This is a topic that probably does not belong on the racing forum, but as we have a more open policy that allows us to encompass gambling of all types, I'm going to use the catch phrase "I'll bet you won't try this" to slip it onto the page. The above title "Bubbling" could be about anything. It all sounds quite innocent. But we've probably all done one type of bubbling at one time or another. Pass a bit of wind in the bath and aromatic bubbles of gas erupt into the air, it's all good for a laugh, particularly if the good woman is in there with us. And of course there are a million different ways to use the old bubble word. However, a relatively new concept of bubbling has rapidly made it's way into everyday use. The act of bubbling, or as others say, gargoyling, is the practice of pissing into one's own mouth. Sometimes even to gargle. It's proving to be very popular among skaters. Here in Australia, it's huge. One gent, a famous skater has stated that the practice has been around for ages. He's also said that he learned of bubbling from his father. Now there's a dad for you. Why bring up the subject? Because one of Australia's premier rugby league players, perennial bad boy Todd Carney has today been sacked by his club, the Cronnula Sharks for the act of bubbling. His career had been littered with drunken antics that have for ages, seen him held up to public ridicule. Some have gone as far as to suggest he be permanently banned from the game. To some degree, Carney is a victim. He doesn't seem to have the inner strength to avoid the stupidity that society is capable of supplying. Some people travel their whole lives, shoot themselves in the foot. They go to their graves, having suffered a lifetime of misery, due to their inability to combat their own weaknesses. I fear Todd Carney is one such person. We Australians are a nation of people who to a degree, struggle with a sense of self worth. We're a fairly new country, and as such we have a lot of catching up to do. We probably suffer the little brother syndrome. But we now see our selves as an adult nation, one which in some respects, stands shoulder to shoulder with those who have in the past, made us feel a little intimidated. This can easily be born out by what happens on the sporting fields. I suspect that to the average Englishman, losing the Ashes is a painful thing, and rightly so. But it's not the end of the world. To the Australian cricket fan though, it's a bloody catastrophe. We desperately feel the need to be not just equal, but to be better than most. It stems from a deep seated sense of inferiority, drilled into us from the very beginning. We were not allowed to be just Australians, we were also expected to be British. Please don't get me wrong, this is what we wanted. We were proud to be British, after all, more than 50% of us were actually born in the mother country. Today, we are no longer Brits. And so it is my friends that we in Australia get the chance to once again be world leaders. Not just in the swimming pool or on the hockey field, but in the enrichment of global culture. For it's here in Australia that bubbling has sprung into being, and it's from here that it's made it's way into the UK. From there it will spread across the planet like a wild, wind driven bush fire. Nothing will stand in it's way. Long live the Wide Brown Land.
Morning, Cyc, seems we German residents get up early? "Bubbling", did you ever hear that fantastic joke about the old retired Indian Army colonel and his faithful Indian batman who followed him to the UK on the old boy's retirement? Can't put it into words, just wouldn't work, has to be told by an expert in dialects of our old language. Briefly, the old boy let one in his bath, the servant shot out and came back shortly with a full hot water bottle. "What the hell's that for Pishu?", said the old colonel. "Well, sir", said the old batman, "I distinctly heard you say" "waddaboudahodwadderboddle", and here it is". Best I can do, quite good when told by and expert in accents.
And a good day to you Oddy. How goes the remembrance of the Great War in Germany? Today on the radio we has 5 hours of air play on what it was all about. Most interesting stuff.
Nice one Swanny. Ron, I thought pissing in the wind was an old nautical term. Could be wrong of course.
A terrible terrible war, and for what goddamn reason? It certainly produced more than its fair share of full-blown idiots who happened to be the military leaders of their respective countries at that point in time?
It was pretty interesting Ron. They broke it up into five one hour sections. The political lead up, memoirs from the front, policies of the countries in the area including the Balkan states and that sort of thing.
Oh Australia, how great you are... You've given the world Fosters and XXXX, both p*ss poor lagers, Dame Edna Average, Merv the Swerve Hughes. Animals that baffled the science world when they didn't know that the f*ck a Duckfilledplateofpiss was, or why Kangaroos cant go backwards... Animals that can eat you, sting you and bite you all causing death. A cuddly bear that can only eat one bleeding thing. Dingos, drongos, bongos and probably congos but this has to be the best thing you have done in your short 200+ year history... Bubbling, the new way to wash your mouth out, though I never would have thought that an Aussie would ever need to wash his mouth out being the cultured people they are... Good on yer Cyc for keeping us up to speed with our far away neighbours, where would be we without you...
All very low key here Cyc - I would say 99% of the population are more worried about who will be lining up against Algeria tomorrow night. Sad but true.
