"2 tickets to Lesbos, please!"

On the Triple M radio program "The Shebang" here in Sydney, host Marty Sheargold often jokes about "buying two tickets to Lesbos", usually in relation to some girl on girl action (real or most often imagined or as in a joke). Also in the past, I myself have often joked that I am a lesbian because I love women as much as the next lesbian does. It also reminds me of a similar episode of South Park.


Anyhoo, before I went to work today, I looked up "Lesbos" on Wikipedia. While I did this merely for my amusement, I was shocked and surprised to hear that there is actually an island called Lesbos so Marty's joke might not be that far from the truth after all!


Here's what Wiki said:

Lesbos (Modern Greek: Lesvos (Λέσβος)), is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Lesbos is part of the Lesbos Prefecture, the third largest Greek island and the eighth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 1,630 km² (630 square miles) with 320 kilometres (almost 200 miles) of coastline. Its population is approximately 90,000, a third of which lives in its capital, Mytilene, in the southeastern part of the island. The remaining population is distributed in small towns and villages. The largest towns are Kalloni, Gera Villages, Plomari, Agiasos, Eresos and Molyvos, the ancient Mythymna. Mytilene was founded in the 11th century BC by the family Penthilidae, who arrived from Thessaly, and ruled until the popular revolt (590–580 BC) led by Pittacus of Mytilene. The word "lesbian" is derived from the poems of Sappho, which contain powerful emotional content directed toward other women and have frequently been interpreted as expressing homosexual love. Because of this association, Lesbos and especially the town of Eresos, birthplace of Sappho, are visited frequently by lesbian tourists.


Here's some You Tube footage I found there accompanied by what I think is Greek music.




I still want two tickets to Lesbos, though!