Better Know a 2023 WWC Participant – The Lesser Springbokesses of South Afrika!

First and foremost, let us all raise our fists in solidarity:

Secondly, fuck that “Banyana Banyana” noise.  What kind of nickname* is THAT?  Lesser Springbokesses or GTFO.

*apparently translates roughly to “The Girls.”  Team Ireland no longer looks so uncreative now, does they?

South Afrika is the 54th ranked squadron in the world.  In women’s international footy terms, that means they are fodder.  They will not pass go.  They will not collect $200.

Speaking of, my Dad was always a stickler for the printed Monopoly rules, even to not putting orange moneys in the “Free Parking” pool.  And y’all wonder why Hippo is no NAWT FUN.

Anyway what was my point?  I have no point, and neither will the Lesser Springbokesses.  They’ve also apparently been in a pay dispute with their national federation, to absolutely nobody’s surprise who’s tracked SA politics since Nelson Mandela died.  They went on strike for the last warmup friendly, and one of their scabs was thirteen years old.  FFS, that’s barely Marc Trestman’s Windowless Van age!

I couldn’t even find a player to fixate on, from a performance or perversion standpoint.  The most famous “domestic side” for any of their players seems to be Italy’s Su-su-suddio (whoa-OHHHHHH).  Hey, I tried to get BC Dick to write some of these.  In closing, here’s an actual South Afrikan band/song!  One of Hippo’s all time faves.

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Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
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[…] of effort, so I focused on an easier get that still promised to be exciting: the Netherlands vs South Africa. This was a round of 16 game where South Africa had already exceeded expectations by topping Italy […]

WCS

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/37980803

This won’t embed, but it’s gnarly. The bigger question: how will the Reds screw him up, and how many in the Reds’ front office will Redshirt “disappear” after?

yeah right

I left him orders in a time capsule.

BugEyedBoo

Who doesn’t like Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxf17yJsKs

WCS

I can think of one particular individual…

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BugEyedBoo

Been using, “250 pounds of chewed bubblegum” a lot lately.

/to the mirror, unfortunately.

scotchnaut

The Hurt Locker is the first Saw movie writ large in an oil-plenty country.

scotchnaut

Hurt Locker Update:

“Rebel” dude rips open a Capri Sun for his commanding officer to sip (he’s an amazing sniper, btw) in a gesture of respect.

LemonJello

Shoulda been Rip Its

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WCS

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Game Time Decision

Or four lokos

yeah right

Don’t blame me I told you to watch Kung Fu Hustle.

scotchnaut

The Hurt Locker, otherwise known as Killing All Brown Guys Boogaloo.

Game Time Decision

Or Rambo part 6

litre_cola

Kid away for a week. Wife and I day wine drinkin.

scotchnaut

You spelled ‘day sex’ wrong. This is the Holy Grail for folks that have young ones.

scotchnaut

47 minutes in and I have to say The Hurt Locker is completely contrived garbage. Really? The ‘hero’ is a ‘rebel’ that doesn’t follow the usual rules when disarming bombs? [wanking motion engaged] And I’m sure that this script was vetted by the military before it got to the screen.

scotchnaut

The only dude that talks to a therapist will go off the rails-it’s coming from a mile away.

LemonJello

Fun Fact: “The Hurt Locker” is the dwarf’s name for his kennel in Casa Cornblower.

WCS

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scotchnaut

[checks to see if Cornblower is online-he isn’t]

I mean, Horatio is nothing if not a mealy-mouthed miser. Everyone knows this.

WCS

Him not being here explains why the dwarf isn’t.

yeah right

Visited my local neighborhood Choriman today.
They’re only own from 6 AM until 2 PM which is a shame because their burritos are day wreckers.

I had some chori wings and a chile relleno burrito with the green chorizo. Fucking awesome but it’s just now 2 and I’m pounding the beverages.

I’ll adjust somehow.

They are consistently incredible.

scotchnaut

Rewatch Alert: I can’t decide between Heat, The Verdict, Spotlight, Starship Troopers, The International, Inside Man, Leon The Professional, The Other Guys, Moneyball or Kung Fu Hustle.

What say you?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I wish I could make a flow chart for this.

Heat if you plan to make an evening of watching and getting hammered.

Starship Troopers if it’s going to be background for something else (like lifting weights or household chores).

Inside Man if you are or potentially will be Netflix and Chilling

Leon the Professional if Marc Trestman is coming over to hang out

Moneyball if you want to say a final farewell to professional sports in Oakland

The Other Guys for all other scenarios.

(ones I ignored are ones I haven’t seen personally)

SonOfSpam

“I would choose Inside Man”

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yeah right

Kung Fu hustle every time.

Love that movie.

scotchnaut

“Stare into Kruger Jr’s eyes lovingly” must have been a close second. Re-think your choice.

Senor Weaselo

Moneyball is banned because they’re moving to Vegas.

yeah right

Nice.

Senor Weaselo

So, after three weeks of new tire, I have to change it again, because… we don’t know why.

I’m in a tire shop and they’re doing forensic analysis and still have no idea how it got low in the first place, just that once it did happen I drove on it (because I didn’t see anything) and that shredded up the inside. Ugh.

scotchnaut
Gumbygirl

I had an incredibly stupid morning at my SIL’s house. I took the garbage out and l
locked myself out of the house, except for the garage. No keys, no phone, no pants! I rummaged around and found a bag of stuff she’s donating to Goodwill. There was a pair of pants in there that I managed to squeeze my lardass into. One problem solved. I went over to the weirdo next door neighbors house and asked to use his phone. Fortunately, I know Gumby’s number by heart, the only nunber I know. Did he answer? Only after I called and texted like 30 times. He got in touch with his sister, fortunately one of her friends had a spare key, and brought it over to save me. Thank you Lisa! And thank you weirdo Gene. He gave me a cup of coffee and a granola bar, besides letting me use his phone. And told me some insane story about his dead wife.

2Pack

Action Saturday!

herodotus450

So THATS why Gene asked me to open the Cinnabon this morning!

WCS

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Gene shows up all over LA.

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Game Time Decision

That’s a banger of a song

Horatio Cornblower

Of course it is.

It’s got an accordion in it.

Gumbygirl

I polka’d with the cat. I’m bleeding now.

yeah right

I remember listening to The Doors “Waiting for the Sun” when I was a teenager. Thought it was some deep mystical, psychedelic, zen type wisdom and now I realize that Jim Morrison woke up to an overcast morning with a deep marine layer and he was just waiting for the sun to come up before getting out of bed.

And just now, the sun finally came out.

Let’s get a walk in.

yeah right

The streetlights glittered and twinkled as if brushed with a sparkling layer of fresh fallen snow.

WCS

I know Jim Morrison is a controversial subject here, but, if there’s a DFO Alcoholic Award, it should be named in his honor. Dude’s breakfast was literally a six pack and a couple of shots of whiskey everyday.

Gumbygirl

I am an unapologetic Doors fan. Gumby put “Morrisonism” as his religion on his dog tags in boot camp. We have been known to get buzzed up and read Jim’s poetry to each other. We’re especially fond of The Lords and The New Church. It’s great stuff when you’re high!

Gumbygirl

Creatures, not Church. Duh!

BugEyedBoo

You’re dad wasn’t wrong about the Monopoly rules. All the house rules (I played with them too) turn a 90-minute game into a three-hour slog.

Horatio Cornblower

I spent a week in the northwest of South Africa once. It was beautiful. There were lions.

This concludes my knowledge of South Africa.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I used to see people at the grocery store escorted by armed security guards, sometimes. Johannesburg was crazy dangerous but I was lucky enough not to have anything bad happen to me. I was definitely on my toes all the time.

Brick Meathook

I had a girlfriend from South Africa. I couldn’t understand a word she said, and she was allegedly speaking English..

herodotus450

Never made sense that he Got to Leave Harlan, Alive smh

Horatio Cornblower

So did Boyd, Ava, Wynonna, Winn Duffy, Art and a bunch of others.

Beginning to think that whole song was a lie.

I’m sort of with Hippo on this one. I will likely watch the renewed Justified, but I also think the original show ended just fine and I’m more than a little worried bringing it back is going to ruin it.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

We encountered Joelle Carter outside a coffee show one time and told her we loved the show. She was very gracious.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

These guys were actually a pretty big deal when I lived in Z.A. Kind of surprised their name didn’t come up during your research.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqw3SXwTTA

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Funny you should mention, during the Danish preview I was thinking toss in a brief anecdote about hooking up (in South Africa, the first night in a game park) with a visiting friend named Solveig. She wasn’t Danish, though, she was American.

I suppose I did have the proper “rainbow nation” experience (English-descent, Afrikaner, Indian, Black), but the stories aren’t terribly sordid or exciting, mainly it was just serial monogamy.

Horatio Cornblower

RTD walks into the United Nations: “Hi, yeah, I’ll take one of each.”

UN receptionist: “Sir, we’ve been over this; this is not that kind of place. Please leave.”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Bahahahaha shows what you know – as though security would let me get as far as the front desk.

Senor Weaselo

THIS RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY, I CALL HIM PEER GYNT BECAUSE HE GOT TO HEAR SOLVEIG’S SONG RIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT.

2Pack

Hip… When there are no nawt Playas… First default is always the fans…

Like the fine banner ladies for example.