Comments on: Aaaaaaaarsehooooooole!

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:09 +0000

Doesn’t he have any other children? and won’t they all be jealous if he doesn’t put a tatt of them on his appendages?…Yep, it’s a nightmare.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:04:12 +0000

I am a 58 year old American and if this guy had said this about my daughter I would have done nothing during the game:however,after the game he would have had a knuckle sandwich courtesy of me !

By: Francis Xavier Holden

Francis Xavier Holden — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:39:43 +0000

As I asked over at Tonythetafeteach’s blog:

What sort of idiot gets a HUGE ugly tatt of a generic looking woman on their upper arm and says it’s their daughter?

And how many men in the whole world have a huge ugly tatt of their daughter on their arm? Or am I missing some trend.

No one has given me an answer yet

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:57:53 +0000

AKP, please show me where I defend Headland. I have completely ignored Headland, except to make a rather cheap shot at his spelling skills. You are missing the point of this post.

By: Aussie King Pin

Aussie King Pin — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:12:03 +0000

Coming from a sporting background, the first and only thing you are taught about dealing with sleging is that you DON’T retaliate. The fact is that Headland should have understood that Selwood was not anywhere near his 6 year old daughter the night before and theirfore could not have done anything to her. Does this excuse Selwood? Of course not. But I think in defencing Headland you are showing that you spend much time in the “culture” of sport. Which is fine, but please think about the fact that phyiscal violence is never a solution.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:35:30 +0000

Bernice: Watching the rugby so I don’t have to.

I have relatives from (1) NZ and (2) Eastern subs, so I have had the occasional look at Teh Rugby. Kind of like sumo wrestling with a ball.

By: Bernice

Bernice — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:14:03 +0000

Aint just AFL. Rugby league seems to be forever trying to cover, apologise, excuse some act of sheer bastardry by one of its steroid stuffed boneheads. & its not just the players either – did anyone watch the “anzac test’ match from Lang Park last Friday? Well i did on your behalf – the crowd behaviour was appalling – I kept waiting for the chant of “Kill Kill Kill” to go up. Rather creepy.

By: Club Troppo » Missing Link

Club Troppo » Missing Link — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:47:30 +0000

[...] Jeremy Sear and ‘The Editor’ of the mysteriously titled GrodsCorp have joined forces to defend Wikipedia against sensationalist criticsms in the free newspaper MX. But this is evidently not the only excitement non-Melbournians have been missing out on: Helen on the Balcony is appalled not just by Adaam Selwood, but by anyone who makes excues for him and indeed by the whole culture of Aussie Rules, an elite and insular world, which gives disproportionate rewards to meatheaded young men with a narrow range of physical skills and, often, an attitude to women or other ethnic groups which hasn’t changed since third grade. [...]

By: kate

kate — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:28:28 +0000

ah, but which team’s man-child will win?

maybe one day sportsmen will be required to act like adults once again. they could take notes from most of Australia’s sportswomen in that regard. they manage to hold down jobs, pay bills, keep their opinions on other people’s partners/children to themselves and still be the best in the world.

the obvious exception is athletics, where Australian women have been known to be incredibly childish, and they generally aren’t anywhere near the best in the world.

By: Gummo Trotsky

Gummo Trotsky — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:01:36 +0000

I’m shocked and stunned Tim.

West Coast is considering legal action against Selwood’s accusers.

Next: it was all Headland’s fault, for having a tattoo in the first place.