Showing posts with label John Davison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Davison. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

A John Davison Story

I just got back from an interesting dinner in which I learnt something new about John Davison. And although I just called it an interesting dinner, it was actually shit boring because I was seated at the same table as a bunch of dickheads, all with highly inflated egos which can only come from a lifetime of boarding at a prestigious school and possibly being molested by priests because that is the way with these boys' schools, isn't it? Knox Grammar, I'm looking at you. Or was that teachers?

Innocent young boy prepares to morph into Mary Poppins.

Anyway, so while the 20-somethings discussed European politics, being highly trained in the art of being fuckwits, I found myself involved in a conversation with a woman next to me. And at a table nearby, there seemed to be a sporting discussion going on which, amongst other things, involved cricket. So blah blah, one thing led to another, and the woman ended up telling me a story of how a bloke named John Davison, who she now believes is a relatively famous cricketer of some sort, had once asked her out when she was in high school. Yes, indeed. It's that John Davison. I would like to say that she said yes, but in fact she didn't. As she told me, she was sort of different to the pack and in order to maintain her integrity (or something along those lines) she turned him down.

Why, you ask? Good question. Because he went to an "asshole-infested, sickeningly self-obsessed private school". Of course, she didn't say exactly that. I'm paraphrasing very loosely. But basically, he went to one of those schools, and as I look it up now, I see it is Saint Ignatius' College. The woman in question went to a different school, quite obviously, and she never did know whether this John guy wasn't half as bad as the other bastards that went to the school, but she said no anyway.

Apparently John Davison had a thing for redheads.

Thursday, 7 May 2009

Australia's 2020 Spin Summit

Clever joke, that.

Yes, it's official. Australians are running low on quality spinners who can make it in the international arena. Yes, it's official. We've realised how strangely dire this situation is. Yes, it's official. Cricket Australia is freaking the fuck out about it.

So much so that we're now going to hold a spin summit to face and/or discuss this issue. They're already sending out the invites. Terry Jenner and John Davison are all going, and you should too. Tough times call for tough measures, like having a pansy summit to talk about our feelings regarding spin.

Venue: Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence, Brisbane
Date: Sometime later this year, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET

The spin problem is apparently so much more real now.

WRONG 2020 SUMMIT.