Week 46 - Challenger (€30k+H) - Jersey, CI

The Hoose · Satellite level

RE: Week 46 - Challenger (€30k+H) - Jersey, CI

Vandenburg · Futures level

yeh i firmly beleive the best hope of another british top 100 player is ward,the others are close but no sigar.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:

[...] the others are close but no sigar.

Huh?

Translation in English, please, preferably British English...

Count Zero · Tennis legend

close but no cigar i think he emans

i think its a standard phase, means almost there but not quite .

Count Zero · Tennis legend

not quite up there with our own Masta K but there is a guy on MTF accusing us of 'racizm' for not giving the result

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

close but no cigar i think he emans

i think its a standard phase, means almost there but not quite .

Thanks, Count. Standard Americanese, I take it? hmm

steven · Tennis legend

You must have heard that phrase before, haven't you?

ROFL at the guy on MTF.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i am not sure where it comes from, i have also heard 'close but no banana' used.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Men's 2nd rd:

Chris Guccione (Aus) bt James Ward (Gbr) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (13-11) idea

Tomas Cakl (Cze) bt George Bastl (Swi) 1-6 7-5 7-6 (7-2)

Tomas Zib (Cze) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3

Joshua Goodall (Gbr) bt Alexander Slabinsky (Gbr) 6-1 6-4 smile

-- Edited by mjd at 16:04, 2008-11-13

Count Zero · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

ROFL at the guy on MTF.

yeah, aparently he has bet 2 months salary on the match!! i cant believe that, it must be a wind up surely?

(although if i had bet 2 months salary, so a sixth or my yearly earnings!! on a tennis match i'd be quite keen to find the result.)

i can understand langauge difficulties and funny thing comings out of the translators, but these guys (and gals) are clearly loons biggrin

Vandenburg · Futures level

yes ive no idea where it comes from, though ive learnt it from watching the american films with will smith etc, another one is the phrase, its not over till the fat lady sings! very strange.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

mjd wrote:

Men's 2nd rd:

Chris Guccione (Aus) bt James Ward (Gbr) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (13-11)

Tomas Cakl (Cze) bt George Bastl (Swi) 1-6 7-5 7-6 (7-2)

Tomas Zib (Cze) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3

Joshua Goodall (Gbr) bt Alexander Slabinsky (Gbr) 6-1 6-4

thnaks mike - heart break for Ward there, sooo close, i wonder if he had any MP's? youd presume so.

good result for josh. comprehsnisve 1st set. didnt epxetc it to be so 1 sided.

i guess he has GB no2 and DC spot in hsi sights

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
its not over till the fat lady sings!

i think this probably come from the old cabaret style stage shows* where the last act of the night was traditonaly the fat lady?? but there are many other phrases to say its not over till its over.

*this is a pure guess btw

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

You must have heard that phrase before, haven't you?

No, I haven't. Is there there any reason why I should have? I think I'd have remembered something as ridiculous as that! *rolls eyes*

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I have always understood "not all over until the fat lady sings" was in reference to operas, operatic sopranos and contraltos being renouned for being on the buxom side. So, the end of the opera.