NO MATTER how bad you think your team is and how unlikely it seems they’ll win a game any time soon, never, ever discount your boys — and risk your dignity at the same time.
Brisbane supporter Jordan Labudda found that out the hard way on Sunday night.
In the lead-up to the Brisbane-Port Adelaide clash, Labudda, strangely, put his tastebuds on the line, posting on the official Brisbane Lions’ Facebook page on Thursday: “I will lick the floor (of the Gabba) if the lions beat port.â€
Gross.
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However the eyes and ears of the Lions employee monitoring the club’s Facebook page obviously pricked up, replying with: “Can we hold you to this Jordan?â€
Labudda agreed, revealing his Gabba location for the game to keep him accountable.
One remarkable, yet inspiring 37-point win by Justin Leppitsch’s men later and the foolish Lions fan had nowhere to hide.
Just before the final siren, Justin Power commented on the Lions’ page: “Start licking Jordan Labudda. Get a camera crew up to section 74!â€
And lick he did.
Labudda got down on his knees and made contact with the Gabba concrete
“Taste like death but I stuck to my word ! Go Lions!†he said on the Lions’ Facebook page after the game.
Fellow Lions supporter Sean Goldsworthy said he had to give close mate Labudda a bit of encouragement, but he eventually followed through.
“I sort of had to give him a bit of an egg on. I said, ‘come on mate, you’ve got to do it now. It was pretty funny,†Goldsworthy said.
Originally published as Lions eat ice-cream, fan eats Gabba dirt