The Simpsons Quotes, Part Two

These are the other quotes I use most often.

Part one here.

Images from frinkiac.com!

The Simpsons Quotes, Part One

I've seen every episode of The Simpsons from when it was still a good show - about the first ten seasons - between three and approximately three-hundred times.

My wife thought I was funny until I gradually revealed all my best lines were recycled jokes from the show. Fortunately by the time she realised I was totally devoid of humour, we were married and she was trapped in our relationship with two children, so it's all good.

These are the quotes I use most often.

Credit to the amazing website frinkiac.com for the images.

NRL Ladder Prediction 2016

National Random League. amirite!?!

At the beginning of the last NRL season, I tried to predict the final ladder positions.

It didn't go well.

But I'm coming into this new competition after training well all off-season, and I think I can turn it around if I take it one team prediction at a time.

Also, if things go badly I'll just blame the refs.

So here are the best 2016 predictions you will ever read...

Toddlers, Part Two

My twin boys are toddlers, and they do and say funny stuff.

Pictured: R & J

Earlier stuff is here.

Newer stuff follows below...

Lockouts

I only heard about #casinomike today.

The 10 Worst Australian of the Year Awards

With the announcement tonight that David Morrison is the 2016 Australian of the Year, there have now been 61 Australian of the Year award recipients over 57 years*.

* There are four years where there were dual committees and dual winners, because nothing reflects Australia better than arguably her highest civic honour becoming the disorganised plaything of petty provincial rivalries.

Greatest country in the galaxy.

I thought about ranking all the winners in some colossal countdown, then after doing proper serious journalist research - that is, briefly consulting Wikipedia and Twitter - I realised how silly it was trying to decide whether, for example, Dick Smith is better than Robert de Castella. And who was Sir John Crawford anyway?

Yet while ranking everyone is pointless, it is clear that some award decisions are much, much better than others.

The following is a list of those others, counting down to the worst award decision:

BBL05 Best XI

I've watched a lot of the Big Bash League. Here is the team of the tournament.

There are only two rules:

1. Selection is based on performances during the tournament only. Past performance and reputation counts for nothing.
2. Selections are limited two imports, just like the teams, sorry, franchises.

The official unofficial BBL05 Best XI is presented in batting order: