Oracle of Delphi
Craig HillDim Scrum Anyone? A Girlie Guide to Rugby
September 29th 2007 00:30
Dim scrum anyone? Some would say Yum Charge...
Rough & Rusty Translation:
Opposition grouped to gain the ball
It's final sale and you're not the only one who wants the last bag at 50% off.
You need to go get it; let the battle begin!
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There's a whole range of 'rules' and 'examples'.
See for yourself at Dim
Now...I'm not too sure how I feel about this...I could jump on my feminist high horse and have a whinge about how this image (and the rest) is sexist and condescending but...I'm a femininist...and I do think it's cute.
Plus...I'd be a hypocrite if I complained.
I learned the rules of Rugby the right and prop-er (tee hee) way....no girlie s**t analogy for me and even though I'm a Woman quite in touch with my masculine side (test-rogen)... I also love and cannot live without all the girlie s**t that makes being a female so much fun.
eg. I can rewire a Jaguar engine but damn I hate chipping my nail polish...especially when I've matched it to the colour of the Jag.
Besides the lingerie site is for females...French females...and funnily enough, French females find the whole Feminist burn the bra notion quite ridiculous.
They don't want their breasts to bounce around when they're marching in a revolution.
Here's a story for you though...and I really do know how I feel about this...even though I agree that the IRB is made up of pond scum masquerading as water lilies...I am not comfortable with the point of the Dim Dim Girls. Hell...I'm not comfortable with cheerleaders in Rugby...and they have clothes on. Sort of.
from Rugby Heaven
The stuck-up International Rugby Board toffs have excelled themselves.
One of the star attractions of any Stade de France fixture at this World Cup has been a group of women wearing black underwear, known as the Dim Dim Girls, who stand among the Parisian crowd.
Any time there is any action in the game, they start gyrating, almost upstaging whatever is happening on the field. Whenever they appear on television, local bars and cafes simply erupt in a chorus of wolf whistles.
One of the star attractions of any Stade de France fixture at this World Cup has been a group of women wearing black underwear, known as the Dim Dim Girls, who stand among the Parisian crowd.
Any time there is any action in the game, they start gyrating, almost upstaging whatever is happening on the field. Whenever they appear on television, local bars and cafes simply erupt in a chorus of wolf whistles.
...upstaging whatever is happening on the field?? Woah no.
Even the streakers know not to do that. Have you ever seen a streaker run through the crowd sitting in a stadium?
Nope. It all happens on field.
But the IRB is unimpressed. Apparently, the women are named after the brand of their underwear - DIM.
According to the IRB, it amounts to sabotage marketing because of the enormous amount of publicity they have received.
The IRB are planning to take serious action. Zzzzz.
According to the IRB, it amounts to sabotage marketing because of the enormous amount of publicity they have received.
The IRB are planning to take serious action. Zzzzz.
Oh. It's the publicity they're worried about. Oh.kayyy.
....because appearing in your underwear in public and gyrating...gyrating!...is okay, as long as you don't hog the limelight.
The lingerie company is laughing all the way to the left bank...DIM by name, not by nature.
The IRB?...lights are on but...
image courtesy of DIM
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Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Dim... no kidding......In Dallas we have the Cheerleaders who wear undergarments as outer garments. So embarrassing...
\Mis
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
I'd much rather check out the male contingent, anyday.
I watch sport so I can see the sport, not the fans.
However, some sporting bodies need to just grow up (IRB I hope you're listening ... I can say it again if you didn't understand the first time. I know you have problems with words of more than one syllable).
Hope your weekend was great.
Cara.xx
Comment by Lara M
Love Speaks
Food Slate
light-bulbslingerie as a thank you...I must say though, it is annoying when the cameras pan to the fans - usually female! - when the action is on.
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
It seems we're all in agreement.
The IRB stands for Imbeciles Rule Bureaucracy.
....and let's keep the cameras on the action not the reaction. Especially if it's titillating...
Lovely to 'see' you Mis, Cara and Lara...