11/10/2023 0 Comments South park captain obvious![]() ![]() When I started work as a teenager in Sydney, former rugby league international Frank “Bumper” Farrell was the security guard on the front desk. Every morning, the former policeman would growl a friendly welcome, “Gidday, Blue.”īumper was of Irish stock. You can’t get a deeper, truer red than keeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow, who carries the nickname “Bluey” as did his late father David. Of course, he’s copped the “Ronnie” McDonald nickname forever. Only coach Andrew McDonald has red under his cap. The Australians looked bereft of a ginger ninja during the Ashes. There can’t be an obscure law that brands this as non-inclusive, surely. You have to be a ginger to get a start, even a 60 per center. You’ve never seen more broad-brimmed hats, suncream and long-sleeved warm-up shirts in one talented group. Gingers now embrace their uniqueness like never before. There’s a team in the local rugby sevens circuit called the Red Hot Chili Steppers. Join the ticket queue for the next Ed “Sherrin” tour. The twin ginger turbos of Michael Voss and Justin Leppitsch separated them from all-comers in the three-peat years Forget Taylor Swift. Historians will wise up one day and look beyond a gun midfield or Alastair Lynch’s goalkicking. The famed Brisbane Lions of 2001-03 won three straight AFL premierships. Imagine? Redheads represent just 1-2 per cent of the hair colour in the world yet we 100 per cent represent the fastest woman in the world over 100m freestyle. Her stunning winning time over 200m freestyle also established a world record for redheads and the rest. Certainly, it was at swimming’s World Championships in Japan thanks to Queensland’s Mollie O’Callaghan. The Matildas are green, gold and ranga whenever she runs on for a valuable cameo.Įvery sporting team of substance has a ranga, or needs one. It’s top of the dias stuff. In every match played by Australia at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the pride rises when Clare Polkinghorne stands tall to sing the national anthem. ![]() Watching the Matildas and marvelous Mollie O peaked fresh interest. It’s a path you proudly walk for life as this writer has done. ![]() Why the sudden interest in the red-haired race? It’s not sudden. As a card-carrying redhead, she took the high road with a laugh. There was the ultimate chance for a statute to be slipped through to protect the overly-freckled who walk amongst us at high noon. Julia Gillard was even asked if she would ban redhead jokes when she took the highest position in the land as Prime Minister. Where’s the government inquiry into that neglect? Gingers don’t even get picked on like they once did in the playground, in working life or in episodes of South Park. Try a bit harder with your wordcraft or the laugh is on you, not the Fanta pants of the world. Clumsy teasing is sometimes exactly that. ![]()
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