Which side of the brain is responsible for the type of meltdown Brian Lake experienced last weekend? Is it to the left, where we're told logic resides, or the right, home of creative urges?
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Despite countless attempts throughout history it's unlikely we'll ever fully understand how this mysterious organ operates.
Fifteenth century artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci was officially allowed to dissect human corpses from which he made his revolutionary anatomical drawings, in the hope of unlocking humanity's secrets.
Four centuries later, the head of bushranger Mad Dog Morgan was sent to Melbourne for examination by doctors who were convinced the brain of a criminal was different to others.
As for Brian Lake, the most recent Norm Smith medallist, it might have been a bad look in the brown and gold, but west of the Maribyrnong the response was very different. Bulldogs fans remember with great affection their former champion's brittle brilliance.
To his old fans, the celebrated Hawk will always have a bit of mongrel in him.
