"You're _ _ _ _ _ _ _ out."
Sloppy journalism really gets my goat, especially sports journalism. There is a fine tradition there what with the greatest of all time George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Arnold Hano, Hunter S. Thompson… I could go on all day, but what I’m saying is that I wish surfing, too, was a sport. Mainly, though, there is no room for slop.
And maybe you’ve heard by now that sports journalist and Fox broadcaster Thom Brennaman was laid bare last night while calling a baseball game between his Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Queens when a hot mic caught him calling an unspecified city “one of the _ _ _ capitals of the world.”
He was instantly fired from his National Football League duties, suspended by the Reds, probably fired too and pounced upon by national media for his indiscretion.
What I want to know is which city? Clearly not Cincinnati or Kansas City. San Francisco? West Hollywood? A sneaky Waco, Texas?
Excellent branding opportunities are being left on the table here, due sloppy journalism, and I would certainly petition my wonderful longtime friend and business partner Derek Rielly to move BeachGrit’s operational hub to whichever libertine capital Brennaman was referring.
Bondi?
Bondi, Australia?
Are we already there?
Fingers crossed.
Also and mainly, though, are Joe Turpel, Ron Blakey, 89, 88 and the rest of the boys (and girl) so thankful that they know a collective 17 words?
A hot mic will catch any of them saying, max, “And that should go near the excellent range.”
Always a silver lining.
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I’ve always thought Turpel was like the coolest femme dude … like your cool mahu friend who always manages to get the party started … and he’s dreeeaaaaamy cute too! Kawaii …
Scraping the bottom the barrel
Kenny Powers 2020
Chas is speaking in tongues.
I can’t decipher it.
Even if I could.
Better things to do
Lenmore?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus called the sitting Vice President “Vice President Poonce”. From what I’ve read, isn’t that Australian slang?
Not commonly used but , yes , a male homosexual in Australian slang .
Geez, the DNC sure knows how to keep it classy at their Convention. She said that tonight while being the emcee.
Well, as we know all is fair in love and elections ….
It was somewhat vague , but if she really wanted to upset the Apple cart she might have alluded that he was a catamite
catamite
/ˈkatəmʌɪt/
nounARCHAIC
noun: catamite; plural noun: catamites
a boy kept for homosexual practices.
What … Like Elo?
Ziff‘s Boy ?
Chris Wallace says Biden blew ‘a big hole’ in Trump’s ‘mentally shot’ claim with DNC acceptance speech #foxnews
Wallace says all sorts of shit that appears far removed from big picture reality. I’m sure Biden’s handlers didn’t take him down to the playground for his daily weeeeeee-time on the swings, and extended his afternoon nap time by an extra hour. That plus a couple bennys.
Anyone can read from teleprompters, let’s see how Biden does going toe to toe with Trump in a debate. That’s not going to be pretty.
If only Mr Brennaman had heeded my advice…and got himself a poor, gay Asian girlfriend with a disability
I might start a poor, gay Asians with disabilities dating agency…it has legs, but most of my girls don’t! I already have my marketing slogan…
If you start one for the Irish I know a one legged girl named Eileen who would hop at the opportunity ?
I think I saw her win that shitkicking contest?
She is Joe , the Real Deal …..
I have smoked a fag (camel filters back in the day) in many of America’s best gay neighborhoods. This includes the Castro when I lived there, San Diego’s Hillcrest, Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, West Hollywood, Long Beach’s Broadway corridor, inner NW, NE and SE Portland, NOLAs French quarter. Also once while getting garnachas made by a a muxe in Juchitan, OAX. Although that might not count because the muxe are not explicitly gay.
Forward resume and essay (17 words or less) on why you’re WSL material;
E. Logan
The Tower
St Monica, NSW.
I’d say Cocoa Beach
As the lady doth protest
Way too much, methinks
Wasn’t that a song by Martha and The Muffins?
Yes and I still have Scrott Rot from the boardies far away in time to prove it .
Turdpel is so vanilla generic, he may not even know any “bad” words as he doesn’t know how often he smokes ’89’s cock.
No chance you catch smooth Joe being candid, none.
The Whipping Tom of 1681 was active in the warren of small courtyards between Fleet Street, Strand and Holborn.
He would wait in the narrow and dimly lit alleys and courtyards. After approaching an unaccompanied woman, he would grab her, lift her dress, and slap her buttocks repeatedly before fleeing
He would sometimes accompany his attacks by shouting “Spanko!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
Hope this helps.
lol longtom just changed his alias.
Haha who are you calling gay dude? I have an asian boyfriend.
Only makes you gay if you kiss him
He was talking about Sydney I reckon.
Is Bondi a suburb or its own jurisdiction?
It’s a state of mind.
Just a suburb pal.
It’s a suburb of Melbourne isn’t it?
CB that is Noosa not Bondi
The population up here has increased due to all the Mexicans who own houses in 4567 deciding it’s better to wait out the lockdown in the sun. It’s more crowded than most school holiday breaks…
Buggers ….During my lockdown in the Shire we had the joy of sharing our sandbanks with friendly surfers from Bondi , Bronte and Maroubra when someone had the wonderful idea to stop them surfing at home …. so we all self isolated in the water at Cronulla .
Bondi bitchin bitch..
It was once a colony of NZ , also the promised Land of a Moden day Diaspora who fled the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI ,fell into disrepute and became Scum Valley before its gentrification into millionaire acres and has produced the likes of Richard Cram , Cheyne Horan ,Greg Weber, Dave Gyngell etc etc etc all this a 10 Minute Drive from the Opera House .
Hahahahar – funny Bicko.
Got cuzzies born and bred there.
He’d be promoted if he said it in sydney
He will be swanning around on a float in one of his mum’s old frocks and high heels with a champagne bottle wedged up his arse next time Mardi Gras rolls around. That’s nearly always the case with cunts who call people fags.
I think the singular dosent pass muster here
But the plural, fags seems to be ok
N O T H I N G TO C HERE
Moderator Madness
Surely he is talking about ciggies
we calls it Love American Style
Mardi Gras brings more money into the country than any other sporting or cultural event. Yep , forget the Melbourne Cup , Australian Open of Tennis ,or Grand Prix ……not to mention the joy of getting back , Sack and crack waxed ……
Was trying not to trip over milk crates the next day after the parade.
Noticed a pub overflowing outside midday from the night before.
Respect to the homos.
Sydney Gay Community definitely knows how to have fun !
I was impressed.
Got a gay friend from the US who visits his friend here often.
Told him the US thing doesn’t work in my favor with the ladies.
He said he can’t buy a drink when he goes out.
Who knew?
Gay as the day is long
Yeah, but what about the Corona Gold Coast Open?
My mate has gone religiously , since its inception , to surfing‘s warm water Mecca during the former Quik Pro , to talk shit , with old pro mates , to be harassed , lovingly by MP‘s brother Tommy ,who still hasn’t forgiven him for taking down a QLD surfer after a Buzzer Beater which Tommy claims was UP AFTER THE HORN …. and now still refers to him as UP AFTER …. And more recently cheering on our own CT surfer who managed a 1/4 Final on his first attempt , celebrated with as much Free Corona as possible . He was devastated when the Corona Virus cancelled his yearly Hajj to Corona …
They have capitals?
They even got microwaves and invented WI FI and shortboards …
We even have kettles
Now if only they could discover ….fire for the Billy