The Williams Brothers!

Hitchens

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/29672340

Serena always looked a little bit mannish in fairness

A little personal and unnecessary, but hardly the end of the world. I imagine the girls have heard worse, but still no need to be cruel.

dxhound2005

Terry Wogan. The Bee Gee Sisters are not a patch on the Nolan Brothers.

The Backwards Man

At the risk of tarring our Near Eastern brethern with a brush the width of the Urals,

What do you expect from a cow but a kick?

dxhound2005

The Backwards Man wrote: »

At the risk of tarring our Near Eastern brethern with a brush the width of the Urals,

What do you expect from a cow but a kick?

Milk?

Sunnyisland

It's just another publicity racket ...

Sir Arthur Daley

A load of balls.

The Backwards Man

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Milk?

When you grab a teat for the first time milk is not a given, but a kick sure is.

Karl Stein

I'm sure the Williams sisters will quickly putt this behind them.

Hitchens

the world is gone PC mad

catallus

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Milk?

And beefburgers. And steaks.

KERSPLAT!

Karl Stein wrote: »

I'm sure the Williams sisters will quickly putt this behind them.

It's tennis not golf

bodice ripper

Hitchens wrote: »

the world is gone PC mad

Thank god for you incisive commentary, I didn't know how to feel before this statement.

GLaDOS

They make some fine beer, that's for sure

The Backwards Man

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

It's tennis not golf

He's just throwing you a googly to try and snooker you.

Hitchens

bodice ripper wrote: »

Thank god for you incisive commentary, I didn't know how to feel before this statement.

you're welcome, I always try to help the bewildered

Duckworth_Luas

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Milk?

I prefer orange deuce

BBDBB

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He's just throwing you a googly to try and snooker you.

well it certainly had me stumped

BrokenHero

They had sister killed in a drive by shooting in Compton around ten years back.

If you go to 4m12sec of this song The Game dedicates the song to her:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0q74jtV8s

Nothing to do with the thread but sure what else would you be doing of a Saturday.

dxhound2005

The Backwards Man wrote: »

When you grab a teat for the first time milk is not a given, but a kick sure is.

You are condemning the bovine race unfairly. They are mostly placid creatures, happy to allow their lactic bounty to be extracted without any fuss. But there is always one cross cow in the byre, which needs to be approached with a certain degree of circumspection.

I write from experience.

Birneybau

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

It's tennis not golf

STRIKE ONE

One eyed Jack

Hitchens wrote: »

the world is gone PC mad

How can you honestly use this one example of utter stupidity on the part of the head of the Russian Tennis Federation as an example of the world succumbing to politically correct madness? Should allowances be made for his stupidity?

He was fined, job done, he won't be so quick to make an ass of himself again. Is this not a good thing?

I think you're the only person making a big deal out of nothing tbh.

signostic

Hitchens wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/29672340

Serena always looked a little bit mannish in fairness

Well Ted, who do you fancy here?

Pat Mustard

If somebody calls Justin Bieber a pretty little girl, people laugh, cos it's kinda true, but if somebody comments on the Willams sisters' androgynous characteristics there's uproar, cos it's kinda true too.

Hitchens

One eyed Jack wrote: »

How can you honestly use this one example of utter stupidity on the part of the head of the Russian Tennis Federation as an example of the world succumbing to politically correct madness? Should allowances be made for his stupidity?

He was fined, job done, he won't be so quick to make an ass of himself again. Is this not a good thing?

I think you're the only person making a big deal out of nothing tbh.

I'd be inclined to say the people who fined him made a big deal out of nothing, tbh

jimgoose

This wouldn't be atypical of Russian humour, starets. For the record I think the two Williams gals are noble hunks of woman-meat, but in all fairitude I've seen that Venus wan with a highly-suspicious five-o'clock shadow...

Shakespeare's Sister

Karl Stein wrote: »

I'm sure the Williams sisters will quickly putt this behind them.

Bit of an own goal by the guy though.

catallus

It's a catastrophe!

Vomit

Serena Williams is a ****ing goddess

jimgoose

Vomit wrote: »

Serena Williams is a ****ing goddess

That faaaaahn booty be curvier than a Jaguar E-Type.

Canis Lupus

One - nil to the girls.

Diabhal Beag

Another failed attempt to make tennis relevant. For shame.

Canis Lupus

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Another failed attempt to make tennis relevant. For shame.

Tennis is good it's just womens tennis. All that feckin needless screaming. Makes me change channel faster than an infomercial.

jimgoose

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Tennis is good it's just womens tennis. All that feckin needless screaming. Makes me change channel faster than an infomercial.

For those of us who remember Pete Sampras' rather impressive but pointless .50-cal rifle serve, women's tennis is excellent. There is also the matter of Sorana Cirstea. Hoo-yaaah!!

One eyed Jack

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Tennis is good it's just womens tennis. All that feckin needless screaming. Makes me change channel faster than an infomercial.

I don't know did you ever watch Monica Seles playing, but I'd usually mute the television in case anyone heard and thought I was watching porn!

jimgoose

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I don't know did you ever watch Monica Seles playing, but I'd usually mute the television in case anyone heard and thought I was watching porn!

Yeah, they seem to be either Screamers or Moaners! :):)

Canis Lupus

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I don't know did you ever watch Monica Seles playing, but I'd usually mute the television in case anyone heard and thought I was watching porn!

Maria Sharapova's scream/woooooooooooo drives me up the wall. Totally ruins a good game because I like the slower plays of womens tennis but I'll be ****ed if I can put up with the noise. Wish they'd crack down on it.

jimgoose

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Maria Sharapova's scream/woooooooooooo drives me up the wall. Totally ruins a good game because I like the slower plays of womens tennis but I'll be ****ed if I can put up with the noise. Wish they'd crack down on it.

The delectable Ms. Sharapova going "Wooooo" in yer living-room? There's no playsin' some fellas!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Tennis is good it's just womens tennis. All that feckin needless screaming. Makes me change channel faster than an infomercial.

I think they've better rallies sometimes in the women's game because they don't hit as hard. Agreed about the screaming though.

catallus

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I think they've better rallies sometimes in the women's game because they don't hit as hard. Agreed about the screaming though.

WHAT???!! :mad:

I'm not having this.

It is patently obvious that men's tennis is better at volleys.

jimgoose

catallus wrote: »

WHAT???!! :mad:

I'm not having this.

It is patently obvious that men's tennis is better at volleys.

Not necessarily a good thing, though.

Hitchens

why are Irish people useless at tennis?

jimgoose

Hitchens wrote: »

why are Irish people useless at tennis?

We think it's a cuntan basturd 'Tan hoor game, bah!

Birneybau

Hitchens wrote: »

why are Irish people useless at tennis?

To get to the other side.

Hitchens

jimgoose wrote: »

We think it's a cuntan basturd 'Tan hoor game, bah!

so is Association Football

jimgoose

Hitchens wrote: »

so is Association Football

Quite so indeed.

One eyed Jack

Hitchens wrote: »

why are Irish people useless at tennis?

Conor Niland is hardly useless at tennis?


nytimes.com/blogs/straightsets/2011/08/29/at-the-open-two-players-from-ireland-make-history/

I think this would have disappeared without a trace only for the fact that someone thinking they were doing good decided to stir up trouble and fine the guy.

Steppenwolfe

Hitchens wrote: »

why are Irish people useless at tennis?

The same reason the English are useless at it. It's a class thing.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Steppenwolfe wrote: »

The same reason the English are useless at it. It's a class thing.

There's more public courts and clubs in the country now than there's ever been. I think we'll see more and more people taking it up in years to come. It's a relatively inexpensive hobby to pick up.

Golf used to be seen as an elitist sport at one point, now you find all levels of society playing it. I remember my towns club captain telling me when he was a boy in the 50s he wouldn't have been let in the gate of the club let alone become a member.

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There's more public courts and clubs in the country now than there's ever been. I think we'll see more and more people taking it up in years to come. It's a relatively inexpensive hobby to pick up.

Golf used to be seen as an elitist sport at one point, now you find all levels of society playing it. I remember my towns club captain telling me when he was a boy in the 50s he wouldn't have been let in the gate of the club let alone become a member.

I like that about the world now, another example is a few of the Dublin players who were graduates of fee paying non-GAA schools, and some of the Leinster players being from humble non-rugby strongholds