Go Dockers!

It's safe to say that football fever has well and truly hit WA. I mentioned earlier in the blog that the Fremantle Dockers were creeping up further in the league than they ever have before, surprising the country. Tomorrow, they play Hawthorn in the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne and everyone is going crazy for it! I heard today that there will be more Freo fans in the Melbourne stadium (3500 miles away from Fremantle) than Hawks fans. This purple haze has certainly spread to the Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences office; I was met with this as I walked through the door this morning:

Pure docker dedication from Andy

Hawthorn have made it to the final countless times and even won the entire thing once before, but hopes are high that the Dockers will deliver on the day and, either way, it's an excuse to spend the day in the pub! It's a little bittersweet for me as I'm spending the weekend down in Dunsborough with the McKiernans so won't be able to watch in Freo, but I've been looking forward to this for ages and am sure the atmosphere will still be good. I look forward to receiving drunken messages from friends at work as the day progresses, although as some of them plan on getting to the pub at 10am they may be incapable of dexterity. My favourite part of the build-up has been seeing Eliza get violated by Dockers fans over the past few weeks. I cycle past her twice a day and the memorabilia has become more and more optimistic as the final draws closer...

...Also, I've had purple rain in my head all week. Happy weekend!

(They lost)