Mighty Lonnie bubble

Mac Point — our Colosseum

SIMON Bevilacqua’s brilliant spoof article proclaiming the new Tassie AFL team, the Launceston Bubble, was outstanding satirical commentary ( Mercury, August 24). Our team will of course need a club song, so here’s my nomination, sung of course to the same tune as the Hawthorn Hawks and Glenorchy Magpies.

“The Sneaky Devil Polka” We’re the mighty Lonnie B-u-b-b-l-e, We’re the team from Northern Tas, Mick Leppard is our most vocal fan, Cheering madly like he always has. When we get to join the b-i-g league, That’s … when you’ll know we’re good, We’re the greatest … ever team in T-a-s-s-i-e, From the Invermay neighbourhood! their replies, a lot of which are written with a sense of humour, some are too serious, which I try to ignore because my idea is to have a bit of fun, so I don’t take a lot of notice of that sort of crap. Also, I would like to ask a couple of questions.

What are the obvious reasons a Tasmanian AFL team shouldn’t be based in Launceston? Before anyone makes a fool of themselves and says all games should be played in the capital, ever since Hawthorn and North Melbourne have been playing in the state, no games have been played in Hobart, the capital. They are played in City of Launceston and the City of Clarence. To all AFL and TSL supporters who have a team in the finals, good luck. Go Collingwood and North Launceston.

PM in the swim

IT appears the only noteworthy thing ScoMo has done at the G7 is swim in the ocean. Good to see he has finally started to grasp climate change and is training for the inevitable if he ever has to visit the Pacific Islands again.

But wait, there’s more

CORRECT you are, Peggy James (Letters, August 24). Another arrogant flouting of democracy by Hobart City Council. They’ve demolished a Federation building in North Hobart, rejected height protection and approved hideous apartment blocks or high-rise hotels in the city heritage zone. But there’s more. Hotel boom headlines portend more of the same. Resistance and political change is required.

Umpires are out

WITH the abysmal performance of cricket umpires in the Ashes tour, where most decisions made were incorrect, is it time for the third umpire to intervene or do away with umpires altogether? The Ashes umpiring has become a farce.