The Pill, The Nut, The Tooty, The T.W, The Cherry, The Agat, The Pigskin (actually made from cow hide),
The Tommy, The Air Conveyance, The Ball... has any object ever had more nicknames? The first footy was always
a thrill, it was often just a pair of dads socks rolled inside themselves that could be happily booted around
the house. Then came the nerf footy. The advertisers spruiked, "It won't break anything, great for indoors".
While they didn't "break" anything directly they did have a nasty habit of knocking over mum's vase's which
subsequently smashed on the floor. Hot on the heels of the nerf sensation were Tuddy's rubber guts rainbow
footys (very easy on the bare foot), this was followed by your first real footy... a leather one. This was
the good one, only to be used by those who knew what they were doing. There were often tears when it bounced
onto the road and got its first scratch.
