28 September 2005 - "If you don't want to come you don't have to"
These days making a good first impression is the best way to build a reputation. Be it business or pleasure, making a good first move can heavily impact one's chances of succeeding in whatever one's motives are. Severely maiming one's ankle on a first date, in my humble opinion, not only could put a "stumbling block" on potential spading but makes for a great lifelong story that will be remembered for years to come by friends and girlfriends alike.
I think the first mistake made by the Gemsbok was to "first date" it with an experienced and keen mountain hiker. We all know the Gemsbok has a sharp sense of athletic ability when it comes to putting one foot in front of another in a forward moving motion (especially in a mountainous scenario) its no surprise that the Gemsbok gets himself into a bit of a mess, lest we forget the Montagu Incident of 2004.
I can't remember what made me shudder more: the purply/black blood clot above the Gemsbok outer ankle or the surprisingly smelly luminous pus and bone fragment oozing from the inner ankle.
Big Bang II, not the rebirth of our universe but the reverberating crack of a Gemsbok's ankle on 25-09-2005 highlighted that sometimes a Gemsbok should stick to what he does best - talking the talk and not walking the walk. Either way the Noon Gun didn't stand a chance.
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