Boo hoo....he called me Monkey!

The recent spate of events which occurred in the Sydney test match have thrown a lot of people into fits of laughter. When was the last time you called someone a monkey and they actually cried? Kindergarten? 1st standard? Welcome to the amazing world of Australians, for whom words like "bastard" are common place....but "monkey"? No way, that is totally racist. For a team who have been the experts in sledging throughout cricketing history, this accusation of racism has only improved their image of swashbuckling, proud and arrogant winners. Now I am not an avid cricket fan. But this brilliant piece of work by Ponting & Co. charged me up so much that I had to say something about it. We all know what Bhajji said on field- he ought to be fined for it no doubt- but not on counts of racism.
Here is a piece of work which you may think is racist- it tracks The Birth of Andrew Symonds
An Australian journalist who found the entire affair unfair has compiled a list of A-Z acceptable sledges which you can hurl at those Aussies. Check it out