Fruit Machine Chat

trepanning then?

Yes, or to be more precise "self-trepaning".

After some time there was an ominous sounding schlurp and the sound of bubbling. I drew the trepan out and the gurgling continued. It sounded like air bubbles running under the skull as they were pressed out. I looked at the trepan and there was a bit of bone in it. At last!

Over to you UP!

extraordinary, how very ghoulish.

okay; why are winners at many sporting events presented with trophies/cups rather than any other object?

To hold champagne in?

Not representative of something like The Holy Grail is it?

something to do with drinking a toast?

you are on the right lines but it was not originally for an alcoholic liquid.

to have a drink of water as they were probably knackered having just run a race?

nope but nice idea. originally the prize was what was in the cup rather than the cup itself

Not something like the blood of their defeated enemy is it?

nice idea Weyland but no.
it dates back to the ancient olympics if that helps and every kitchen still has it

Wine?

EDIT: Damn, no, you said not alcoholic. Er, oil?

Boiling spuds?

i'll give it to Weyland. the cups were filled with olive oil. back then, sinewy young men were kept as catamites by wealthy athenians and it was a status symbol for the old guys to have the fastest runner/strongest javelin-thrower on their arm. they would use the prize of olive oil to lube themselves up.

No wonder they ran so fast.

Right. In Norse Mythology, what type of tree is Yggdrasil, the World Tree?