Ageing Bender King Views Ozzy Making It To 76 As Positive Affirmation Of His Lifestyle Choices

JOHN LAMOVSKI | Music | Contact

Local man Seb Warner has reacted to the news of the former Black Sabbath frontman dying at the ripe old age of 76, with a combination of admiration tinged with optimism.

“Did pretty well I reckon, when you hear all the stories of what he shoved up his nose and down his gullet – he knew how to give it a nudge hey!”

And while Seb isn’t in the same league as the Prince of Darkness, he still manages to push the boat out further, and more often than most blokes his age.

The 41 year old mortgage broker has always enjoyed a night on the schooies and nose beers, but with his recent divorce from childhood sweetheart, interior designer Olivia Wagner, he’s given himself license to really let the dogs out.

A potential hurdle to this newfound enthusiasm for getting spannered on a twice weekly basis, has been the lack of willing and able wingmen – mainly due to most of his inner circle embracing their responsibilities as new fathers – that and being banned from hanging out with Seb by their significant others.

But with admirable dedication to the cause, Seb has dusted off the boots and signed up for the Betoota Dolphins Over 30’s Reserve grade team, ensuring that Saturday nights start with post match froths at the clubbies, and end around 4am on the nangs in the living room of one of his younger teammates.

Our reporter caught up with Seb on Wednesday after work at the Norfolk Arms as he was tucking into a couple of cold malt sandwiches in preparation for quiz night with his work team, the ‘9 inch males.’

With the demons of terrible Tuesday well and truly behind him, and the weekend beckoning, the beers were going down well. So well that he had already withdrawn $350 from the ATM and fired off a quick snap.

“Yep, deadset legend that bloody Ozzy’ he said, raising his pint theatrically.

‘Just goes to show, you might as well enjoy life while you can, I mean just look at Keith Richards.”

More to come.