SA Footy

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Classic as IMO

Inane crap No wonder players get a bad name went they do stupid crap like this, they're not 5 years old

It's funny, because I know it as 'the Barracuda', but I see amateur wrestlers from Adelaide making that gesture all the time thinking it makes them look tough. Lol

Lol, ok, can someone explain what the gesture is supposed to signify? (feel free to PM if it's too lewd for here)

How ******* old do I feel!!

If I were a Collingwood supporter, I'd be more disappointed that winning the NAB Cup apparently meant enough to some players that it would provoke such displays. I would be hoping for "Well, that's one in the bank, now onto the real stuff". I can understand some players going over the top after a Grand Final, but not after a pre-season trial match.

'The Magpies were investigating the gesture, with president Eddie McGuire saying Blair was unaware he was making a sexually suggestive sign.'

I walked through markets in Bali in January and people there were selling t-shirts with 'Two in the pink, one in the stink!' written on them with that exact symbol.

But hey, just because they know, doesn't mean Jarryd Blair would, right?

i thought it was classic he said he didnt know it meant anything bad... i thought he was lying

till CP had no idea... maybe its not as common as i thought, coz girl at work had no idea either.

so i showed her.............lol j/k

I think it's funny that Blair says he 'didnt know it was a lewd gesture'. I walked through the markets in Bali in January and people there were selling t-shirts with 'Two in the pink, one in the stink!' written on them with that exact symbol.

But hey, just because they know, doesn't mean Jarryd Blair would, right?

yea mates of mine got back from bali about 2 months ago and 2 of them had purchased that shirt, i see the funny side of it

Johno6 wrote:i thought it was classic he said he didnt know it meant anything bad... i thought he was lying

till CP had no idea... maybe its not as common as i thought, coz girl at work had no idea either.

so i showed her.............lol j/k

I would think most 20-something year old blokes involved with footy clubs would have heard it mentioned at some point before.

Obviously enough people know otherwise it wouldn't have caused such a stir, even though it's another case of the football media trying to find a story in slow news week.

I just asked 2 work colleagues, f/m (38) and m (28) and neither of them had any idea .. I was going to ask our 19yr old receptionist but thought maybe that wasnt a good idea.

Who would have thought SAFooty would be such an educational site

Really? Can't believe how much has been made of this.
Media go way over the top with trivial little stories these days.

Constance_Perm wrote:I just asked 2 work colleagues, f/m (38) and m (28) and neither of them had any idea .. I was going to ask our 19yr old receptionist but thought maybe that wasnt a good idea.

Who would have thought SAFooty would be such an educational site

u work with a trans gender person?

Johno6 wrote:

Constance_Perm wrote:I just asked 2 work colleagues, f/m (38) and m (28) and neither of them had any idea .. I was going to ask our 19yr old receptionist but thought maybe that wasnt a good idea.

Who would have thought SAFooty would be such an educational site

u work with a trans gender person?

I generally accuse her of that anyway

Yep im 27 play at a cricket club and a soccer club and have never heard of this.

Constance_Perm wrote:I just asked 2 work colleagues, f/m (38) and m (28) and neither of them had any idea .. I was going to ask our 19yr old receptionist but thought maybe that wasnt a good idea.

Who would have thought SAFooty would be such an educational site

CP, in my office there are three young people, a 19 year old female, and a female and male in their early 20s. All of them quality young people, but when they start to communicate about matters social, I have no idea what they are talking about. We may not know what the gesture means, but I would be very surprised if a young footballer didn't. Not that I really care, it seems like a storm in a tea cup to me.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

Constance_Perm wrote:I just asked 2 work colleagues, f/m (38) and m (28) and neither of them had any idea .. I was going to ask our 19yr old receptionist but thought maybe that wasnt a good idea.

Who would have thought SAFooty would be such an educational site

CP, in my office there are three young people, a 19 year old female, and a female and male in their early 20s. All of them quality young people, but when they start to communicate about matters social, I have no idea what they are talking about. We may not know what the gesture means, but I would be very surprised if a young footballer didn't. Not that I really care, it seems like a storm in a tea cup to me.

Yeah fair call mate, I guess my surprise was discovering how out of touch Ive become as I would generally have known what it represented in days gone by .. Certainly not concerned that Im missing out on much though

OnSong wrote:It's funny, because I know it as 'the Barracuda', but I see amateur wrestlers from Adelaide making that gesture all the time thinking it makes them look tough. Lol

I've only ever heard of it as the Barracuda as well. Never heard of it called the Shocker!

Being 22, I can confirm that this is what its called . First heard of it when I was 19!

I had no idea looking at the photo either, till I came back to this thread and read the title....

I'm also horrified at how out of touch I am, damn I'm gettting old (36)

i have also only known it as the barracuda