Moose Idiot: a moose

Cultural context: in the late 1990s in Australia, asking someone of higher status than you to sign the top of your boobs (no nip) was a sign of respect that the celebrities had the power to say no to, and indeed bestowed upon them great status. Sexual harassment was something boys did out the windows of muscle cars.

Cut to people not in muscle cars:

One of my bosses: Hell yeah, my fit is fierce, let's get every low-level celebrity to sign my boob!

Several low-level offences occur. Anyone remember the cast of Good News Week? No? Doesn’t matter, we got them (the lesbian cast member was delighted to be included).

BUT THEN the Pinnacle: Sir Terry Pratchett. He was a consummate gentleman; my boss couldn't afford to buy a new book to be signed, so he signed her boob, and at the same time said he "felt a right tit" – the man was a fiend for puns!

Is that the end of Sir P'Terry's involvement in her shenanigans? NO. In 2024, when Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson cashed in on nostalgia to do a show based on their Triple J breakfast radio show, they asked for audience call ins. My boss having no shame asked, "Hey Adam Spencer, do you remember when you signed my boobs, back in the day.... do you want to do it again?”

And Adam Spencer was all, HELL YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO END THE SHOW. And then when my boss was brought on stage, and as Adam was signing, she asked.... "DO YOU FEEL A RIGHT TIT?"

Anyway, that's the story of how Sir Terry made such a good off-the-cuff joke in 1998, that my boss pulled it out on stage over 25 years later and got a cracking laugh out of a couple of thousand people at a Melbourne Comedy Festival show.

Fit is still fierce, even if the inhabitant's boobs take up more real estate now 😁