Aussie Rules Grand Final

[gnyaff]

The Sydney Swans finally got up and won the Grand final. First time for 73 years.

Wee Boney

[Hughie]

Yes Wee Boney, it was a great game I was glued to the TV right to the final whistle. I get very vocal watching such games and my legs fly as if I'm doing the kicking and tackling - I find myself slipping off the chair. Got told a few times to settle down. My team as usual fell in a heap again this year.

Hughie in Oz

[Catherine Belle]

Hi Hughie and Wee Boney

Did either of you hear anything about this? It was in the 'Strange News' section of my Comcast home page a couple of weeks ago.

Football Player Plans to Amputate Finger
By Associated Press
Tue Sep 13, 11:15 PM

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian professional football player said Tuesday he plans to have one of his fingers amputated in an attempt to improve his game.

Brett Backwell, who plays Australian rules football for Glenelg, a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia state, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. he has suffered from pain and restricted movement since he broke his left ring finger three years ago.

Doctors had suggested fusing the bones in the finger, but Backwell rejected the proposal.

He said he believed that amputating the finger was the only way to stop the pain and allow him to keep playing.

"To chop a finger off, that's a bit drastic," Backwell told the ABC. "But I love my footy (football), and love playing sport, and if that's going to help me to succeed at this level then it's something you've just got to do."

A wonder whit his mammy hiz tae sae aboot that!
Catherine

[Hughie]

Never heard about that one Catherine. Sounds like a nut case to me.