Rumoured and Confirmed Signings and General Drivel XIV

[Delboy]

There should be no panic about resigning Tim, make him an offer that sits with a good prop, one that should be taking the ball up second behind a better prop.

We should not pay too much for small props, hope we are sensible and are looking for bigger and better recruits

 

[Avenger]

Are the two Panthers props better? We will see later this afternoon I suppose.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

It's no big deal to shop around. Settle down drama queens.

 

[Avenger]

It's no big deal to shop around. Settle down drama queens.

I'm not liking the new you

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I'm not liking the new you

I'm not liking the new you or the old you. So shut up numbnuts.

 

[Avenger]

I'm not liking the new you or the old you. So shut up numbnuts.

You are just shitty because you are only 160cm and seeing I'm Serbian I tower over you.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

You are just shitty because you are only 160cm and seeing I'm Serbian I tower over you.

How tall are you brother?

 

[Avenger]

How tall are you brother?

Pretty average for a Serb actually. About 6 foot.

 

[lingard]

I missed the early part of the segment on Triple M but they were discussing the fact that Tim Mannah was trying to squeeze some extra dollars out of Parra by shopping himself around to other clubs.

Edit - At least that is what I got from the conversation...if anyone caught the whole thing than please correct me.

Okay. You probably should have put a comma after 'Triple M'. (And you spelt 'then' incorrectly.)

 

[strider]

Pretty average for a Serb actually. About 6 foot.

pffft midget balkans

 

[Avenger]

pffft midget balkans

Out of all my Serb mates I would be one of the shortest. Most of them are at least 6 foot 3.

 

[strider]

they're real men then

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Pretty average for a Serb actually. About 6 foot.

If you were shorter than average would it matter where you came from?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

If you were shorter than average would it matter where you came from?

Definitely, I'd be quite tall if I was Japanese, but at somewhere b/w 5'9 and 5'10 I'd be a shortarse Serb. I'm often embarrassed to go outside.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Pou and pou

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: f**king multiple personality disorders. Hard to keep up with Poo switching from one Poo to the next Poo to the next Poo to the next Poo. Coming from the Army, MKULTA has done him a lot good. Well worth the entertainment though....... just saying...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Definitely, I'd be quite tall if I was Japanese, but at somewhere b/w 5'9 and 5'10 I'd be a shortarse Serb. I'm often embarrassed to go outside.

There's also the fact that sub-populations have generally been selected in one way or another, and have different characteristics to the wider population from which they are drawn. For instance immigrants are usually drawn from peasant stock, so they are on average shorter than the population (back home). As an example, I am from Sydney so I'm used to seeing Arabs as short. But the Arabs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are generally quite tall (and pear shaped because manual labour, including exercise, is shameful for them.

Serbs in Serbia might be tall, but I knew plenty of Serbs growing up in Sydney (and a few in Sweden) and they weren't any taller than Anglos. People I think of as tall are Dutch, Germans and Scandinavians. They are all obviously taller than other ethnic groups. But even those groups have their midgets.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Pretty average for a Serb actually. About 6 foot.

6' + 100kgs + 2" ;-)

 

[Avenger]

6' + 100kgs + 2" ;-)

Not that heavy. Much longer.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

There's also the fact that sub-populations have generally been selected in one way or another, and have different characteristics to the wider population from which they are drawn. For instance immigrants are usually drawn from peasant stock, so they are on average shorter than the population (back home). As an example, I am from Sydney so I'm used to seeing Arabs as short. But the Arabs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are generally quite tall (and pear shaped because manual labour, including exercise, is shameful for them.

Serbs in Serbia might be tall, but I knew plenty of Serbs growing up in Sydney (and a few in Sweden) and they weren't any taller than Anglos. People I think of as tall are Dutch, Germans and Scandinavians. They are all obviously taller than other ethnic groups. But even those groups have their midgets.

Yes, and recognising the selection bias is what got Jimmy the Greek in a lot of trouble in the US.

 

[Mr Pmatta]

There should be no panic about resigning Tim, make him an offer that sits with a good prop, one that should be taking the ball up second behind a better prop.

We should not pay too much for small props, hope we are sensible and are looking for bigger and better recruits

Spot on.