tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post6289318797985185645..comments2024-03-28T14:32:11.095+13:00Comments on today is my birthday!: NicknamesIT IS ALLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854190246186613066noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-66831182047333334172010-07-11T19:28:38.252+12:002010-07-11T19:28:38.252+12:00Great post. Today, the final!Great post. Today, the final!Marta G. (A Bilingual Baby)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13444638708357603538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-60824025449514940602010-06-23T23:28:00.180+12:002010-06-23T23:28:00.180+12:00cE - Hahahaha futsalroos. I have no idea what the...cE - Hahahaha futsalroos. I have no idea what the fuck Futsal is and oh wait I googled it and now I do. It seems to be some crappy indoor football thing.<br /><br />Judearoo - First of all, are you secretly an Australian sports team? The Judo team, perhaps? Waldo Ponce is an awesome name!<br /><br />Luinae - I saw that! And then forgot about it, whoops. You're right though, fairly weird. Why two sets of boys?<br /><br />SueAnn - I know! You'd think there would be some kind of naming committee. The worrying thing is that there probably is :p<br /><br />Juli - Nope. See also the Tall Blacks, our basketball team. Although, I guess, what do you traditionally find in a basketball team?<br /><br />Chris - ...reeeeeally? Also, the Scope Canterbury Tactix is still a better name than the Futsalroos. Futsalroo sounds like something you'd say when you were drunk and farted by accident.<br /><br />Phil - Worthy thought. I was going to go with some kind of 'hondas' line but couldn't make it work :(<br /><br />Jenny - thank you! <br /><br />Razork - Exactly.<br /><br />Geek Girl - I know! RED FURYYYYYYYIT IS ALLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854190246186613066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-57115323834933769132010-06-23T13:44:03.283+12:002010-06-23T13:44:03.283+12:00HAHA I never considered that thing about the All w...HAHA I never considered that thing about the All whites...hmmm really catches your notice when they're playing in South Africa.<br /><br />And The Red Fury....no question, just run now...Geek Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927692970419818398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-74314515930655985762010-06-23T12:56:51.423+12:002010-06-23T12:56:51.423+12:00Hey now, leave the Tactix alone.Hey now, leave the Tactix alone.Razorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-79630072718961887962010-06-23T00:07:05.765+12:002010-06-23T00:07:05.765+12:00In defence of "Socceroos" - it was extre...In defence of "Socceroos" - it was extremely hip in 1967 when some guy with a huge moustache and a very wide tie (probably) cooked it up.<br /><br />I read Cerebral's list of Aust team names and felt my lunch coming up. How completely public-relations-putrid! GAH! Still - imagine running on court with the Scope Canterbury Tactix.Chris Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152910879307366272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-31296305239407152872010-06-22T19:39:04.161+12:002010-06-22T19:39:04.161+12:00This post is awesome. =DThis post is awesome. =DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-19981114917491479052010-06-22T14:39:21.651+12:002010-06-22T14:39:21.651+12:00Maybe The Fighting Jondas is, like, The Fighting J...Maybe The Fighting Jondas is, like, The Fighting Jane Fondas.<br />A team with really good skin for their age - because they're worth it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844770989707493644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-61167068823587821952010-06-22T11:39:47.763+12:002010-06-22T11:39:47.763+12:00I cannot believe you passed on using the German na...I cannot believe you passed on using the German name for the Germans, Die Mannschaft.Chris Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152910879307366272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-84801501211755268542010-06-22T10:51:45.084+12:002010-06-22T10:51:45.084+12:00Oh, yay. It's not just me who thinks accidenta...Oh, yay. It's not just me who thinks accidental racism when I hear about the All Whites and the All Blacks. Whoever decided on those names really didn't think it through very well.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244459055520883039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-26428925125240169332010-06-22T07:08:34.481+12:002010-06-22T07:08:34.481+12:00Well I have to say those are definitely interestin...Well I have to say those are definitely interesting names. Most of them are really lame!! <br />LOL!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-41812066959661095952010-06-22T05:00:15.620+12:002010-06-22T05:00:15.620+12:00What about South Africa's "Bofana, Bofana...What about South Africa's "Bofana, Bofana" or "The Boys, The Boys"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-51394092719312129722010-06-22T02:54:06.857+12:002010-06-22T02:54:06.857+12:00Slight change of subject but did you know there...Slight change of subject but did you know there's a Chilean player called 'Waldo Ponce'? I know its unrelated but really is too good not to mention it.Judearoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429496211777821512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-30557253259361377932010-06-22T00:02:15.079+12:002010-06-22T00:02:15.079+12:00I take that back. Our under-21s soccer team are ca...I take that back. Our under-21s soccer team are called the "Young Socceroos". also, our national Futsal team are called the "futsalroos". What the hell is Futsal?<br /><br />Anyway, there is a whole wikipedia page devoted to silly Aussies national sporting team names:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_national_sports_team_nicknames<br /><br />I wish we still had live kangaroos as mascots, bouncing up and down the sidelines, punching the referees.cerebral ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341802432060660337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751012.post-18049664121375856842010-06-21T23:50:43.730+12:002010-06-21T23:50:43.730+12:00Our female soccer team is called the Matildas, pre...Our female soccer team is called the Matildas, presumably after the song Waltzing Matilda (which is about a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, under the shade of a coolabah tree). The female hockey team is the Hockeyroos whereas the men's team are the Kookaburras. Again, not particularly daunting. Our basketball team is called the Boomers, which is another reference to kangaroos. The rugby team are the Wallabies (we are into these bounding marsupials in Aussie sport). Oh and, during the Olympics, the Socceroos become the Olyroos. The junior soccer team have some ridiculous 'roo name too, that escapes me at present.cerebral ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341802432060660337noreply@blogger.com