What a man at the ABC has to do to impress the ladies at work

16 Responses to What a man at the ABC has to do to impress the ladies at work

1. Riversutra says:

   2 September, 2023 at 7:33 pm

   You would have to have a very dim understanding of how cringe worthy it will look in a decade when the statue is standing outside Suncorp and people looking at wonder what on earth were they thinking. Fourth place champions.
   “Why did they get a statue, Daddy?”
   “It was the vibe son, the vibe”
2. and says:

   2 September, 2023 at 7:45 pm

   “Why did they get a statue, Daddy?”
   “It was the vibe son, the vibe”

   … and Go Anna.
3. Christine says:

   2 September, 2023 at 8:05 pm

   They lost.

   For Colasimone to write that, he must be hearing lots of negative talk about the losers.
4. jupes says:

   2 September, 2023 at 8:32 pm

   I would say the moment has already passed. Footy finals are upon us and the flash in the pan Women’s World Cup has gone for four years. Who knows how the ‘Tillies’ will go in 2027? Who cares? Hardly anyone I would suspect. Well, outside the ABC anyway. BTW, while the women’s soccer was happening, Australia’s netballers actually did win a world cup. But yeah, nah, just like future women’s soccer results, no one cares.

   Having said that, I did actually think of Sam Kerr for a moment today. It’s a sad story actually. My AFL team, West Coast, has just finished the worst year of any team since Fitzroy in 1996, the year they were kicked out of the competition (well, forced to merge with Brisbane but the same thing). To compensate, I watched a replay of the 2006 grand final, the year we beat Sydney by 1 point. While he didn’t win the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground, the outstanding player for me was Daniel Kerr, Sam’s brother. In a midfield that included Cousins and Judd, Kerr was superb. His ball handling at full pace was just sublime.

   The sad thing is that today, Daniel is in prison for setting a fire in the roof of his parents home. While his former teammate and fellow inmate, Cousins, has redeemed himself to the point he is now the sports presenter for Channel 7 in Perth, Kerr is still at rock bottom. Hopefully he can get his shit together and make a decent life for himself.
5. Lee says:

   2 September, 2023 at 8:37 pm

   Nobody ever remembers or cares who came fourth in anything.

   “Winners are grinners and losers can please themselves.”
6. NFA says:

   2 September, 2023 at 9:59 pm

   ABC Integridee
7. C.L. says:

   2 September, 2023 at 10:30 pm

   Fixed link!
8. Christine says:

   3 September, 2023 at 8:11 am

   An original thought? Girls now inspired to take up ‘football’.
   Colasimone sounds overwrought; he’d be wise to move on.
9. Texas Jack says:

   3 September, 2023 at 8:23 am

   Matriarchy consequences in action?
10. and says:

    3 September, 2023 at 9:46 am

    From TWIP

    https://tinyurl.com/m8r2u5v5
11. C.L. says:

    3 September, 2023 at 9:54 am

    Ando, your links frequently have to be abbreviated when they’re plonked in comments as URLs. I messed up shortening your latest. My apologies.
12. and says:

    3 September, 2023 at 9:59 am

    Also from TWIP

    https://tinyurl.com/3rp47jsr
13. cuckoo says:

    3 September, 2023 at 10:46 am

    I would say the moment has already passed. Footy finals are upon us and the flash in the pan Women’s World Cup has gone for four years.

    Absolutely. The desperation of the media class to somehow fan these already-dying embers into some kind of flame is pitiful. At some ALFW match the other day, Nine news exclusively voxpopped the young boys whose mothers had dragged them there, presumably because drag storytime had been cancelled at the local library.
14. and says:

    3 September, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    John F’Arnhem-Land OKs use of “You’re The Voice” for the “Yes” campaign

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260
15. Shy Ted says:

    3 September, 2023 at 12:32 pm

    Daniel Colasimone is an Australian freelance writer based in Buenos Aires since 2006. He writes on travel, football, food, wine, culture and history – if it can all fit in the same article, even better. He is the creator and editor of the Argentina Football World website (http://www.argentinafootballworld.com/) which, while not turning any kind of profit, at least gets him free entry into a few football games.

    A natural fit for Aunty
16. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    3 September, 2023 at 12:36 pm

    What a man at the ABC has to do to impress the ladies at work

    Shout at them angrily in the Ultimo kolkhoz foyer?