Dan19_82 t1_j2womym wrote on January 4, 2023 at 1:55 PM

Reply to comment by aflickering in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005

I couldn't work out why he was saying Spake unless he was joking saying it jokingly because he couldn't Speak out of shock . Still a weird thing to say.

DonniesAdvocate t1_j2x1xhm wrote on January 4, 2023 at 3:33 PM

I dont know for sure but I suspect it was a reference to this genius bit of commentary from years past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58stoJJ5No

[deleted] t1_j2y0chb wrote on January 4, 2023 at 7:08 PM

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David_McGahan t1_j2yj51s wrote on January 4, 2023 at 9:01 PM

Yep it’s a reference to the “succulent chinese meal” of Rugba Leeg commentary

aflickering t1_j2wopml wrote on January 4, 2023 at 1:56 PM

that’s simple: it’s because he couldn’t spake.