29 September 2005 - "I'll never top again. I'll never top again."
I've never been able to kick my very mild heroine habit. It's not that I am properly addicted but I just can't stop. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I really enjoy it. Tell a Duke to eat green peppery things and it won't. Tell a Jugdish not to clean repeatedly and it won't. Tell a Gemsbok to stop topping and it'll tell you not only could it stop topping but it'll listen to your view point, accept it as the best option and then make love to you and bear your children. You get the point.
The Art of Topping is genetically glued into the genome of a Gemsbok. Note the fine use of alliteration. It's a quality that cannot merely be handed over. It is not a title nor a boadge, it is not a soft drink and it is certainly not for sale. It is inscribed in the very being of a mature Gemsbok.
A Gemsbok could have varying strengths of topping power. There are some that top for good and others that top for reasons unknown. To the latter group: my cheap car can now drive over your fancy expensive fb mobile. Take the top out of a Gemsbok and what is left is just a shell of a beast, with dark blue ankles.
A common "Topper Relinquishment" tactic that is currently being used is for a topper to try transfer his topper status to that of another relgular entity. It's an attempt but that is all it is. If one is not a topper now, they never will be. Weakness. Weakness in character.