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Post by Phalon on Sept 28, 2007 5:47:23 GMT -6
....who probably won't see this until long after the weekend is over because he'll be out celebrating the victory of his mighty team and their winning the coveted Premiership Cup.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Sept 28, 2007 7:17:01 GMT -6
*doing the good luck dance*
*chanting whatever ancient chant will bring success*
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 29, 2007 0:12:25 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2007 3:26:17 GMT -6
How long have I "known" Katina? Three....maybe four years including time spent at the "old" Whoosh board. And every year it's been "There's always next year", ....in fact, he's probably been saying that since 1963 - the last time the Cats have won the whole Cat-n-kaboodle.
And still, there is always next year.....to win back-to-back championships.
This year: 119 points!
Damn, that's a sizable amount to win by, dont you think? Not just a victory, but a slaughtering.
Dear Man, can I uncross my fingers now?
Katina? Katina? Helllll-oooooo?
I think he's fainted.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Sept 29, 2007 7:11:09 GMT -6
*puff puff puff*
Does this mean I can stop dancing and chanting?
Good on ya mate!
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Post by moonglum on Sept 29, 2007 14:10:17 GMT -6
Go Those CATS!!!
Aspirin and Alka-Selzer are on the dresser.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 29, 2007 18:17:32 GMT -6
WooHoo! Go Cats!
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Post by katina2nd on Sept 29, 2007 20:09:49 GMT -6
Ouch, if anybody happens to find the top of my head would they please PM me with details.  Yep Lady P you're right, there's been a lot of "There's always next year", since you've known me, and dating back even further then that, all the way back to 1963 as you've discovered, including five losing Grand Finals, four in a seven year period between 89 and 95, which makes this victory all the sweeter, and you're correct again, there'll be another next year, for back-to-back championships as you predict. Our winning is the good news, but the "really" good news is that yes, you can uncross your fingers now, and Scrappy you can stop dancing and chanting now as well, news that I'm sure will make you both very happy. I'm heading off to Skilled Stadium shortly for a supporters "meet the players" family day, but before doing so I'd like to thank all of you for the support, I realise Aussie rules footy is not a top priority in your lives which just makes that support all the more special, and I'd like all to know I really appreciate it.  I'll just grab a handful of those Aspirin and Alka-Selzer before heading off, think they may come in handy. Go Cats.  |
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2007 20:13:53 GMT -6
Crack!!!
Ouch!
Streeeeettcccch
They're stiff; they've been crossed for at least six weeks now!
Psst....leave the cake before you go? I hear multi-celebrations are in order.
And thank the gods that Scrappy can finally stop dancing. She was beginning to make me dizzy.
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Post by katina2nd on Sept 29, 2007 20:19:15 GMT -6
Howdy Lady P, don't forget you've still got a standing order for a finger massage, just give me a shout when you're ready. Yep multi celebrations indeed, the cakes over with your pot'o'sludge, help yourself to as much as you like, and I'm not sure about Scrappys dancing but I hear the neighbours were starting to get agitated by the chanting.. |
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2007 20:23:41 GMT -6
I'll keep that finger massage in mind, and won't forget it, you know. I'll take a reincheck though - I know you're busy today getting to meet the players; again how cool is that!
Quite the celebration this year, and a happy one to you.
And yeah - the phone has been ringing off the hook with complaints over there; some madwoman dancing about the yard and chanting at the top of her lungs. I can hear it half a country away.
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Post by katina2nd on Sept 29, 2007 20:31:59 GMT -6
No worries, whenever you're ready, reckon it's the least I can do after putting you through that. Yeah looking forward to that, be taking off soon, not sure how the players will be feeling though, I'm sure the celebrations were pretty wild last night. Sure Scrapp' will be happy to know she can relax now, probably almost as much as the neighbours. |
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2007 20:36:20 GMT -6
No worries for my aching fingers...'twas a tiny thing to do all for the love of the game, (eye-roll).
Perhaps if the players have done just a bit too much celebrating, you could challenge them to a game?
Dare you.
(That's how Scrappy ended up dancing on her front lawn in front of the neighbors, you know.)
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Post by katina2nd on Sept 29, 2007 20:52:01 GMT -6
And much appreciated I can tell you Lady P. Think I better steer clear of dares seeing what it got Scrappy into, don't know what sort of a pickle I'd get myself into.  |
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2007 20:59:44 GMT -6
But it's all Kosher, Katina...unless you're dancing to Beethoven; then it's Vlassical.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 22, 2008 8:24:34 GMT -6
Oh, Katina? I understand it's time to bring out the old rally-cry again; Footy season is again underway. (Already?)
Congratulations on the team's first victory, of what I'm sure will be many more, this season.
Go Cats!!!
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 24, 2008 6:07:21 GMT -6
Indeed it is Lady P, all underway yet again, the roar of the crowd, the sound of leather on leather, the smell of lineament, what more could one ask .......... well another Premiership would go down very nicely I guess.  And thanks, yep got that first win under the belt, now it's onward and upward. Go Cats. |
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 5, 2008 6:12:26 GMT -6
Closing in on midnight here, which means in about fourteen hours something will happen that's been a long time coming and which won't leave a dry eye in the house I wouldn't imagine .
The Cats play their first game at home for the year, and before the match there's a ceremony to unfurl the 2007 Premiership pennant to fly proudly over Skilled Stadium.
Following that we strut our stuff against the Melbourne Demons who have lost their first two games by an aggregate total of around two hundred points, while we've won both our games by a combined total of 108 points, so if all goes according to the script this match may require an adults only rating, due to extreme carnage.
Go Cats.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 6, 2008 7:30:02 GMT -6
Here, Katina....have a tissue to dry your eyes. I bet that unfurling ceremony was quite the thing to witness for Cats fans.
And I hope your team delivered its carnage to those Demons. BOLL. That made me laugh...."if all goes according to the script this match may require an adults only rating, due to extreme carnage."
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 7, 2008 2:04:52 GMT -6
Thanks Lady P, those tissues were much appreciated and very handy.
Ummmm what can I say about the game, the worst we've played since round five last year, the good news though being that we still managed to come away with the chocolates in the form of a thirty point victory.
Saw during the week that six of the last nine years the team unfurling the flag have gone on to lose afterwards, so maybe it can be put down to emotion, or perhaps some ancient curse, still we defied the odds and that's all that counts in the long run I guess.
Sheesh talk about a quantum leap, Sunday it was the Demons, next week it's the Saints, hopefully we'll be back on top of our game and deliver these particular Saints a glimpse of Purgatory.
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Post by Siren on Apr 7, 2008 19:50:17 GMT -6
"so maybe it can be put down to emotion, or perhaps some ancient curse" - Lol! Here's hoping your Cats play to potential again.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 9, 2008 5:50:58 GMT -6
"An adults only rating, due to extreme carnage", "ancient curses", and "Saints in Purgatory"....Katina certainly is on a roll; same as his Cats.
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 12, 2008 20:56:33 GMT -6
Indeed I can get on a role when discussing the Cats Lady P. Cast the Saints down yesterday, the juggernaut got rolling after a slow start with the end result being a nice comfortable 42 point win. Next week the Swans put their necks on the chopping block so look away if squeamish .............. dare I say it, no I can't ......... awwww why not, we're gonna turn those Swans into ugly Ducklings. Go Cats. |
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Post by Phalon on Apr 13, 2008 6:56:04 GMT -6
Dare I say it? No, I can't ......... awwww, why not....
Hope those Swans sing their swan-song next week as they swan-dive into defeat, after playing like they've got two webbed feet.
And if the refs ruffle a few feathers, don't forget to yell "Fowl!", Katina!
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 19, 2008 21:53:24 GMT -6
 I'd love to go to a footy match with you Lady P, reckon it would be a hoot watching peoples faces as you let go with some "Phalonisms" be more fun watching their reactions then the actual match methinks. And yep, all that you said eventuated, they put up a gallant battle but finally succumbed to a 42 point defeat, which leaves us at five zip and sitting in our rightful place atop the ladder. |
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Post by Phalon on Apr 28, 2008 5:45:32 GMT -6
What? No puns? No clever metaphors posted over the weekend? I hope this does not mean....
....nah, I won't even think it.
Go Cats.
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 29, 2008 22:00:11 GMT -6
I'm still recovering Lady P, haven't had the strength to write anything. Apart from two periods totaling about twenty five minutes [ out of 120 minutes match time ] we played shocking, but with the second of those two periods, which came in the last quarter, we managed to get our noses in front for the first time in the match. About a minute and ten seconds to go and we're in front by two points but one of Fremantle's [ the enemy ] players marks about fifty meters out *nooooo* a straight kick will register a goal [ six points ] putting them four points ahead, and with about forty seconds left on the clock we probably won't have time to score again ........ he lines up, walks slowly in and sends the pill on it's way, looks good off the boot *nooooooooooo* it's going straight, it's on line *can't look* ......... then ....it drifts off at the last instant and HITS THE POST *yesssssss* only one point for that so we're one point in front [ good maths there ] and we manage to hang on for the frantic last few moments and get the bikkies; six games, six wins, we're still undefeated [ obviously ] but I wouldn't want to many finishes like that, not good for the blood pressure. Go [ the undefeated ] Cats. Next week the Lions visit us at home, we may be the little cousins in the cat family but in the mane [ ouch ] we're far to good for em, expect a real mauling. |
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 30, 2008 1:09:22 GMT -6
Boo!
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Post by Phalon on Apr 30, 2008 13:04:58 GMT -6
BOLL, Katina! Not that your blood pressure was probably sky-high, Dear Man, but because reading your post caused mine to rise too. Such nail-biting excitement from our...your...Cats.
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 30, 2008 23:13:46 GMT -6
Boo back atcha cobber, where have you been hiding all this time? BOLL, Katina! Not that your blood pressure was probably sky-high, Dear Man, but because reading your post caused mine to rise too. Such nail-biting excitement from our...your...Cats. Sorry about that Lady P, didn't mean to get yours up as well, but yeah it was real edge of the seat nail biting stuff I can tell you, matter of fact I got nervous all over again just writing about it. And you were right the first time ... "our" Cats it is, you're now a fully fledged, bona fide supporter, with all the thrills [ and hopefully no spills ] that goes with the position. |
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