Discussion with the Old Flame during the week (truncated and interpreted version) -
OF: So it's the Australia v. Ireland match on telly this Saturday night. We usually go to "Mad Wobbly's" [sic] to watch it. You could accept HBS (Honorary Bloke Status) for the evening with my mates or go to the ANU Film Group with TSS.
TAPH: Um, TSS and I don't actually want to see "No Country for Old Men" and I enjoy rugby. Does accepting HBS preclude quiet and discreet knitting? I can bring my own beer. You'd better check with the blokes.
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OF: The blokes grant you HBS for the evening.
Note, no mention of knitting. Not sure that the blokes realise that Old Flame's girlfriend is a knitting nanna - yet.
Wonder if I can choose which bloke I'll be? Franklin, perhaps?
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Franklin, indeed.
Did you hear David's interview with him on sticksandstring?
I'd go with being Franklin expecially since he'd pull out the knitting with no qualms!
HBS and rugby. Wowo
I was granted HBS status for several years when living in New Zealand. It all started when I had to take on teaching a class half way through the year which was full of 13 year old boys who were sports mad.
It was Rugby season, and I knew NOTHING about Rugby. I knew that I just had to be able to talk to them on Monday morning about the Puma - All Blacks test on the weekend, and so I asked some blokes I knew who always met together to watch the test if I could join them. What heroes they were - they allowed it.
Did I ask some questions - "What do you mean forward pass?" "What is a line out?" and equally such basic information was required.
There was a celebration the day we watched a test, and I was the first to well - "That was forward!"
It became a habit - and when I left NZ 5 years later, these same blokes very nicely told me they would miss me at the test gatherings...
I listened last night - thought we were going to be pipped at the post in the last quarter, but they held on. the team needs some cohesion again - but I guess that is just the state they are in at the moment.
Janet
Let's hope, for his sake, that OF passes the girlfriend knitting in front of his mates test.
I have no doubt the boys will be either oblivious or intrigued!
I wouldn't know a scrum from a dummy half. Or even if those are rugby things! I think they are!
Oh Taph, so sorry about your Dad - it's so hard to lose parents and there really is a special relationship between Fathers and Daughters. Sorry to be so late with this - but only got back on Sat and been catching up.
yay for HBS and for the wallabies winning and i hope the knitting while watching went ok! i do it here all the time but never had the guts to do it in an actual public place with real blokes around....
The potential for injury during a questionable ref call is pretty huge. I hope you got/get a seat to yourself rather than on the couch!
If the game is good, they won't even notice, or if they do, they won't care for long.
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