prefer the fosters ad's.
Brian, I hate to break it to you, but nobody in Australia actually drinks Fosters - it is widely recognised as the worst of the Australian beers (and there are some pretty damn good ones!). However, their ads are always amusing. [/B]
OK, so what's the deal with this Ozzie guy and his American
wife who apparently do nothing but pester crocs???!!
"Look a'that! He's bitten clean through her leg! That's
gotta hurt! Uh-oh, looks like that viper's makin' his
move! If I were you I would duck honey!"
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Old Thu Jun 21, 2001, 01:32pm
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I believe it was Noel Coward who said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
I think it was George Bernard Shaw, but I know you'll correct me if I'm wrong!
You mean they were different guys? Funny, how you never saw the two of them together. Kind of like Rasheed Wallace and Mike Tyson.
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