Because Parents Really Into Champion Kids was taken, apparently.
There was a serious story about a serious issue in yesterday's paper.
According to my broadsheet:
'Angry parents of Australia's swim stars feel cheated after being the victims of a ticket snub.
The biggest supporters of our swim team have been scattered throughout the aquatic centre after Melbourne 2006 officials backflipped on their offer to allow the parents to sit together in a designated area.
On Thursday night, pool star Libby Lenton's mother, Marilyn, paid $220 to watch her daughter win silver in the 200m freestyle - but couldn't see the scoreboard.'
THIS STORY HAS EVERYTHING. Mother/daughter love, sport, money, Libby Lenton, THE WORD 'BACKFLIPPED'. It is an incredibly serious piece and should be treated with utmost seriousness, I'm sure you would agree.
'Collette Rickard, who heads the Parents Of Our Swimmers (POOS), said parents were dismayed by their treatment.'
Why? Why would they call themselves POOS? At what point in the committee meeting did someone say: 'Okay, it's utterly ridiculous and will no doubt make us a figure of fecal-related fun every time it's mentioned in the news. That's our name covered. Now, who brought the Scotch Fingers?'?
WHY DID THEY DO THAT PLEASE?
600 days til the next election.
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This reminds me of one of my unrealised website ideas called "Who was at that meeting?" where we all try to imagine (note: HILARIOUSLY) how on earth such-and-such a decision was made. Genius!
Exactly how many unrealised websites do you have, fancy? That one's a cracker.
parents are amazingly good at being embarrassing aren't they...
Fourth Comment! Best I've ever managed.
Fancy: I'd contribute to that unrealised website.
"POOS DEMANDS HARD TO SWALLOW"
i'd like to organise a joint venture between POOS and my own support group, WEES (We are neither Excited nor Enterested* in anything to do with Swimming).
*sorry. nothing else seemed to work.
Self-Absorbed Dads & Custodians United for National Team Swimmers
"Families Using Champion Kids to Wallow In Their Stupidity" ?
Heh. That 'Champion Kids' things certainly works in a myriad of ways, doesn't it?
POOS seems the perfect acronym, given the number of Pollywaffles I swam through off the Hastings Pier as a boy. Ah sweet memories.
Ha. Best word verification yet. padizdk (pad his dick).
Do Not.
Cock-Festering Swimming Mums Idiotic Fuck Squadron?
*giggles in an immature fashion*
'Anonymous said...
Cock-Festering Swimming Mums Idiotic Fuck Squadron?'
NOW we're getting somewhere.
My personal fave acronym is for the group who protest outside a Melbourne abortion clinic, the Helpers of God's Precious Infants. HOGPI.
And I thought going to war three years ago for non-existent WMDs was an outrage.
$220 for Libby's mum and she couldn't see the scoreboard.
Ms Fits I think you should call Derryn Hinch or Naomi Fucking Robson right fucking now.
WEES: Wimmin Everywhere Eschew Swimming
BUMS: Belligerent Unhappy Mothers of Swimmers
FARTS: Families Against Random Tickets for Swimmers
CRAP: Council of Rude Aquatic Parents
POOFS - Parents Of Overly Faggy Swimmers.
Sole member. Ian Thorpe's Mum.
Self-Absorbed Dads & Custodians United for National Team Swimmers
"Families Using Champion Kids to Wallow In Their Stupidity"
I spent a good few minutes doubled up over my keyboard crying with laughter after these two.
Thanks for some fabulous comments work people.
Hehe, they said 'POOS'. About themselves. Weird.
Terrific. Anyone know how to get coffee out of a computer keyboard?
EvilBob. You just leave it to dry and all is well. I have had many a coffee guffawing/snorting accident at my computer since discovering the world of blog. It's a natural side effect.
In case anyone's still on this thread, there are many more unrealised sites in the "works" (read: sulo bin). Perhaps I should get off my arse? Well, it's not going to sit on itself, is it?
Another was uncaptioned photos that contain a pun, where you have to work out the joke.
Example:
There's a place outside Perth called Karnet. So, drive up there, put on a cheesy satan costume and stand next to the sign at the edge of town.
Money in the bank, people.
I found your website by chance, and this post made me literally laugh out loud. The POOS name sounds like something that would be created as a parody; the fact that a group decided to go with it as a name reveals a great deal about the obliviousness of those involved.
I haven't seen the equivalent here in the U.S., though I always thought that the anti-tobacco group Students Working Against Tobacco would've been better had the word Students been replaced by Teens. But I digress...
Chocolate covered scotch fingers for that meeting!
think they should have just cut to the chase and called themselves We Expect Excellent Seats (WEES).
More direct, and slightly less toilety
stikla
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