We're On A Mission From God

Authors Note: The following was written after an overdose of cold and flu tablets and after receiving a deep tissue hamstring massage that is most likely banned by the Geneva Convention.

It finally happened, the band was back together. I mean from a technical perspective you could say that Es was in London (Esther from Manchester?), but in terms of this Blues Brothers analogy, she's more the Nun that beats people with rulers, than the sax player with the awesome hair. Actual picture of the sax player not that awesome, so here is Zoot from the Muppet's...

Groovy...

Anyhow, in a very long-winded manner, what I am trying to say, that apart from the extremely shy Girl To Be Named Later, who apparently isn't related to Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, all the squad members were at a training session at the same time for the first time ever.

And what a training session it was. The Mac invented a new drill that was going to be called, "Lee Lemons Lack Of Lay-Up Labilities" but because my spell-checker kept trying to turn labilities into something inappropriate about lady parts, the drill will now be called, The One With Two Netball's In The Corner and Each Person Has To Run Up, Shoot A Goal, Put The Ball Back and Then Run Back. Good drill, needs a better name.

Now speaking of better names, the very astute Loz has correctly identified that certain squad members are not pulling their weight when it comes to nicknames. Let's review;

Tone - Tonah, Beardo, Captain - Good nickname leadership there
Karen - Mossy, Tenille, Vichael Moss - Excellent nickname deputy-leadership, you are the Julie Bishop of netball.
Alex - The Mac, The Mac & Cheese, Big Mac, Mac Daddy - Very impressive
Bav - Bavro, Neo - not thrilled with that last one, but the crowd seems to like it
Bec - Your Nickname Here - hmmmm
Dave - Your Couches Are Ugly And Floral - nicknames can be so cruel...
Elisa - Leesy, Sleazy Leezy, Whitepages - her nicknames progress as she has a few drinks
Esther - Es, Boss, Esther Bester from Hesta - your name rhymes with everything, that's the first step to being a rap superstar
Kylie - Malone, Kylee Lemons - that second one is just confusing, more work required
Lee - Lemons - love it, are we sure it's not sexual?
Loz - Goldy, Frontal Lozotomy, Get This Thing Out Of Me - what she says about the baby now, what she should have said to Beardo six months ago
Renee - Hullsy, Officer - stern but effective
Ryan - Ryzah, Matthew Ryzahrdson - second one makes him too excited to run, stick to Ryzah

So that's it, you are all on notice, we need something cruel and lovable to yell out to Bec and Kylie as we run around, get brain-storming!

However despite the lack of universally great nicknames, it was actually a very productive training session. The whole team really bonded together when Captain Tonah ran himself past the point of exhaustion and all the way into the men's bathroom, that is real leadership, and bulimic teens everywhere could really learn from that example.