Bung

In the infinite wisdom of wikipedia: A bung is an apparatus used to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal.

The most common every-day example of a bung is the stopper of a wine bottle.

In the infinite wisdom of kayakers: A bung is a rather useful little bit of plastic that allows the easy removal of unwanted water from a kayak when taking off the river and cleverly prevents ones kayak from filling with water whilst on the river (should you have remembered to put it back in).

The most common every-day bung is almost always left at home in favour of the much more cleverly engineered and buoyant goon.

Kayaking is also a sport which allows the participation of people with bung ankles (Nicholas will back me on this one). The ankle is fully inserted into the kayak and does little to seal the kayak from water, in fact some cool snow melt in the bottom of the boat is rather soothing on the bung ankle.

And here we come to the point or lack of point of all this rambling, that fact that my ankle is still bung and that I am taking up full time kayaking when I'm not too busy playing with my pet wind farm and that last weeks kayaking with the crazy french duke has yet to wear off and stop me from all this sheiit talkin'