Coach Henry: It's all right. We're in a fight. You boys are doing all that you can do. Anybody can see that. Win or lose... We gonna walk out of Eden Park tonight with our heads held high. Do your best. That's all anybody can ask for.
Richie McCaw: No, it ain't Coach. With all due respect, uh, you demanded more of us. You demanded perfection. Now, I ain't saying that I'm perfect, 'cause I'm not. And I ain't gonna never be. None of us are. But we have won 75% of all our matches and every single game we have played at Eden Park since 1994. So this team is almost perfect and ranked number 1 in the world. We won the World Cup in 1987. And, uh, if it's all the same to you, Coach Henry, we want to win it again.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Why a try is called a try
The Rugby World Cup 2011 is nearly coming to an end as the All Blacks prepare for the ultimate showdown against the unpredictable French. Of course we want the All Blacks to score lots of tries and waste those frogs but, if you're like me, you may ask yourself why a try is called a try when you've succeeded. Shouldn't they be called successes? Actually there's a good reason why they're called tries. When rugby was first invented in England in the 1800s what we call a try didn't actually give you any points. Back then, when you scored a try you just got the opportunity to "try" to kick a goal ie "convert the try" into points. Tries didn't give you any points until 1886 when you got 1 point for a try, 2 points for a conversion, 3 points for a penalty and 3 points from a drop goal. The value of a try increased to 2 points in 1891, 3 points in 1894, 4 points in 1971 then finally 5 points in 1992.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
That's The Race You Are - Asian parody of Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars
Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make dental floss the perfect blindfold
Her hair, her hair, is black (not grey) unless she is old
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday.
Yeah, I know, I know I can buy some things from her real cheaply
But it's so, it's so sad that they're usually bad quality
And every time I send an item back her way
I say
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
Her rice her rice
She can eat it all day when she's hungry
Her lunch her lunch consists of hot dogs and I mean literally
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday
Oh you know you know you sound like you just got off the plane
Can't understand a word you say.
It's hurting my brain.
So don't bother asking if your English is okay
You know I'll say
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are.
The race you are
The race you are
Girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are
Her hair, her hair, is black (not grey) unless she is old
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday.
Yeah, I know, I know I can buy some things from her real cheaply
But it's so, it's so sad that they're usually bad quality
And every time I send an item back her way
I say
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
Her rice her rice
She can eat it all day when she's hungry
Her lunch her lunch consists of hot dogs and I mean literally
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday
Oh you know you know you sound like you just got off the plane
Can't understand a word you say.
It's hurting my brain.
So don't bother asking if your English is okay
You know I'll say
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are.
The race you are
The race you are
Girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are
When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are
And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Jesus Christ - Christian parody of Dynamite by Taio Cruz
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I I I II come to church church church church.
I grab a bible and I search search search search.
I'm looking up my favourite verse verse verse verse.
Sent his son to save the Earth Earth Earth Earth.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on.
Yeah.
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once
He won't warn us twice
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ
I came to prove prove prove prove
He isn't just the King of Jews Jews Jews Jews.
He is the way, the life and truth truth truth truth.
I'm gonna spread the gospel news news news news.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on
Yeah!
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
I'm gonna take my sins out.
God's gonna judge me while I'm standing.
I'm atoned for all my
Sins that I have still got outstanding.
Cause I I I believe in him
And I I I, I just give him all.
I just give him all.
I'm gonna put my hands close in prayer.
Ha-hands close in prayer.
Put your hands close in prayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer.
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
Then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I I I II come to church church church church.
I grab a bible and I search search search search.
I'm looking up my favourite verse verse verse verse.
Sent his son to save the Earth Earth Earth Earth.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on.
Yeah.
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once
He won't warn us twice
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ
I came to prove prove prove prove
He isn't just the King of Jews Jews Jews Jews.
He is the way, the life and truth truth truth truth.
I'm gonna spread the gospel news news news news.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on
Yeah!
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
I'm gonna take my sins out.
God's gonna judge me while I'm standing.
I'm atoned for all my
Sins that I have still got outstanding.
Cause I I I believe in him
And I I I, I just give him all.
I just give him all.
I'm gonna put my hands close in prayer.
Ha-hands close in prayer.
Put your hands close in prayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer.
I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
Then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Why WikiLeaks is so dangerous
Unless you've been living in a rock or trapped down a mine (no disrespect of course) you would've heard about the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, releasing all of America's juicy little secrets and thinking he's some saviour of freedom of information. But before you buy into the liberal media's narrative of him being such a hero KEEP READING to find out why his irresponsible childish actions are so dangerous.
Transparency and holding the government to account sound like such noble goals but this must be balanced with the interests of national security. Julian Assange can pretend all he likes that he's just a neutral defender of freedom but the fact is, by releasing secret documents relating to US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, he is choosing to help and side with the terrorists. That is plain and simple treason and is evidence that he is motivated by an agenda to give terrorists an advantage in the War on Terror. People may think it'd be interesting to find out all of America's military plans and operations but, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. In this case, because the terrorists will also receive the same information, curiosity will also kill soldiers and innocent civilians. It's ironic that he claims to want to stop the war in Afghanistan when, especially by releasing details of informants, he not only puts soldiers' lives in danger but also the lives of innocent Afghan civilians who only want to experience the freedoms that you and I and everyone else take for granted. Now, because of his irresponsible actions, the Taliban have promised to hunt down and behead informants. Is there anyone who honestly even has the slightest doubt that they will carry out their promise? As a result of the potential threat on their lives, people will be unwilling to divulge information about the Taliban and help the US-led coalition forces in defeating terrorism in Afghanistan. If you think the war in Afghanistan is hard, giving terrorists a leg up has now made the mission for freedom even harder. Julian Assange and others like him need to stop being so naive and think about the consequences of their actions. Actually, scratch that, Julian Assange and other people involved with WikiLeaks know very well the consequences of their actions. They just don't care as long as they can continue to pursue their anti-American agenda. If they're so into openness and transparency then why are they so biased and only target the US and its allies? Why doesn't he release secret documents from Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Chinese or Russians or whatever? Why doesn't he release secret documents from the Iranian government? I'll tell you why. Because this isn't about transparency and holding governments to account at all. This is about an extreme anti-American terrorist-loving communist activist radical who would like nothing more than to see real freedom destroyed. He and other people like him are not interested in the truth but on spreading anti-American propaganda. If he's so interested in transparency why is he only telling one side of the story? Why is he only focused on giving the terrorists all the information they need to destroy America and its allies including New Zealand? It's time he and his America-hating ilk stop the facade of pacifist neutrality and admit to being the terrorist-supporting traitors that anyone with even a scrap of grey matter can clearly see. WikiLeaks claims to have released information about events that involve what they allege to be the US military killing civilians. Now, I admit I haven't investigated these allegations but WikiLeaks completely takes these events out of context and is only doing this to make the US-led coalition forces look bad thereby helping our enemies in the propaganda war. They don't explain the whole situation or tell both sides of the story. Killing civilians is never a good thing but there is a huge difference between terrorists deliberately murdering innocent civilians and coalition forces accidentally killing civilians (which is always unfortunate but very difficult in a place where terrorists so easily blend in with civilians). Julian Assange never does anything that does not involve hampering the War Against Terrorism. He is a terrorist-appeasing oxygen thief rapist who literally has blood on his hands. His hypocrisy is evident in the fact that he continuously moves place to place like a little shrew instead of manning up and facing the consequences of his actions. Why is he so secretive? He would probably answer that he has a right to privacy. But I thought everything had to to be open and transparent. Why is he allowed to protect his private information but governments aren't allowed to protect information that is vital for their national security? Does he not care? I know many people will probably argue that, if it weren't for WikiLeaks, the American military could do anything it likes. But there must be a balance between freedom of information in order to hold people in power accountable and protecting national security. If you release secret information about your company to competitors you'd be justifiably fired and no amount of crying about freedom of speech will save you. Releasing secret information about your company's plans to competitors harms its competitiveness and could potentially damage it. It's the same thing as releasing information about informants except, in this case, real lives are being threatened because of an egotistical, self-serving, smarmy little liberal communist leftist git who thinks he's a saviour when he's simply an idiot (and that's being nice).
Transparency and holding the government to account sound like such noble goals but this must be balanced with the interests of national security. Julian Assange can pretend all he likes that he's just a neutral defender of freedom but the fact is, by releasing secret documents relating to US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, he is choosing to help and side with the terrorists. That is plain and simple treason and is evidence that he is motivated by an agenda to give terrorists an advantage in the War on Terror. People may think it'd be interesting to find out all of America's military plans and operations but, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. In this case, because the terrorists will also receive the same information, curiosity will also kill soldiers and innocent civilians. It's ironic that he claims to want to stop the war in Afghanistan when, especially by releasing details of informants, he not only puts soldiers' lives in danger but also the lives of innocent Afghan civilians who only want to experience the freedoms that you and I and everyone else take for granted. Now, because of his irresponsible actions, the Taliban have promised to hunt down and behead informants. Is there anyone who honestly even has the slightest doubt that they will carry out their promise? As a result of the potential threat on their lives, people will be unwilling to divulge information about the Taliban and help the US-led coalition forces in defeating terrorism in Afghanistan. If you think the war in Afghanistan is hard, giving terrorists a leg up has now made the mission for freedom even harder. Julian Assange and others like him need to stop being so naive and think about the consequences of their actions. Actually, scratch that, Julian Assange and other people involved with WikiLeaks know very well the consequences of their actions. They just don't care as long as they can continue to pursue their anti-American agenda. If they're so into openness and transparency then why are they so biased and only target the US and its allies? Why doesn't he release secret documents from Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Chinese or Russians or whatever? Why doesn't he release secret documents from the Iranian government? I'll tell you why. Because this isn't about transparency and holding governments to account at all. This is about an extreme anti-American terrorist-loving communist activist radical who would like nothing more than to see real freedom destroyed. He and other people like him are not interested in the truth but on spreading anti-American propaganda. If he's so interested in transparency why is he only telling one side of the story? Why is he only focused on giving the terrorists all the information they need to destroy America and its allies including New Zealand? It's time he and his America-hating ilk stop the facade of pacifist neutrality and admit to being the terrorist-supporting traitors that anyone with even a scrap of grey matter can clearly see. WikiLeaks claims to have released information about events that involve what they allege to be the US military killing civilians. Now, I admit I haven't investigated these allegations but WikiLeaks completely takes these events out of context and is only doing this to make the US-led coalition forces look bad thereby helping our enemies in the propaganda war. They don't explain the whole situation or tell both sides of the story. Killing civilians is never a good thing but there is a huge difference between terrorists deliberately murdering innocent civilians and coalition forces accidentally killing civilians (which is always unfortunate but very difficult in a place where terrorists so easily blend in with civilians). Julian Assange never does anything that does not involve hampering the War Against Terrorism. He is a terrorist-appeasing oxygen thief rapist who literally has blood on his hands. His hypocrisy is evident in the fact that he continuously moves place to place like a little shrew instead of manning up and facing the consequences of his actions. Why is he so secretive? He would probably answer that he has a right to privacy. But I thought everything had to to be open and transparent. Why is he allowed to protect his private information but governments aren't allowed to protect information that is vital for their national security? Does he not care? I know many people will probably argue that, if it weren't for WikiLeaks, the American military could do anything it likes. But there must be a balance between freedom of information in order to hold people in power accountable and protecting national security. If you release secret information about your company to competitors you'd be justifiably fired and no amount of crying about freedom of speech will save you. Releasing secret information about your company's plans to competitors harms its competitiveness and could potentially damage it. It's the same thing as releasing information about informants except, in this case, real lives are being threatened because of an egotistical, self-serving, smarmy little liberal communist leftist git who thinks he's a saviour when he's simply an idiot (and that's being nice).
Friday, November 12, 2010
John Key got something wrong
No, I'm not talking about accidentally calling United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, "President Clinton." At least he apologised for that and the media made sure everyone knew about that mistake. There's something else he got wrong earlier that week in Vietnam. Something much else. Something that nobody seems to have picked up on. Something that could've been avoided with even the slightest bit of research. By now you're probably screaming for me to hurry up and tell you what he got wrong. Don't worry, I'll get to that in a second. But first, here is something he said at the East Asia Summit in Vietnam last week.
"If you think about the lunch we went to; the richest man in the world was there in the form of the Sultan Brunei, three of the largest most populated countries in the world were there in the form of India and China and the likes, and arguably the only super power that currently exists (the United States)."
Did you read that quote very carefully, especially the part in bold? You should've figured by now that the Sultan of Brunei is not the richest man in the world. In fact the Sultan of Brunei isn't even one of the top 24 richest people in the world. So how could our Prime Minister get something so simple so wrong and not have anyone even notice it? How could he not know that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world?
Or is he?
You'd think so, wouldn't you? If you asked a random person in the street who the richest person is they would most likely reply, "Bill Gates." Actually, even though Bill Gates had been the richest person in the world for most of the time since 1995 (except in 2008 when he was overtaken by Warren Buffett) this is no longer the case. Since March 2010 the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $US 60.6 billion has been Carlos Slim Helu. Heard of him? Me either until I found out from Forbes earlier this year. Carlos Slim is actually a 70 year old Mexican telecom tycoon who owns heaps of companies based on telecommunications and other stuff. He's the Chairman and CEO of Telmex, America Movil and Grupo Carso (all telecom conglomerates) and $6.6 billion richer than Bill Gates, who's now the world's second richest. Find out more about him here .
Now that you've hopefully learned something new and shocking from the The Hamish Report keep reading this blog and make sure you vote in the poll on the right on another rich person, John Key, before 14 November, 11:20pm. Quick! Time's running out!!!
Monday, November 8, 2010
National Government's 2nd Birthday
It's been exactly 2 years since John Key was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand and The Hamish Report is giving you the chance to have your say on how you feel about his performance (or lack thereof). Don't miss your chance to express your view on National's first two years in the comments below or take the poll on the right. Whether you love him, loathe him or just don't care make a comment below or vote in the poll BEFORE 14 Novemenber 2010, 11:20PM New Zealand time. ANONYMITY GUARANTEED!!!
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