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And I had my hopes up for a fleeting moment…

One of today’s many articles on The RiotACT had my hopes up for a fleeting moment when I saw the headline [1]:

Bocking in Canberra

Of course the category should have made me tweak:

Sport

Although a certain Mr. Bocking is an avid golfer…that said, the first few words of the article made me realise that this was all a terrible mistake:

No – not the beer – the Jumping Stilts.

They are stilts with a spring on them and they are [..]

And before I could say a word, commenter Wide Boy Jake stole my thunder:

#3 posted by Wide Boy Jake
(Anarchist)
16:04, 15 Nov 2008

Don’t you mean bonking? Or are you talking about Stuart Bocking (2UE/2CC announcer)?

Ah well, I suppose I should have a word in John Kerr’s ear about that Canberra lunch he’s been supposedly planning for an age and a half.

Samuel