Doing Digby
Are you stuck in a relationship that’s lost its sparkle? Are you all talked out and just spend all your “quality” time checking twitter and facebook? Do you ever feel like you’d get a better response from your partner if you tweeted a question to him/her/both of them, even if they’re sitting at the dinner table with you? Do you sleep beside them, but feel like they’re wishing they were with someone else? You’re not alone Social Pages – it seems Digby’s absence has caused some tension between he and Will Genia if these photos are anything to go by.
Good guy(s) of the week
I hope you’re sitting down for this Social Pagers, because I’ve given this week’s good guy on twitter to James O’Connor.
The beauty of twitter is that players can say what they want to say to their fans without worrying about if the news getting picked up in the mainstream media, or if it gets spun in a negative way when it does get picked up. It’s this feature that has tripped up many a rugby player, and let’s face it: these pages wouldn’t exist without such trip-ups!
This week James O’Connor used his considerable twitter powers to keep his followers up to date with how he was going and what was happening. No spin, no bulls**t, just news as he had it. It was great to be able to go to the source for information, rather than relying on sensationalised news feeds.
Honourable mentions must also go to Ben Tapuai and Keiran Longbottom for keeping us up to date also. On behalf of us tragics who care about the welfare of our players, we thank you.
I agree with him that the commentators’ made poor taste jokes, and not in the awesome Lipman-style poor taste either. If that injury 
had happened in a club game, where there weren’t doctors and surgeons on-hand to pick up the more serious injury to his liver that arose from his (I’m assuming) broken rib(s), and a kid had gotten the idea from some boofhead on TV that he should just harden up or laugh it off and not complain, then that kid could’ve been in a very bad way by the time he got home. Injuries aren’t a joke. Unless it’s when someone tears a glute in a rooting incident. But I digress.
The Feature Tweeter
@FakeLachlanMitc is actually the real twitter account of the real Lachlan Mitchell of the Melbourne Rebels. His bio is up there with the best: “Making awkward fashionable since 1987…I enjoy pretending to smoke rollies on the back of my vintage vespa and pondering on the deep issues in life.” I’ve only grabbed a small selection of the ones I think are funny, but go through his timeline – it’s Rocky da Vinci-esque.
Pulitzer nominations
After a quiet few weeks the Reds boys are getting their mojo back:
Waratweet of the week
This one goes to Adam Ashley-Cooper for taking exception to Digby and Quade calling for Rob Horne to serve a lengthy suspension. I’m not saying this is a funny tweet, but it’s easily the most interesting thing to come from a Waratahs player in months. The exchange went on for a while, and I found it refreshing to see the disagreement. Thanks Adam.
Interview Bingo
We get a second shot at Sharpie this week. If you recall, last time he was on he came tantalizingly close to covering all our phrases, but with just a word in the wrong place here and there. This man has played the game so hard, and been such a good ambassador for Interview Bingo, but the trophies and accolades have eluded him. Here is his chance now. Usually the prize for 16 from 16 is a certificate (laminated, I understand). Because Sharpie has been such a great friend of the site, I’m prepared to stump for a trophy if he can nail all 16 of these phrases.
