thanks The Pied Piper
mother and daughter both well

here's evidence of equity achieved
across rugby codes.

"Matt Giteau's sister named in Australian women's team"

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25824001-11088,00.html

"KRISTY Giteau, older sister of Wallabies star Matt Giteau, has been named in the Australian women's team for a World Cup qualifier against Samoa.

“Matt was more anxious than me to find out if I was in the team,” Kristy, 27, said today.

“I got a call from him before the selection camp, a text message before the selection game, and another one after the match.”

Kristy, who plays club for Tuggeranong Vikings in Canberra, is one of seven uncapped players in the Wallaroos' side for the match in Apia on August 7.

“I Wallaroos squad for some time before I withdrew for personal reasons,” Kristy said.

“Playing in an international game will be a completely different experience to what I am used to. I’m really excited for that challenge and hopefully there are many more caps to come!”

Kristy has previously represented Australia in rugby league and was a member of an Australian schoolgirls basketball team which toured China and the US.

“I play a lot of different sports, for me I like that variety,” Kristy said. “This year was the first time I thought I would knuckle down and commit to just one sport and see how well I can go.

“I work at the Australian Institute of Sport, so at lunch time I am always playing sport.” "

whistler

Good catch.

They are both children of Ron Giteau. He is a famous rugby league player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Giteau

I joined this thread late and shorty after posted a link (see page 31) to a government site about the various footy codes and their place in Australian culture. Probably few bothered to read the link however it did mention women's football.

Well given all the bad blood, perhaps time for some humour :) I
always try to see the lighter side of OLO and never take things
too seriously.

Anyhow, this a cute story which a friend emailed me and I felt it
was perfect for this thread! As its about 470 words, its too
long for one post, so I'll split it in two.

snip

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.

FOR EXAMPLE:

One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, 'I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me.'

I said, 'WHAT??!! What was that?!'

So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear..

'You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.'

She responded to my puzzled look by saying, 'Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?'

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfit s. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, 'Lets get a pair for each outfit.'

tbc

We went on to the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you... She was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis

I think I threw her for a loop when I said, 'That's fine, honey.' She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, 'I think this is all
Dear, let's go to the cashier.'

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, 'No honey, I don't feel like it.'

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled, 'WHAT?'

I then said, 'Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.'

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, 'Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?'

Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.......but at least that girl knows I'm smarter than her.

snip - end of story. Quite cute !

unfortunately shopping wasn't the problem
for the 'so clever' cheapskate ...

Not fair - Lily Allen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWStmZ9zDrA

"Oh, he treats me with respect,
He says he loves me all the time,
He calls me 15 times a day,
He likes to make sure that im fine,
You know I've never met a man,
Whose made me feel quite so secure,
He's not like all them other boys,
They're so dumb and immature.

There's just one thing,
That's getting in the way,
When we go up to bed your just no good,
its such a shame!
I look into your eyes,
I want to get to know you,
And then you make this noise,
its apparent its all over

Its not fair,
And i think your really mean,
I think your really mean,
I think your really mean.

Oh your supposed to care,
But you never make me scream,
You never make me scream,

Oh it's not fair,
And it's really not ok,
It's really not ok,
It's really not ok,

Oh your supposed to care,
But all you do is take, yea all you do is take

Yewell I lie here in the wet patch in the middle of the bed
I'm feeling pretty hard done by, I spent ages giving head
then I remember all the nice things that you've ever said to me
maybe I'm just overreacting, maybe your the one for me"

2/

"there's just one thing that's getting in the way
when we go up to bed you're just not good it's such a shame
I look into your eyes I want to get to know you
and then you make this noise and its apparent it's all over

it's not fair and I think your really mean
I think your really mean
I think your really mean

oh your supposed to care but you never make me scream
you never make me scream

oh it's not fair and it's really not ok
it's really not ok
it's really not ok

oh your supposed to care but all you do is take
all you do is take

there's just one thing that's getting in the way
when we go up to bed you're just not good it's such a shame
I look into your eyes I want to get to know you
and then you make this noise and its apparent it's all over

it's not fair and I think your really mean
I think your really mean
I think your really mean
oh your supposed to care but you never make me scream
you never make me scream

oh it's not fair and it's really not ok
it's really not ok
it's really not ok
oh your supposed to care but all you do is take
all you do is take"