If you're looking for some new togs in time for summer, you could do worse than this pair of "immortal smugglers" featuring none other than Andrew "Joey" Johns.
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Featured in the Budgy Smugglers online store, the swimmers sport an iconic Mad Monday image - which Joey apparently can't remember - taken after the '97 grand final win over Manly.
The image shows Joey, beer in hand, skateboarding down a Newcastle street. It's also available on a bucket hat and a female swimsuit.
Now that Joey is back in Newcastle coaching at the Knights, it seems extra fitting to consider getting a pair of these togs as a memento.
Joey promoted the togs on his Instagram account, saying: "Can't stop laughing about this effort from @budgysmuggler capturing this iconic Mad Monday moment (wish I could remember) after the '97 GF win".
"Available in men's, women's and a bucket hat as well. First batch sold out but they've restocked already. All manufactured in Aus."
We went to budgysmuggler.com.au and checked out the immortal smugglers, but the images were oddly blurred.
The first thing that came to mind was whether the company had struck some kind of copyright problem with the image, which was taken from a famous photo.
So we asked the company and received this reply from "general smuggling manager" Brenden Hartmann: "We just had to jump through some hoops with Maccas to feature their logo, which is all sorted now".
"Thanks for the reminder, we can unblur the image."
Xmas Pressies
Speaking of Christmas presents, Belmont North's Eunice English says if you can't find the right gift, try typing "gifts for [a loved one's hobby]".
Eunice did this when she needed a gift for a kayaker. She found a surprising number of gifts, including a T-shirt that states: "Never underestimate an old man with a kayak".
She also found a gift this way for an old rocker friend.
"I also found a heavy metal T-shirt saying, 'When life gets complicated I play my guitar'."
Place Names
During lockdown, Warners Bay resident Ian King had some days with "nothing to do and all day to do it".
This got him thinking about place names that were "pronounced differently to the way they were spelt".
This is what he came up with:
Merriwa and Merriwar; Forster and Foster: Jervis Bay and Jarvis Bay; Boolaroo and Bullaroo; Wollongong and Woolongong; Austinmer and Austinmear; Goonoo Goonoo and Gunny Goonoo.
Strewth!
Joke of the Day
What did one volcano say to the other? I lava you.
