Thursday 8 February 2018

What a silly old fool Brendan Telfer has become. (Feb. 9, 2018)

9 February 2018 at 7:12 am
What a silly old fool Brendan Telfer has become. Even the dolts on three’s A.M. show were staggered by his ignorance this morning.
A.M., three, Thursday 8 February 2018, 7:20 a.m.
Duncan Garner, Amanda Gillies, Mark Richardson, Melody Robinson, Brendan Telfer
Brendan Telfer has long been a figure of fun over on Radio Sport. Callers and hosts routinely deride him as a joyless old fogey, and rail against him (often unfairly) as “politically correct.” As well as Radio Sport, Telfer appears every Friday morning on RNZ National, where Kathryn Ryan treats him as an elderly sage, and never contests anything he says.
No such luck for Telfer this morning, however. It’s Halberg Awards time, and so he was wheeled on to talk about likely winners. Also invited on was former Black Fern Melody Robinson. Telfer’s first mistake was to scoff at the prospects of the Black Ferns, and to announce, with his trademark straight face, that the Americas Cup was “bigger than rugby”. Robinson, clearly offended rather than just amused by the silly old git, turned her back on him.
A bit later, after Robinson had praised the kayaker Lisa Carrington, Telfer kept digging:
BRENDAN TELFER: No disrespect for Melody, but—
MELODY ROBINSON: [glaring with anger] I’m sitting beside you!
[Awkward laughter from Garner, Gillies, and Richardson]
Telfer, rattled, continued to chunter on, but he’d clearly lost the room. In an atmosphere of tension, he eventually stopped talking, with nobody listening seriously, and it was time for a commercial break. Telfer, flustered, left the studio in a hurry, but Melody Robinson remained in her seat. The host wasn’t going to let the moment disappear….
DUNCAN GARNER: [chortling] Mel’s staying put. She’s not leaving the studio!
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  • Ed2.1
    9 February 2018 at 7:23 am
    Hardly a surprise Team New Zealand won when fools like Telfer have helped make this decision in the past.
    On one side…….a rich sport team populated by wealthy, globalist men with big toys.
    On the other…..a grassroots women’s sports team
    With the misogyny that exists amongst sports commentators and reporters, who would not be surprised?
    I heard Telfer on that show as well and was appalled at the way he spoke over Melody.
    Chuntering on…..such a perfect description of the old git.
    Wonder if Ryan will give him a free run this morning to do his sexist thing.
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    • James2.1.1
      9 February 2018 at 8:31 am
      It’s hardly surprising team New Zealand won _ given the amazing feat they pulled off. Amazing and well deserved winners.
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      • One Two2.1.1.1
        9 February 2018 at 9:45 am
        “Amazing feat”…
        “Amazing and well deserved”..
        48 year old man is ‘totes amazed’…
        Oh James, you’re so far behind where 48 years of life should have prepared your mind to be…
        Agitating on a left wing blog site, telling fabricated porkies….
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      • savenz2.1.1.2
        9 February 2018 at 10:19 am
        I’m sure that if other sports were funded by the taxpayer and billionaires they also would be international winners.
        Yep, they won the cup, but it’s a step too far to steal the harbour of Auckland to celebrate and make the long suffering rate payers of Auckland already paying more than 1/2 the near 1.5 billion budget of the Auckland Transport each year also pay for a billionaire yachting village for Aucklanders Super yachts. (Because of course we all own super yachts, sarcasm)
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        • James2.1.1.2.1
          9 February 2018 at 11:06 am
          I think you will find that they were funded to a lot lower level than the other teams.
          Also if you got off your high horse you would see that the 000’s of kiwis that enjoy the viaduct and wynard quarter are also not super yacht owners either. Yet it is still an extremely fun and pleasant place for people to enjoy.
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      • mikes2.1.1.3
        9 February 2018 at 5:44 pm
        “Well deserved winners”
        Pfft…
        More like spineless wankers I reckon. They could have all taken a united stand and said that they would not be competing in the regatta as it was being held in a tax haven and they don’t support tax havens. This would have made major, major news throughout the world and may have made people stop and think.
        They could have become heroes to millions but simply didn’t have the balls to make a stand. gutless greedy cowards one and all. (IMHO)
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