Toseland and Edwards

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Apr 3 2009, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>he plays the ....... piano for .... sake , how can you root for a bloke that plays a womans instrument. real men play electric guitar or drums
Dude it is funny you mention the drums. The piano is a percussion instrument. Tommy lee plays one pretty well actually. John Paul Jones of LED Zepplin played a mean piano. .... if you talk to any real muscian they will most likely tell you they wished they could play the piano if they can't already. A womens instrument is more like the clarinet or the flute.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Apr 3 2009, 10:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>he plays the ....... piano for .... sake , how can you root for a bloke that plays a womans instrument. real men play electric guitar or drums



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Apr 5 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dude it is funny you mention the drums. The piano is a percussion instrument. Tommy lee plays one pretty well actually. John Paul Jones of LED Zepplin played a mean piano. .... if you talk to any real muscian they will most likely tell you they wished they could play the piano if they can't already. A womens instrument is more like the clarinet or the flute.

So true, I'm pretty accomplished at a few stringed instruments and drums and I play moderate piano. Out of all the instruments I play I wish I could truly master piano the most

Don't forget badass's like Jackie Byard
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JT is an unfocused tosser.

JT WILL go big this year.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (johnny @ Apr 6 2009, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>



So true, I'm pretty accomplished at a few stringed instruments and drums and I play moderate piano. Out of all the instruments I play I wish I could truly master piano the most

Don't forget badass's like Jackie Byard
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Sheesh how could I forget Jerry Lee Lewis. He was a founder of Rock and Roll and one hell of a badass. I would have loved for someone to have called him a chick or a girl for playin the piano. He would beat the .... out of that person real fast.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dion @ Apr 6 2009, 08:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>JT WILL go big this year.
I hope he doesn't go any bigger in his quest for the biggerst highside. We need all the riders on the grid we can keep.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Apr 7 2009, 08:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>English please.
Pom - pommie a name for the english
Batty Boy - ......




Interchangeable!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Apr 7 2009, 06:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ah, I've seen "pom" and "pommie" but not "pohm".

"Batty boy" is new. Hahaha. So they don't like him because he looks attractive? Ah, so now I know why they love Rossi so much! I see, they like the ugly .......
Two different etymological theories...

1. "Pommie": From the red pom-pom on the top of the hats of British sailors who were involved in the transfer of prisoners to the Colonies. A derogatory term, which has become a generalised term for English people. The term pommy or pom is commonly used by Aussies, Kiwis, and many African colonialists.

2. "POHM": Originated as an acronym for "prisoner of (his/her) majesty". Many of the first British settlers in Australia were convicts sentenced to transportation to Australia and upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" emblazoned on the back, which apparently stood for Prisoners Of His/Her Majesty.

Toseland is being a little ..... now... he instigates a situation to get his own way.
Now hes falling off and can't get any help from Colin.

I like the way Colins really sticking the boot in at every interview

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Apr 7 2009, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I see, they like the ugly ....... Which I presume is why you & Rog got on so well?

Toselands a bit o a funny one, I like the guy, and was a big fan when he was in World Supers, but I dunno about him in GP. I just don't believe in him enough at this level to be honest.

Could this be something about the North South divide over here? There's a feeling over here that riders from the North of England, and indeed Scotland and Ireland are more driven to success because they have to commit to so much more travelling to race. There is certainly a history of them being the guys who go on to success at national and international level. Sheene of course very much excepted being a Londoner. Could it be that the folks in the hugely populated Sarf of England would be happier if it was someone from their manor was the man on the bike in GP?

Foggy seemed to rise above this, (must have been his charming personality!) and had a massive following in the UK, but niether Hodgeson or Toseland have picked up the same following at home.

Maybe if Shane "Strike a light me ole cockney sparra" Byrne was in GP on a competative bike things would be different with evryone from the south of the country getting behind their man.

Or maybe everyone else just thinks like me, that Toseland just doesn't appear to have that something to make folks sit up and pay attention.

Pete

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mick D @ Apr 8 2009, 01:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Two different etymological theories...

1. "Pommie": From the red pom-pom on the top of the hats of British sailors who were involved in the transfer of prisoners to the Colonies. A derogatory term, which has become a generalised term for English people. The term pommy or pom is commonly used by Aussies, Kiwis, and many African colonialists.

2. "POHM": Originated as an acronym for "prisoner of (his/her) majesty". Many of the first British settlers in Australia were convicts sentenced to transportation to Australia and upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" emblazoned on the back, which apparently stood for Prisoners Of His/Her Majesty.

Mick, you've got the flashest postie bike in the world dude.
Those things go round corners like they are on rails.
Someone should find the fastest postie and stick him on a GP bike. He would try to do the whole lap with the throttle cracked wide open !!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (basspete @ Apr 8 2009, 09:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Toselands a bit o a funny one, I like the guy, and was a big fan when he was in World Supers, but I dunno about him in GP. I just don't believe in him enough at this level to be honest.

Could this be something about the North South divide over here? There's a feeling over here that riders from the North of England, and indeed Scotland and Ireland are more driven to success because they have to commit to so much more travelling to race. There is certainly a history of them being the guys who go on to success at national and international level. Sheene of course very much excepted being a Londoner. Could it be that the folks in the hugely populated Sarf of England would be happier if it was someone from their manor was the man on the bike in GP?

Foggy seemed to rise above this, (must have been his charming personality!) and had a massive following in the UK, but niether Hodgeson or Toseland have picked up the same following at home.

Maybe if Shane "Strike a light me ole cockney sparra" Byrne was in GP on a competative bike things would be different with evryone from the south of the country getting behind their man.

Or maybe everyone else just thinks like me, that Toseland just doesn't appear to have that something to make folks sit up and pay attention.

Pete
I think it's very simple Pete, the British public in en-masse tend to be glory hunters who only like to support winners. It's the Manchester Unt. syndrome. Don't half their fans come from the home counties anyway? - people who wouldn't be able to even find Lancashire on a map, quite apart from contemplating an actual seat in Old Trafford. In bike racing, it didn't really matter that Foggy had a red rose resplendent on his Shark lid...he regularly won races and World Championships, and people like that. Yeah JT -double WSB Champion, Hodgy got one too (another Lancastrian), but by then the mainstream appeal had waned, it was no longer on the Beeb, and everyones favourite adopted son Rossi was at his peak of popularity. Go to a Brit GP now, even a BSB meeting, and you're far more likely to see Brit fans sporting the Doctor's latest range than a Bradley Smith or a JT T shirt. No disrespect to Rossi fans, it's a fact..it's very difficult trying to get people to take you as the next Sheene when you occupy the same era as The Doctor.