Pottsy Stories

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[Seppo]

In response to JdR's sensational blog entry for Pottsy's birthday (see http://brisbaneultimatedisc.blogspot.com/2007/08/jonathan-potts-is-fking-awesome.html), I have a pretty humorous Pottsy Story.

I believe the year was 2002.  The tournament: Kaimana in Hawaii.  The team: Feral.  The team consisted of solid players and a bunch of jokers.  In true Aussie fashion, every night's party was won by the Aussie men and women (7 Green Bottles).  Of course, this included copious amounts of booze (especially gin and tonic with lots of limes).

Anyway, on the final day the boozing continued.  Polar Bear Pottsy and his sidekick Pickles Piers were well on their way to a level of inebriation rarely reached by the common man or woman.  They were as happy and jolly as ever a man has been.  Both of em chatting with the spectators of the final game, they could be seen traveling from one sideline to the other, and then back again.  As this process repeated itself, piece by piece their clothing disappeared.  Eventually, and in a moments notice, they were stark naked ... beers in hand.  The crowd was loving it, and the boyz were singing their hearts out.  The women were ogling and the gents were laughing (while ensuring they kept their NadaMooger status intact). 

Eventually the hype died down, but that didn't stop the boyz from remaining naked.  No, they just stayed starkers for what seemed to be ages and ages...singing and singing.

Truly a wild and crazy moment in the wide world of Ultimate.

[simmo]

Tournament: Mixed Nats 2006
The location: the footpath outside the Regent Bar in Ballarat
The time: silly o'clock on the Friday night



To his credit though, Mark recalls carrying Pottsy inside to his house fireman-style, with Pottsy demanding the whole time to be taken back to the pub.

[woodley#53]

another important note to this story is that i hadn't even known pottsy for 24 hours at this point in time, but p-unit and i were on a mission to sicken the self proclaimed party king into defeat to which as you can see one picture says a thousand words.  B-TOWN REPRESENT.

[Frank]

Haha sweet night!

[rodarnold]

So, who is this Pttsy guy? Seems like he is the God of Ultimate. I have been reading discussions and checked out the bid for World Beachs and Ive read his name is several other places. Seems like he is the backbone of ultimate is Australia. Someone tell me who this guy is!

[rodarnold]

Sorry.... *Pottsy..... forgot the "o" in the last post

[littletom]

They say he can be everywhere and nowhere at the same time.....

[Seppo]

That's right littletom.  You are exactly right.  Not only is Pottsy a legend in the Australian Ultimate community, but he is also, unbeknownst to many, a real life super hero.  Check out these facts my friend:

Pottsy can divide by zero.
Pottsy has counted to infinity ... twice.
Pottsy invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
It takes Pottsy 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

And finally...

Pottsy is the only person to have played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun ... and won. 

Now you know rodarnold.  Now you know...

[JdR]

"Angry Pottsy is fearful to behold." ......Old Jungle Saying
"As for hucking, he can knock the flea off the ear of a warthog at 100 paces without hurting the beast"....... . Old Jungle Saying
"It is terror for the evil man to awake in darkness and see The Pottsy"....... . Old Jungle Saying
"Pottsy has strength of ten tigers."....... Old Jungle Saying
"Pottsy is rough on roughnecks." ...... Old Jungle Saying

[simmo]

So, who is this Pttsy guy? Seems like he is the God of Ultimate. I have been reading discussions and checked out the bid for World Beachs and Ive read his name is several other places. Seems like he is the backbone of ultimate is Australia. Someone tell me who this guy is!

Serious answer:

Pottsy (aka Jonathan Potts) carries many titles - the CEO of the Australian Flying Disc Association, captain of the Dingos (Aus open team), member of the ultimate committee of WFDF, commissioner of NUFL, organiser of stacked Halibut teams, shedder of clothing and drinker of many a beer.

[FarmerJohn]

HAHA! Mixed Nats 2006 was a great time, great hosts, good tournament, could've had a bit better weather??

After getting off the plane and driving to Ballarat, Pottsy and I did tequila suicides, completely sober, which fairly set the tone for the weekend. Then after going to the Grampians on monday, I was waiting for Pottsy and he made it on to the plane with barely seconds to spare before the door closed. How he pulled that one off is beyond me. Other good times involve contributing to the party winning at uni games on multiple nights. Party winners pretty much switched between UQ and Ballarat that week. So much fun!!

Pottsy definitely a legend for his drinking ability, but it is less publicized that he is a legend for his ultimate ability, both playing and coaching. Speaking of stacked halibut teams, he played with a broken arm at Halibut 2006. And he still skied people with it, and threw a greatest for a score against my team!

[simmo]

Was that when he had the arm wrapped in bubble wrap?

[a1214]

i met him today and he looked like captain planet. (in a blue wetsuit with blue toe nail polish.)

[Tiger]

I met Pottsy two days ago whilst scoring for NUFL.

He did something that I found hilarious (no, it wasn't showing up late, or not providing us with scoresheets and scoreboards, rosters and draws, or ignoring that I couldn't actually score on Sunday because it was a friend of mine's 18th - although I'm just joking Pottsy, we love you no really) and it was:

Halfway up the field in a Firestorm v Barefoot game, Pottsy throws SWILL! and it floats waaay too high and then starts to blaaade! The look on his face was one of utter desolation for two seconds, before - being the excellent coach and team player that he is - he mutters quietly and angrily to the sideline 'Someone better fucking read that thing.', and runs to the endzone.

He's sort of like the John McClane of Australian ultimate. He's a nice guy.

T.

[Seppo]

Halfway up the field in a Firestorm v Barefoot game, Pottsy throws SWILL! and it floats waaay too high and then starts to blaaade! The look on his face was one of utter desolation for two seconds, before - being the excellent coach and team player that he is - he mutters quietly and angrily to the sideline 'Someone better fucking read that thing.', and runs to the endzone.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!    That cracks my shit up.  I can picture that scene oh so clearly.  You go Pottsy!

BTW, I'm in Sin City right now (aka Vegas baby, Vegas!) and the casinos just put a new bet up on the board:

Has Pottsy ever played a game of ulti in women's underwear before?

Place your bets...place your bets...  And submit your answer in the poll at the top of this post.