Australian Political/Social Crisis

Started by airboy, March 28, 2018, 07:55:17 AM

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airboy

The controversy that has rocked Oz is:

Australia is currently in a meltdown of a kind seen in America only when a president is impeached. The captain of its cricket team, Steve Smith, on Saturday confessed publicly to cheating. One of his players had been caught on camera scuffing up the cricket ball in a game against South Africa. This is done to get the ball to change trajectory in the air on the way to a batter when bowled at high speed, making it harder to hit.

Mr. Smith confessed that it had been his idea to tamper with the ball, the worst form of cheating in cricket. "Say It Ain't So, Steve," the headlines wailed. It was so. Mr. Smith was denounced publicly by Australia's prime minister, even as grizzled retired players joined in a chorus lamenting the tarnishing of Australia. Mr. Smith faces severe punishment, possibly a lifetime ban.

Barthheart

And no US baseball scandal has ever rocked your country the same way....  ::)

Staggerwing

It's kinda hard to get scandalized by a scuffed baseball or underinflated football when we have a POTUS who likes to do the horizontal oompaloompa while getting spanked with his own face on a magazine.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

Sir Slash

I say, that last statement wasn't quite 'Cricket' Old Boy.   :2funny:
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

GDS_Starfury

this is akin to the Soviets... errm, Russians were caught doping with their olympic curling team.

curling.... who the fucks needs steroids for Canadian driveway sweeping?
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


airboy

Quote from: Staggerwing on March 28, 2018, 07:09:22 PM
"horizontal oompaloompa"

Since I'll never get that phrase or image out of my head, I now officially hate you. :wow:

Staggerwing

Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys