Yarr, everybody.
Strap on yer peg leg, befriend a parrot and fill those mugs of rotgut, it’s Talk like a pirate day,!
September 19th is also the third birthday of kilbot.net… aww… no longer a chubby, gargling baby, it is now a screaming, tanty toddler. To celebrate I am letting all ye seadogs plunder me treasures. Read the full story below.
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Follow <a xhref=”http://kilbot.homeip.net/music/” mce_href=”http://kilbot.homeip.net/music/” >this link</a>. Grab yourself a jewel… ok, may be two… but please play nice. This link will only work for September 19th. Email me if you have any questions.
killer says:
<a href="http://www.rrr.org.au/">3RRR</a> are airing a pirate show now!
KL says:
I hope I don't bend the rules of playing nice, KBot. Please let me know if I take too much and I'll sling you some doubloons for bandwidth.
Thanks for the present! Aaarr!
killer says:
no problem with the bandwidth, it is uploading from my home server so it doesn't count to any quota… in fact if you're with iiNet it will not count on your download quota either.
I'm not sure what the speeds will be like, the files are being transfered wirelessly to the server, then wrapped as a zip.. so there is a bit of a delay before the download starts. We'll see how this goes and it may become a regular service for friends of kilbot.net.
KL says:
Just to let you know, it's been downloading OK and pretty fast too.
I have only done about 200 meg, and I'll stop there as my USB is full.
There's a few full albums I wouldn't mind swapping with you. I'll send you a few things that I notice you are missing, and a blank DVD, and see if we can do a swap by snail mail. Are you up for that?
Cheers for this, K-Bot, you helped me fill a few gaps that I had written down in a list of "must find tunes".
A fine treasure chest indeed. Aaarr!
Seaman Wallbuxx says:
Ye-argh! I think I'm contracting scurvy from recent sporting results:
1) Deez begone argh!
2) Mighty Monts lose WAFL GF abysmally!
3) Ashes begonne argh pimpcup!
4) West Coast in the GF…
Considering I've already been "advised" by a "friend" that I'd "better go for West Coast, you f****n c**t, or else!" I'm looking forward to an official BLOOD-BATH!!!
Um, scurvy seadogs aside, how can u not support a team which talks up shooting thunder from the sky? Waaay better than the Shout Coast Shouters…
Swans by 15 landlubbers ahoy!
fancy dave says:
Yarr, that be a fine trove o' treasures, matey. But where be that oft-rumoured ftp access? I plundered me a copy o' FileZilla, but the scurvy dog says he can't follow your treasure map. Can't or WONT!!???!
Anyhoo (yes, there were pirates in ol' Canadia) I'll be drinkin' me some rum this evenin', and splice me gizzards to the mizzenmast if I don't dance me a fine jig to some o' this contraband.
KL says:
Must… stop… down…loading…
killer says:
Downloads all you want KL.. I was worried that servebot might struggle but everything is going smoothly.
Just a short note on the search thingy; it only shows ID3v1 results I think, so some results are not listed, you may have to look for some tracks by going to the folder.
And.. my favourite joke:
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrrrr!
science says:
Hell bells and buckets of blood!
Ben Cousins says:
I am a fuckwit.
Not only a homophobe and a bully at school, I now go to the Doll House, buy $500 worth of tipping money and grope the dancers - though there's a NO TOUCHING rule.
But what are you going to do? I'm mates with big shot crims and drug dealers and me and my mate Gardo can do whatever the fuck we want.
Best? Fuck off. Fairest? I am a fucking scoundrel. But I'm top of the fucken world ma! And I'm going to play in a premiership because
(a) heaps of St Kilda and Geelong players go injured this year and
(b) we got two dodgy umpirng decisions against the Swans in the first week of the finals.
The world belongs to the Ben Cousinses!
Arrgh.
b. perm says:
Jesus who should they give the Brownlow to, Noam fn Chomsky?
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KL says:
Nah, Chomsky's a f'n'c too.
killer says:
The music section is being closed down now… but don't fret, Son of Servebot seems to have survived the 'stress test' so I will bring it back as a Private Music Forum in the near future.
fancy dave says:
I was kinda surprised he didn't win by more. Had a pretty good season, although not his best. Scotty West got badly gypped, as did the Pav on occasion. CHF, 25 touches, three goals and EIGHTEEN MARKS = zero votes???!?!?!?!?
On a related note…
I have never done it, and will never do it, and wish to god everyone else would fucking stop expecting a professional sports player to be a cultural and social ambassador and role model. If you WANT to, then fine… use your fame to achieve positive results in the community. If you want to just play brilliant football and spend your time off spaffing on strippers or snorting coke or whatthefuckeveryoulike then that's fine with me.
Politicians, business leaders, community leaders etc. must keep it clean in order to maintain the trust and respect of "the broader community" because that is who they represent; that is who they affect with their decisions.
Anyone (other than the girl in question) whose life is seriously affected by a footballer groping someone has their heart and mind in the wrong place.
KizzL says:
What's that quote from George Best?
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
How did Ben Cousins get that IP address?
Kerr was actually better than Cuz this year, which was reflected in quite a few games where he got 3 votes. But Cuzzie always got one or two as well. I kind of feel sorry for Valium Kerr, as he just can't cop a break. A tie might have been some justice for him.
CHFs can't win the Brownlow anymore (not that they ever could really. See Carey, W.) Cuz, Judd and Kerr got 54 votes between them! It's the Chas Midfielders Trophy.
And once again, East Fremantle produce the Brownlow goods.
Barney says:
KL, will you please refrain from referring to cousins by that fucking pansy-ass* nickname in future. You're a friend and I don't like to see you compromise your respected status on this site.
*NOTE- Term used purely in the context of footy ranting. No disrespect intended towards pansies. Some of my best friends are, um, flowers.
Seaman Wallbuxx says:
Arrrr ya mean Tha CuzBro SeaHag?
Geez, I haven't seen a Geelong fan protest the "no touching" rule this hard since Faglett dug his knees into the spine of every opposition fullback!!
I was particularly touched by that part in CuzBros speech where he specifically brokedown the dichosmetic relationship between a football playing role model and a computer:
"because of this opportunity I was in the position to take advantage of the opportunity, and I guess, I'd thank my family"
On the Brownlow/ Grand Final:
"Yea nah, I guess this is a great honour and will probably mean more to my parents who gave me this opporunity in my position to take advantage of this opporunity. But of course, we all play to play in a Grand Final, and I guess winning it will be good, as we have a great playing list which we have to take advantage of this opporunity in our position…I call it POSITUNITY!!!"
Fuck me, you are a boring Wesley College private school pedastal-raised oiled-up perfect-faux-hair generic-girlfriend-havin media-robot…
For Kerr supporters, as a consolation prize, Doctor Kerr can stil prescribe his own rohyphnol and take out all his frustrations on CuzBro's sister.
And yeah FNC - until that chick got Carey busted for tit-groping I always thought he was a standup bloke who I'd love to call "mate"…just like Mrs Stevo!
(PS More Brownlow shite - Melbourne won their last 3 games, and out of a total 18 possible votes - polled 4??!?!??!?!? Can you just FEEL THE LOGIC? Imagine this year, Swans win by 20 goals, 14 from Barry, and the Norm Smith (as awarded by the Umpires) is given to…Adam Selwood…how can you give out 3 BOGs to losing teams?)
fancy dave says:
Well, when a team loses - and particularly when without good leadership and usually playing away - you'll often get individuals stepping up with a bunch of brilliance and [i]nearly[/i] turning the game. That's an effort you've got to reward.
No substitute for a good team, but worth a watch.
fancy dave says:
And BTW, BDW… I wasn't trying to suggest that Kizons or any particular player has had their character [i]unfairly[/i] impugned, only that it's not relevant. Sure, we're all going to talk about it, but it should have NO BEARING WHATSOEVER on their Brownlow status or result in fines or careers going off the rails.
If you're a dodgy cunt, you should be punished by the law. If you're a dodgy footballer, you should be punished by the tribunal or your club. And in both cases, the media, let's face it. I'm a realist.
Giovanni says:
Being a cunt shouldn't stop you from winning a Chas B. Look at Greg Williams, he should have won in 93. I thought it was outrageous that Williams lost by one vote after polling FUCK ALL for his 44-possession game against the Dees that season. Even though I liked Wanganeen and thought Williams was a cunt.
Being linked to crims, being a shit to your Wesley class mates and molesting strippers shouldn't stop you either.
My Chas B gripe is this: Can we set up a Best and Fairest Forward - maybe named after Gordon Conventry or Doug Wade and a Best and Fairest Defender - "The Stephen Silvagni Medal", since the Chas B only goes to fucking midfielders and ruckmen.
I mean fucking seriously. Since Lockett (and Platten) in 1987, it has been won by two ruckmen and 19 midfielders. And that's all.
Stephen Silvagni? Wayne Carey? Gary Senior? Jason Dunstall? Mathew Scarlett in 2004? Alistair Lynch? No. Impossible. Midfielders. Always with the fucking midfielders.
KizzL says:
Thanks for your concern, Barns, but any reference to Cuz or Cuzzie or CuzzieBro is intended as irony. The use of the "z" is meant to bring to mind his mate and mentor Johnny Kizon.
However, I can see how this can misconstrued on teh internut, so I will always refer to him as Fuckknuckle from now on.
fancy dave says:
Dunno what's up with Carlton, but I'd call it the Bruce Doull medal. The Flying Doormat was the first defender I ever respected; being as how kids will generally prefer the scoring end.
You're right on the money, though. Do the umps see the game stats before voting? If so, that's a bit off. Midfielders/ball followers are necessarily near the ball more often, but that doesn't make their impact greater. There are more of them (7-12 on each team, depending on style) so they need to do more to stand out than just getting 30 touches. If a CHF/B or FF/B gets significantly more marks/possies/goals averted/goals than their opponent, they should poll. Often we see a midfielder AND their direct opponent polling votes, and that's just silly.
Barney says:
I would appreciate that.
anecdote says:
Story 'bout Gardo.
Zac Gillam, while student at Hale, walks out of the library during the lunch brealk. Gardo is walkin' past and says.
"Hey, hope you had fun - reading!" with contempt.
Maybe if Gardo had doen some reading he would have learned how to play against a full back 15cm shorter than him.
anecdote says:
While student?
Crap.
Doen some reading?
Crap.
Maybe I need to learn how to do sum writin'.