Growing up, I didn't have a lot of opportunities to experiment with gunge. I used to imagine what it would be like. I remember watching TV shows like Who Dares Wins. My favourite segment was one time when the host visited a shopping mall and offered 50 dollars to passerby that would fill their pockets with honey. I'd have done it for free! But my first real experience was a part of a competition held each year which involved a paddle race down a river when it was deepest after the rains. It was a serious competition, but there was one event which was more for fun. I was invited by a teacher to participate, and little did I know that as part of the festivities, as we made our way down the river, we headed under a bridge where his family and others were waiting with all manner of things to pelt us with. His wife had made a slurry of eggs, milk and flour that ended up being poured on us. It was such fun.