Didgeridoo

My first reaction on reading that actress Nicole Kidman might now never have another child because she had blown into a Didgeridoo, was to nudge Mike off the sofa...


Wife: (Hard Nudge)

Hubby: What?!

Wife: All your fault!

Hubby: What you talking about?!

Wife: I blew into a Didgeridoo, lah! First time was on that one you bought in Gold Coast?

Hubby: Oh, Yah! (Laughing) You read the article too, ah?

Wife: No wonder, lah! Don't have 3rd kid! When we went to Gold Coast, John was less than a year old, remember? We left him at home and only brought Tessa. Waste money on all those pregnancy kits! People should put warning labels on them!

Hubby: (Laughing) One boy, one girl, just nice, okay?

Wife: Alamak! Tessa also blew into it!

Apparently, Nicole Kidman had ignorantly blown into a Didgeridoo during a TV interview and this according to the Australian Aborigines, is a taboo because a female blowing into one will render her barren.

The Didgeridoo is a long, wooden flute-like instrument with its origins from the Aborigines in Northern Australia.
See write up on the Didgeridoo --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo)
or
http://aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/what_is.html

It takes skill and practice to control your breathing to blow into one continuously.

We have several at home (of which 2 are Australian made). The artwork on the Didgeridoos is what drew us to them. There was a time when we were Didgeridoo crazy; buying the Didgeridoos, listening to CDs and trying to blow into them, albeit meekly and without much success. The music takes some getting used to and can draw one into a trance like state.

(above pic added 5th Jan 2009 ~ me and our Didgeridoos)

As recently as 2 months ago, we had just acquired one, although not an authentic one. Given that we read somewhere that Australian Didgeridoos are now sort of controlled items and you cannot anyhow sukah-sukah export one out, the ones we buy are no longer from Australia. The authentic ones are made from tree branches or trunks and the hollowed areas have actually been eaten out by termites. Those for sale were about 1.5m long and had mouth pieces sealed with wax. I'm not a Didgeridoo expert so excuse me if I've got my facts wrong.

Since I've long thrown out my maternity clothes and nursing bras, I think it's safe for me to continue blowing the cobwebs out of their hollow tunnels. Hey, had I learnt of this taboo earlier, I would have saved myself a whole tonne of worrying about any surprise pregnancy!