Put a sock in it
The Note loves a touch of aspiration and nothing speaks to that more than inspiring Latin phraseology.
An operative stumbled across one of Perth’s best examples of this at the recent opening of new clubrooms built for the Sorrento Duncraig Junior Football Club and Sorrento Cricket Club, which were funded by federal stimulus money.
The Note admits this is a worthy cause but could not help but be bewildered by the presence of three new wind socks, perpetually horizontal thanks to internal supports and each sporting its own Latin slogan: vincit qui se vincit, et lux in tenebris and ad astra per aspera lucet.
Presuming our readers are already familiar with Latin we won’t bother with the translations, other than to wonder if they are all suitably meaningful in the sporting context.
We thought we’d add our own less highbrow suggestion: gratis pro posterus. You can read that how you want to but it was really the footy juniors whose actions spoke loudest. Warm up, as we understand, consists of trying to kick balls through the socks.
Find us a philosopher and we’ll show you Seacrest Reserve.
Dogmatic
The Note could not pass by a recent press release entitled: International experts investigate why dogs bite.
According to a promo for the Australian Veterinary Association’s Annual Conference in Adelaide last week, canine aggression and bite prevention will be discussed by a panel of internationally renowned animal behaviour experts.
The expert panel, we were told, was to look at the issue of aggression and dog bites from the dog’s perspective and how to properly interpret canine body language to avoid escalating aggressive behaviour.
It used to be a jungle out there.