Spitting the Dummy.....

[Sabress]

Do you remember the last time you cracked the poos at a competition, or even at the sala? Or you might know someone who has!
Comments please!

*:Sabress:*

[Bebop and Rocksteady]

I have no idea what you're talking about

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[lochinvar]

Equally mystified.

[D'Artagnan1673]

Yes, if you want anybody to respond to your question, you are going to have to explain what "cracked the poos" means. I think I have an idea, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were not asking a vulger question.

[The Crazy Wacker]

I think it was vulgar...

[Sabress]

Cracking the poos: Angry, miffed. Need more to elaborate? Also known as cracking the sh*ts.

[Sabress]

I remember going to the Autralian Nationals in January of '97, and I saw this one guy from the mens Foil DE who lost his bout and got so frustrated he threw his mask and foil to the round then kicked his mask across the room, which was actually quite a large gymnasium. I do believe however, that he got black carded.

[The Crazy Wacker]

Whats your native language, sabress?

[Sabress]

Wacker, or whatever, I have learned from past experiences that people, like you, for instance, are known to nitpick at other people's little mistakes that aren't even worth mentioning. Grow up. Stop trying to fuel your ego.

*:Sabress:*

[D'Artagnan1673]

Maybe thats a saying that is only know in Austrailia, I had no idea what you were asking.

At my last tournament the winner kicked his mask around the floor during strip breaks. He had a real ugly match in the quarterfinals that involved a great deal of poking and jabbing. His coach was directing the bout and you could tell he was real exasperated at how the bout was going. Its pretty hard to tell right of way when two people are fencing toe to toe and rearing back and jabbing and rearing back and jabbing......

My worst outbreak is pretty common for me. I will growl to at myself when I let my opponent play me like a pupet. I try not to though, I'd hate to let the other guy know he's getting me rattled. It'l just make him keep on doing the same thing.

[foxwhelp]

For the Perplexed....

These are Australian colloquialisms for throwing a temper tantrum.

Seperated by a common language &c.,

[Sabress]

Correct, thankyou Foxwhelp!!!

*:Sabress:* the <img src="graemlins/dunce.gif" border="0" alt="[Dunce]" />

[swordsen]

It was the middle of January. I screwed up, lost my cool, lost the DE bout and made an *** of myself. I hate it when I do that.
Shortly after that bout I took the epee that I had been using and bent it into a nearly complete circle. Then straightened it out again and still use it now.

[lochinvar]

[quote]Originally posted by foxwhelp:
<strong>For the Perplexed....

These are Australian colloquialisms for throwing a temper tantrum.

Seperated by a common language &c.,</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ah. It all comes clear to me, now.

I've never lost my temper on the strip either at tournys or at club. I don't work up that level of frustration about fencing. After all, it *is* just a game; it's not like my paycheck depends on winning.

Also I've been fortunate enough never to have witnessed any such displays, although I seem to be just missing them all the time. They either happen just before I arrive or just after I've left... or so I'm told by others.

[Gav]

Sadly I have a pretty short fuse. Recently I made a real a**e of myself. Nearly got black carded and everything. How embarassing. Since then I've changed jobs and it's like I'm a different guy. A lot calmer. Next task to sort my fencing out.

BTW I still don't get the Sabress thing, where exactly is the confusion?

[latenight]

Hmmmm,


I've been so mad in losing so as to do a sorta lame handshake after, and then fume over it for ten minutes or so. I always make it a point to congratulate the person off the strip after I'm cooled off though. Most people seem to understand that though, having been there themselves.

My coach also knows better than to talk to me about the bout until I'm ready. I need a little cool down time before I can be objective.

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[lochinvar]

[quote]Originally posted by Gav:
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<snip>BTW I still don't get the Sabress thing, where exactly is the confusion?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Gav, it's just that the expressions "crack the poos" and "spitting the dummy" don't exist in American English, so the 'colonials' were baffled as to what those expressions meant. And we were somewhat suspicious of them, since "poo" is a baby-talk synonym for excrement in the US.

At first I thought she was asking when was the last time I had an embarassing accident on the strip, or something like that... <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[Jester]" />

[The Crazy Wacker]

ummm.... did someone get offended from what I said/did?

[Zelda]

SAbress, the incident you mention was I think actually a very dear friend of mine. It was just after I started fencing. Must say that my biggest GRR was DH Mackenzie last year when I lost my 16DE 13-14 in final minute. Ask Simon Summerfield if he remembers presiding that bout.

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[D'Artagnan1673]

[quote]Originally posted by lochinvar:
<strong>

Gav, it's just that the expressions "crack the poos" and "spitting the dummy" don't exist in American English, so the 'colonials' were baffled as to what those expressions meant. And we were somewhat suspicious of them, since "poo" is a baby-talk synonym for excrement in the US.

At first I thought she was asking when was the last time I had an embarassing accident on the strip, or something like that... <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[Jester]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

That is precisely what I thought was being asked. That is why I said that I thought the question to be vulgar. Just a language difference.