benfica_77 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 https://teamcoco.com/australia/conan-plays-australian-rules-football-with-the-sydney-swans 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benfica_77 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Who calls a team the swans ....doesn't really impose fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Puffer Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I bet he’d disagree... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 26 minutes ago, benfica_77 said: Who calls a team the swans ....doesn't really impose fear The original nickname, when they were a south Melbourne team, was "the bloods" or "bloodstained angels" (due to their uniform, a red slash on a white jumper). In later years, the nickname "Swans" came about from a newspaper artist's suggestion, as a result of the large number of West Australian team members and also the club's location near Albert Park Lake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CigarScentedBeard Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, MD Puffer said: I bet he’d disagree... When I read his comment I immediately thought of the fear running from these evil winged beasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 *Accordingly, the ships the ancient Philistines were in when they invaded and conquered the Israelites were ships with swan billed heads. Didn't know this and very seemingly unlikely. But the article was accompanied by an artist's rendering showing these cute and seemingly harmless looking swan headed ships arriving at shore - and these angry, ugly, rough looking, sword-swinging, armor and helmet wearing dudes rushing out and killing all they saw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 swans are chinless, spineless wonders compared to geese, the most vicious evil creatures any divinity ever concocted, with the possible exception of camels. but calling a sporting team geese may not be an ideal move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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