Archive for January, 2011
Project: Unmentionables
Justin, Patrice and Harry of the Volcanoes rugby team are wearing a shower curtain while we define the perfect underwear.
James my genius designer friend and I have been thinking about underwear a lot. We like underwear. We have very strong opinions on underwear. We love shopping for underwear. In fact we like underwear so much we want to know if you like it as much as we do. If you’re not too busy, could you take this survey and post your answers in Comments?
1. What are you?
(a) I am a girl.
(b) I am a boy.
(c) I am a girl who is a boy who likes boys to be girls who do boys like they’re girls who do girls like they’re boys or other permutation.
(d) A hermaphrodite.
(e) I would prefer not to answer that.
Househunting
We’d let him have one of the floors, but Noel, Joey and I haven’t bought this building yet.
Jon our straight guy columnist is looking for a place to live in Makati in the P10K a month range. Material comforts are next to no object. Sharing is an option. If you know of a place, drop us a line in Comments.
The last thing he ever saw
Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, a Philippine politician took a snapshot of his family outside their home. Seconds later, he was shot and killed by a gunman, who was also captured in the picture aiming a pistol. . .
Murdered Philippine Politician Snapped Photo of His Assassin
I wonder how many idiots announce their intention to commit murder on facebook. Probably fewer than the number of idiots who call in sick and then post pictures of themselves getting smashed at a club while they were allegedly indisposed.
Rugby lesson: The Scrum
The scrum is a means of restarting play after a stoppage which has been caused by a minor infringement of the Laws (for example, a forward pass or knock on) or the ball becoming unplayable in a ruck or maul. The scrum serves to concentrate all the forwards and the scrum halves in one place on the field, providing the opportunity for the backs to mount an attack using the space created elsewhere.
The ball is thrown into the middle of the tunnel between the two front rows, at which point the two hookers can compete for the ball, attempting to hook the ball back in the direction of their team mates. The team who throws the ball into the scrum usually retains possession, because the hooker and scrum half can synchronise their actions.
Jake Letts is the scrum half of the national men’s rugby 15s team. Click on the photo to enlarge.