NewstalkZB, Monday 21 June 2010
It's always awe-inspiring to behold great minds when they start to cogitate. Especially when they start to cogitate on things about they know nothing.
Longtime sufferers of NewstalkZB will be well aware of the credulity
and general dopiness of drivetime host Larry Williams, a mouthy,
bitter former traffic cop. Anyone who has cared enough to listen in to
his dire show will be well aware of Williams' almost complete
ignorance of everything and anything he discusses.
and general dopiness of drivetime host Larry Williams, a mouthy,
bitter former traffic cop. Anyone who has cared enough to listen in to
his dire show will be well aware of Williams' almost complete
ignorance of everything and anything he discusses.
Today, however, Williams managed to plumb even greater depths of
abysmal stupidity. In his daily two-minute sports chat with Murray
Deaker, at 5:45 p.m., Williams proffered a carefully considered
prediction for Friday morning's World Cup game between NZ and
Paraguay. The Paraguay team, he told Deaker, "will probably throw this
game, so that they and New Zealand qualify, at the expense of Italy."
abysmal stupidity. In his daily two-minute sports chat with Murray
Deaker, at 5:45 p.m., Williams proffered a carefully considered
prediction for Friday morning's World Cup game between NZ and
Paraguay. The Paraguay team, he told Deaker, "will probably throw this
game, so that they and New Zealand qualify, at the expense of Italy."
BRILLIANT! Not one other soccer commentator in the entire world had
thought it through with such clarity.
thought it through with such clarity.
Deaker, of course, agreed with Williams. The fact that Paraguay would
not progress to the next round if they threw the game and Italy beat
Slovakia just did not occur to Deaker, as it obviously never did to
Williams.
not progress to the next round if they threw the game and Italy beat
Slovakia just did not occur to Deaker, as it obviously never did to
Williams.
Happily, as Deaker revealed on his sports show an hour or so later,
dozens of astonished listeners rang in to point out the slight mistake
in Williams' otherwise brilliant calculations.
dozens of astonished listeners rang in to point out the slight mistake
in Williams' otherwise brilliant calculations.
I've said it many, many times and I've said it again: with
broadcasters of the calibre of Larry Williams and Murray Deaker on
board, why on earth would anyone suggest that NewstalkZB is a factory
of drivel and idiocy?
broadcasters of the calibre of Larry Williams and Murray Deaker on
board, why on earth would anyone suggest that NewstalkZB is a factory
of drivel and idiocy?
Even Homer nods---and even Larry Williams gets it wrong.
NewstalkZB. Tune Your Mind.
"Paraguay will throw the NZ game." You KNOW it makes sense.
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