Smiffy

Bit surprised that (afaics) no journalist has invoked "not waving bur drowning" in relation to haplessly flailing Australian all-rounder Steve Smith. I only found it raised in a couple of user-contributed comments (although none predating my own use on Facebook of a few weeks ago, hem hem). Yet I would have thought it was a headline-writer's dream. Perhaps my cultural referents are off, and there's no overlap to be expected? Or perhaps it was repeatedly considered and discarded?

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Smiffy

Bit surprised that (afaics) no journalist has invoked "not waving bur drowning" in relation to haplessly flailing Australian all-rounder Steve Smith. I only found it raised in a couple of user-contributed comments (although none predating my own use on Facebook of a few weeks ago, hem hem). Yet I would have thought it was a headline-writer's dream. Perhaps my cultural referents are off, and there's no overlap to be expected? Or perhaps it was repeatedly considered and discarded?

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