Before traveling to Tongo, maybe one should investigate what passes for an acceptable physical greeting there.
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"Hopoate maintained he did nothing wrong in administering the wedgies and went on to say: “I’m a great believer in what happens on the field should stay there --and I’ve got some Tom of Finland books and a lot of Foster’s back at the hotel, if any of you boys would like to come and see and talk about all this.” - MC
A player who does this deliberately is known as a squirrel-gripper. (think bag of nuts)
The Hopoate incident is pretty sad because his team and coach had known for a month that he was doing this and had failed to discourage him. He’ll never play again. I doubt league can survive too many more stories like this. The sport is in deep trouble what with the Murdoch/ Packer debacle, the professionalisation of Union and of course the fact that the Victorian game of AFL is a far superior spectacle.
Women’s sport could benefit from this. A lot more men would be attracted to women’s basketball, for instance, if they could see something that’s usually only available on adult videos.
A girl I know said that the move is quite common among boys at her school while playing sports (btw, the school is in Melbourne). Only they called it a donut.