[izme]

and you thought it was something else didn't you?

It was a bloody silly idea in the first place, but New Zealand's badminton world may finally have to concede that calling the national team the "Black Cocks" really is a bit too strong, the New Zealand Herald reports.

Badminton New Zealand adopted the name a year ago as "a gimmicky label to attract sponsors and fans". It worked to a degree, because the organisation was quickly innundated with cash offers from companies such as - you guessed it - condom manufacturers.


Furthermore, Badminton NZ prez Nigel Skelt confirmed: "At the recent New Zealand Open, crowds were yelling out 'c'mon the Black Cocks'. Whether the team actually adopt the name officially, they're already known as the Black Cocks."

That's as may be, but the International Badminton Federation (IBF) has decided not to take the Black Cocks lying down. Skelt admitted: "They don't want to see the game lose its composure for the want of a gimmicky name. If you're over in China and you get introduced as the Black Cocks, it raises some issues."

Ah yes, the sticky "we'd rather not entertain Black Cocks in the People's Republic of China" problem. Badminton NZ will now wait for feedback from its 27 regional associations at its November AGM before deciding on whether or not to let the Black Cocks stand. ®



http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09...ton_kerfuffle/

[izme]

LMAO

I can just see the Mods totally freaking out "OMG, fish finally lost it"

This may get me banned but at least it was funny and I went out with a bang so to speak

[Stoner]

I think you'll go limp after AC sees this

[izme]

Originally Posted by Stoner

I think you'll go limp after AC sees this

Oh well, I have always pushed the envelope, it's in my nature to do so..

I mean it's just a name of a Team and story so get all of your minds out of the gutter

[-MaDcOw-]

LMAO! Fishy!

[izme]

Originally Posted by -MaDcOw-

LMAO! Fishy!

Yahhh, it is a funny story, I wonder how many marriages were put on the rocks by the wifey rooting for the team out loud


I don't think I have ever been so much on the very edge here, the fine line between banning and kicking my tail end

[izme]

117 views already?

hmmmmmmmm

I wonder why?

[-MaDcOw-]

I wonder...

[izme]

It is there love for New Zealand sports!

[izme]

I wonder how many people just won't open this thread


And if you do are you a deviant?

[twotugs]

ibtl

No comment on the deviant thing.

[sglv]

Originally Posted by izme

and you thought it was something else didn't you?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09...ton_kerfuffle/

I confess, I thought TSG got hijacked, but curiosity got the best of me

[bassetman]

I think I'll sleep late, I hate the sight of blood!

[MightyQueenC]

What thread?

[Wolfeymole]

Well done Fish mate.
Any smuttiness that is derived from the post is purely in the mind of the reader, and intonations of a sexual nature should not be perceived whatsoever.
But seeing as I am of a strange "bent of mind", as Dickens so eloquently put it, I fully understand what your inferring.
Keep the radical flag flying mate.