I had a navy blue laundry bag at boarding school.
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| Author: | GodisNavyBlue [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Where did the term "blue-baggers" come from ? |
Was chatting with a fellow true believer the other day and the phrase "blue-baggers" came up in conversation. It just got me thinking about where it originated from. We all use it as a term of affection but it is not an obvious - well at least not to me. So I was wondering if anybody knew the history of it... |
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| Author: | kingkerna [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:22 am ] |
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I'm pretty sure it came from them carrying blue bags to games etc |
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| Author: | DocSherrin III [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:24 am ] |
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I was told a while ago that it's original reference was at the elite public schools in the UK and ivy league colleges in the States that some boys (the very wealthy ones) were given a navy blue bag in which to put their dirty clothes. As not all boys had access to the laundry service they were referred to as the 'Blue Baggers'. I'm not sure how accurate that is though in relation to Carlton being labeled Blue Baggers although I can see how the correlation was made. |
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| Author: | camel [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:53 am ] |
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I had a navy blue laundry bag at boarding school.
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| Author: | BlueBern [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:00 am ] |
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camelboy wrote: I had a navy blue laundry bag at boarding school.
"Thank you sir. May I have another". |
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| Author: | Wet Willie [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:15 am ] |
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The hardest thing about being a blue-bagger is finding matching shoes... Over to you, Mrs Caz...!! |
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| Author: | Goltzenberg [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:03 pm ] |
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You ever thought they were called Blue Baggers cos Carlton used to BAG lots of Goals? 
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| Author: | Warby [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:11 pm ] |
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I had never heard the term until I heard Clark Hansen on ABC radio footy broadcasts use the expression.....and that was about 20 years ago. I always hated the expression......so old fashioned. Hansen's Son now plays with the Brisbane Lions. |
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| Author: | Deano Supremo [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:15 pm ] |
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BlueBern wrote: camelboy wrote: I had a navy blue laundry bag at boarding school. "Thank you sir. May I have another". 
"and then I saw Wiggins again, playing with his willy". |
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| Author: | Jarusa [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:30 pm ] |
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Thank goodness the team was never called the teabaggers. |
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| Author: | Wet Willie [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:42 pm ] |
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...and Geelong had cornered the market with the hand baggers...!! 
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| Author: | buzzaaaah [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:54 pm ] |
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I thought it may have something to do with the term "carpetbaggers" but I looked it up and it refers to outsiders who come to a foreign place looking for and expecting success. The only way it would fit would be to refer to carlton as the away team coming to an oppositin ground to come away with the points. I quite like the link. |
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| Author: | GodisNavyBlue [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:58 pm ] |
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Thanks for everybody's contributions 
The term has obviously been around for some time as my father was aware of it in the 50s & 60s |
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| Author: | tomalvin [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:14 pm ] |
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GodisNavyBlue wrote: Thanks for everybody's contributions
The term has obviously been around for some time as my father was aware of it in the 50s & 60s So there you have it. Nobody really knows!
Although 'Goltzenberg' was probably the closest! |
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| Author: | blueycarlton [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:16 pm ] |
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I have a feeling the term blue baggers was used in the 70's by Sydney comic Gary Mcdonald aka Norman Guston. I remember Gunston did a skit at Princes Park interviewing players. A blue bag was a laundry product by Reckett and Coleman. You would put this blue bag in the wash to whiten the sheets and shirts. |
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| Author: | BrizzyBlue [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:35 pm ] |
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blueycarlton wrote: I have a feeling the term blue baggers was used in the 70's by Sydney comic Gary Mcdonald aka Norman Guston. I remember Gunston did a skit at Princes Park interviewing players.
A blue bag was a laundry product by Reckett and Coleman. You would put this blue bag in the wash to whiten the sheets and shirts. Exactly right bluey. I just logged on and was reading this thread, with a view to answering it with the correct answer. In fact the product was a chalky dark blue block in a Navy Blue and Orange package not dissimilar to our heritage colours. My Aunty who is 81 remembers bluebags and the correlation to Carlton from the 50's! The orange changed to red in the 70's I think. Here is the result of a google search I did on Blue Bags: http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1749791.htm |
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| Author: | tommi [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:08 pm ] |
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Heehee.................. Blue Bags.....................! anybody............? nothin............? BLUUUUUUE......................................................BAAAAAGS..........! huh..............? ahhh what's the point.........! kindest regards tommi |
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| Author: | Warby [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:23 pm ] |
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My Mum used Reckitts Blue....I remember for some reason. |
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| Author: | Pat's Fitztrick [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:59 pm ] |
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I never had a blue bag. But I did have a snazzy navy blue suede jacket once......... Looked fab with my Prince of Wales check bell-bottoms...
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| Author: | pedro [ Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:11 pm ] |
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I have a vague recollection of blue bags being used for soothing bee stings or other insect bites. Then again my memory isn't as sharp as it once was. Regards Pedro. |
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