Seriously...You Have to Laugh
Great Yarns and Tall Tales from the Sporting Fields, Dressing Rooms and Commentary Boxes of Australia
Published on 23. November 2016
256 pages
978-1-952535-68-0 (ISBN)
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Putting his unique spin on our sporting life, Peter FitzSimons celebrates the tall tales and true, the outrageous yarns and the knockabout humour from the footy fields, cricket grounds, dressing rooms, bars and commentary boxes of Australia.From the clever sledges behind the bales and the goalposts to the quick wit of lounge room commentators and the ever so slightly exaggerated tales of holes in one and other great sporting feats, comes this collection of wicked tales, killer quotes and puffed up stories of sporting prowess that it will make you chuckle, roll your eyes and say, 'Seriously... you have to laugh'!
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Peter FitzSimons
Seriously...You Have to Laugh
Great yarns and tall tales from the sporting fields, dressing rooms and commentary boxes of Australia
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11/2016
Allen & Unwin
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Also by the author
- INTRODUCTION
- Addressing the balls
- Taking pains
- Thai this on
- Bait and switch
- King of the quickie
- Best's dry run
- Woods Wonder
- Seven easy steps
- That hurts
- Masochism training
- Remembering Richie
- That's a handy contribution
- Rough end
- Young & desperate
- Quick-witted
- On yer way
- Fickle finger of fate
- Smart Bart
- The jaws of victory
- Mistaken, moi?
- Wisdom of the racetrack
- Sherves him right
- Many a slip
- Mixed massages
- An inspirational story
- Gatekeeper & Coe
- Roids
- My b-b-b-brother Don
- Sledger slayed
- The greatest sledge of all time
- A moving story
- In Tiger Woods' heyday
- Kiwi fans went ape in brass monkey weather
- Cricket ball
- Packer dobber
- What's in a name?
- Holey Moses
- Wisdom at the game played in heaven
- A boy, a dog and a blasted reporter
- Barred for life
- That's a tall call
- Carn Panfers!
- Tombstone territory
- Mum's the word
- Cometti classic
- Flying the flag
- Royal male
- The game they play in heaven
- Sweet revenge
- Drugs in sports
- Size matters
- How wonderful
- Medicine man
- Quick quiz
- Advanced English
- Timing is everything
- Epic struggle
- Phone a friend
- Cricket's curve ball
- Sheer relief
- That explains it
- Mixed pairs
- An engineer, doctor and priest golfing
- Five-ring circus
- Doing words
- Shame on Shark
- Batting it back
- Slayed by a sledge
- Mats entertainment
- Keep walking
- Dodemaide
- Golf-below par?
- Rugger riddles
- Wheely good
- Daydream Island
- Ineffable coach takes the P
- Hits 'n' giggles
- Umpire strikes back
- Flying high
- A good walk spoilt
- Lost in translation
- New ball game
- Talking to a stranger
- First impression
- Some big questions
- Gold medal beer
- Seeing red
- Knockout humour
- Dying wish
- Tunnel of lust
- Acting champions
- Gone fishing
- Ethics class
- Dyer tribe
- So hot, it sizzles . . .
- Wisdom of the flanelled fools
- Wallaby halfback v. Dublin bouncers
- Five-ringed circus
- A flashback to when Nasser Hussain was captain of England
- A brief stopover in headline heaven
- Small boy
- The game of golf
- Country matters
- Commentariat capers
- Jock gets the last laugh
- Accept no substitutes
- Out of the mouths of jocks
- Number one sport
- The buzz of recognition
- The real Ashes
- Scoreboard doesn't lie
- A caddy full of jokes
- Chaser bites Bulldog
- Know names
- Law of relativity
- How many Dicks for a Dean?
- A league of wits
- Vetell it like it is
- Captain Marvel
- Media natters
- The whang man
- Three quiz questions
- Rough end of the sledge
- BOONIE!
- Any excuse for a joke
- The beauty of Brock
- Easy-access mortification
- Reddy-made puns
- Gotta love a billabonk
- Tanks for the memory
- Putting around
- Quick thinker
- Basket racket
- Phar-fetched
- What a wipeout
- Last stop at the 19th
- The world game of shame
- Working out
- Signature stupidity
- And they're racing
- It's fun if you do the hard yards
- Wisdom of the world game
- A few good props
- Come in, spinner
- Shear pleasure
- A short trip to the centre
- Ken's slice of life
- Abba dabba
- Artie in short bursts
- Fit for a septic tank
- Sydney cheek travels the world
- Price of fame
- Princess fails test
- A different perspective
- Running with the balls
- Cue jumper
- A pearl of wit
- Let your hair down
- Darts mouth
- Some club
- Chancing your arm
- Merv's serve
- Old South Africa
- Four-letter context
- Winning formula
- Beyond starlight
- Any which way but lose, Wayne
- Bending with Beckham
- Signs of the times
- Heroic twofer
- Mixed-metaphor madness
- Fun, games and Gough
- Aussie Rules-there are no rules
- I love this country
- Energy savers
- Let's punctuate
- Root of the matter
- Celebration ripe with meaning
- The odd cuss is always par for the course
- It's heaven or the trophy, not both
- Mighty Merv and the Don
- Funny game, cricket
- A dog of a session
- Photo finish
- AC/DC
- Porn video
- Buck
- Waiting, waiting
- Devil in the detail
- Mistaken identity
- Ask a silly question
- Tooth Fairy
- Through thick and thin
- High and dry
- Light weight
