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The rooster first, then the flour bomb, what an insane one-two punch.

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There was a nice write-up of this event in the Athletic in 2020 I think, they didn't have all my background stuff but they did, in the way of journalists, have some nice quotes from people like Woody Woodward in present-day. But even more interesting was the lengthy comment posted by someone claiming to have been the person who got the rooster into the park, having been sent the article by a friend. He was sketchy on his methodology, so I couldn't give it the Project 3.18 seal of authenticity, but if was really him, he claimed to have let the rooster out just before the bomb fell. He had told some other friends coming to the game that night to "expect a surprise," or something vague like that, and, having not even noticed the rooster, they looked at him with a combination of fear and awe when they saw him later.

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Ten years later, someone DID get hit by a sports related airborne flour bomb.

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/flour-bomb-test-ends-springbok-tour

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I shared this on Notes. Too good. The conspiracy deepens.

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Mar 12Liked by Paul Jackson

"The All Blacks won 25–22 thanks to an injury-time penalty goal by Allan Hewson." (Amen)

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Also too good!

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And all was good with the world, and God was in their Heaven!!

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