Joe Sullivan

Husband & Father. Sports Lover. Producer at Aunty with @RNBreakfast via @abcmelbourne @RNDrive & @BreakfastNews Views are mine and not of my employer.

[South Australia Cricket Teams @SACricketTeams]

A vision realised. A legacy defined.

We are your 2024/25 Sheffield Shield champions!

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

He chuckles. Day made. The end.

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

Finally, home time, a chance to end another long day. I am in position A in the lift - I am literally at the front of the doors and ready for them to open… ding… I walk out and begin to turn the corner when out of nowhere… yep you guessed it… it’s @nonstoptom

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

“Thanks for opening the door… HARD!”

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

I have stewed on this for the best part of my working afternoon. And there was lots of work to be done… but the entire time I can’t shake the zinger just sitting there in my mind yelling at me “you should have bloody said this!”

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

Except the gold should have been the zinger that popped into my head. 10 seconds too late it was. A zinger that I’m sure would have turned his frown upside down, and perhaps more importantly stopped me from looking like a massive asshole brushing past him in the toilet airlock.

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But time is of the essence. With a bladder full and face flushed with embarrassment, it suddenly hits me as I stand in the cubicle about to deposit liquid gold.

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

You know that look. It’s the one, with the furrowed brow and the singular raised eyebrow. And you can clearly read the expression on his face. It’s a silent but undeniable “who the hell does this bloke think he is?”

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

Let me regale you with a story of a missed opportunity and the universe fortuitously providing a second chance.

So, like all good stories start, it starts with a full bladder that needs to be emptied…

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“Oh sorry mate” I mutter past a clearly unimpressed Gleeson. He’s given me a dirty look, worse than what he gives a contestant who attempts to burn him on any episode of #HardQuiz

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

Remember I’m in a position like Chargin’ Chuck from Super Mario, so when there’s an opening my momentum carries me through, and @nonstoptom is backed right up into the corner. So I glide past him just like those rhinoceroses on skateboards depicting the Melbourne trams.

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But then it becomes apparent as to why there’s resistance… standing there in the toilet air lock sandwiched between the outer door and the inner door… @nonstoptom

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

So about me. I’m a big and stubborn fella, and I lean into the door with my shoulder, like an elephant gently pushing a tree to bend it and pick off some leaves. And great success! Entry begins to be prised open!

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

I’m at work and I head to the toilet…. And I begin to push on the door. It’s a solid door, but not overly heavy. Its hinges allow for more swing than Mitchell Starc with a new ball at the Gabba.

But today… today something was different… there was resistance.

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... the best thing since @Pendulum turned the ABC News theme an absolute banger https://t.co/zDviAfiEDH

[Joe Sullivan @joe_sullivan]

This is the best! The best thing since... well, since...

[Ros Atkins @BBCRosAtkins]

Thanks to those of you asking for this. Here’s the full Drum & Bass remix of the BBC News theme. Composed by @davidlowemusic2, remixed by @crissycriss. And made with this afternoon @glastonbury in mind…

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@RadarReporting @Warwick_Long +1 for Paskeville

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@maxwalden_ Bin-chicken island is something else!