You know what a back walk-over is just as well as I do. It's not something normally done in public. I dream about having a back walk-over but its not one of those things that is really that easy to ask for. I mean, sad as it sounds, you have to know someone really well to ask them for a back walk-over without them thinking that you are some kind of dodgy character. By the time … [Read more...]
What is a snake?
Yeah… yeah… yeah! I know. A snake is a critter that bites people and makes ‘em sick or dead! A snake is a critter that condemned us all to “original sin” courtesy of its conning Adam and Eve into taking a nibble of an apple back in the Garden of Eden. A snake transported the despondent Cleopatra to the afterlife when the said Egyptian ruler held the animal to her breast. A … [Read more...]
What does “shag” mean?
“Shag” has lots of different meanings. It can mean rough or tussled hair. It can also be a type of rough-textured carpet. It can also be a type of cormorant or sea bird. In the United States of America it can even be a type of dance! On the other hand, if during shooting practice, the basketball coach were to tell his team to “shag them” what would he mean? If it was a … [Read more...]
What does “Freddy Jones” mean?
“Freddy Jones” has two very different meanings in sports parlance. To most sports lovers Freddy Jones was simply the name of one of the Manly-Warringah professional Rugby League team’s toughest ever front row forwards. To members of one 1980s amateur rugby union Sydney sub-district football team “Freddy Jones” had a very different meaning. “Freddy Jones” was actually the name … [Read more...]