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Grand Final Weekend: Open thread

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01 Oct 05:00am

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If sport were food, this weekend would be the equivalent of a 17-course degustation. The menu? Two grand finals - back to back. Tonight: Collingwood vs. Geelong, at the MCG. Tomorrow night: Sea Eagles vs. New Zealand. The only question it seems is what to do between the games.

Some tall Grand Final fever in Sydney yesterday

Die hard fans will be polishing their television screens, scraping down the BBQ and stocking the fridge. WAGS are deciding what dress to wear. Our lucky PM, one person guaranteed to get great seats at both games, will be traveling between then. Although she’s unlikely to be one of the poor suckers caught up in the Sydney/Melbourne airport chaos. 

But let’s focus on the fun stuff. What are you up to, where are you watching the game and most importantly, who’s going to win? Share it all here.

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    • Fiddler says:

      07:59am | 01/10/11

      my prediction about this weekend is not a single fuck will be given about any of these games by me

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    • Pastor Sauce says:

      09:01am | 01/10/11

      Fiddler says ‘my prediction about this weekend is not a single fuck will be given about any of these games by me’.  I have to ask will that be on a balcony though?

    • Fiddler says:

      09:23am | 01/10/11

      if there were to be one, yes I would

    • Tim says:

      09:28am | 01/10/11

      I enjoy the fact that some people hate footy and sport so much.
      Have fun on your long weekend Fiddler.

    • Two Head Tom says:

      08:46am | 01/10/11

      Myself and a few mates gather shortly for a chicken and champagne AFL breakfast atop Mount Wellington in Hobart, after which we travel back to the house of the extremely unlucky bugger who drew the short straw for a barbecue lunch and afternoon come evening of endless alcohol and drug abuse.

      The football becomes a secondary blurred vision, the fighting takes centre stage and the women folk become endangered species…overall a wonderful day had by all.

      Sunday is usually a day of recovery sick  finding out who won the AFL final and the NRL final is an added couch bonus at the end of a long weekend!

      Geelong will win easily and Manly will hold the honour of being the first team to lose to the Kiwis in a grand final.

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    • Max, of Rocky says:

      09:35am | 01/10/11

      Some of the reasons I got sick of football.

    • michael j says:

      09:20am | 01/10/11

      as usual i will be searching the Punch to try to ask someone why i don’t get EMAIL’s if my comment has been published by the Punch what’s going on? do i have a cookie that’s crumbled ?

      also you have mis-spelt THEM wif a N at the end of a sentence in the middle of your article ,,just in case you want to fix it,,
      and if you do decide to fix it could you notify me by EMAIL tath i have contributed in some small way to the Punch keeping up to the high standard
      of journalism that has come to be expected of it by the community
      OK don’t forget the EMAIL thanks,,,

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    • michael j says:

      10:41am | 02/10/11

      football makes me sick,too much Beer maybe ?
      any chance of an EMAIL please?

    • Max, of Rocky says:

      09:32am | 01/10/11

      Football grand final day usually means that daylight saving in the south and cricket are on the way.  Bathurst as well - YEAH.  Good to do what you want to do, listening to the commentary, and when something happens watch the replays, then go back to whatever you’re doing.    grin

      Days are getting quite warm but nights still cool enough for the light doona only.  (Great sleeping)  Wont be long and all I’ll need is a sheet.

      As to football of any variety, sorry, got over it 20 years ago, got better things to do with my time.

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    • splash the cash says:

      06:56pm | 02/10/11

      Well shane.
      its because this is a Christian Country and the govt understands the commitment it has of keeping these values for Aust.
                      After all we are not Communists.

    • Shane From Melbourne says:

      07:47pm | 02/10/11

      A) Australia is not a Christian country. The Constitution expressedly prohibits the promotion of a religion over another.
      B) If it is good enough for John Howard to deny schools money for not flying the flag, then it is good enough for the government to deny money to schools whose students sing an altered version of the national anthem
      C) What has Communism got to do with it? Don’t tell me you’re still afraid of reds under the bed. I didn’t think there were any communists left in Australia….

    • Peter#1 says:

      08:10am | 03/10/11

      Could you please tell me why there is no longer a link to “The Punch” on the News.com site?
      I enjoy reading the articles and commenting on some.
      I guess I’ll have to bookmark this site and go directly to it.

      Reply

    • insepunsurn says:

      02:27pm | 14/11/11

      Hello I want to say   hello all of you. I’m start now
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