An entertaining week to say the least, including one of the funniest things I have ever seen; more on that a bit later.
I arrived at the ground for cricket on Saturday and overheard my team mates talking about the Premiership football (soccer) results, something about Liverpool losing. Having got up quite late because of an early start on Friday I was yet to see any of the scores. I promptly walked up and asked what the other ‘football’ scores were. The reply I got went something like ‘there wasn’t any football on, it’s called soccer pom!’ ‘We invented so we can call it whatever we like!’ Was my reply. This slight disagreement got me thinking; how can it be wrong to call a game, predominantly played with the feet and using a spherical, leather item, football. Over here ‘football’ is the name used to describe Aussie rules in which the ball is kicked out of the hands and to other players who catch it with their HANDS. Ok, I understand that the only way a goal or points can be scored is by kicking it, but to save confusion there can be only one ‘football’ and in this case the title is better suited to the game in which only one player on each team can use their hands. There is one other sport that challenges for the title of ‘football.’ This is American football, I completely understand that the Yanks are under evolved in terms of intelligence (common/slightly controversial assumption) but there is no way in this world that this sport can be called ‘football!’ Points are scored by catching a pass (which is thrown) in the end zone. Extra points can be added with the boot but the fundamental aim of the sport is accomplished with the hands. That concludes my rant on this topic, case CLOSED.
However it does not conclude my rant on the erratic and irregular specie of the American. Having read the regional newspaper I noticed that Baseball is a well followed sport in Australia. The story I read focused on was the MLB ‘World Series.’ I have never claimed to be an expert, but an event that includes ‘World’ in the title e.g. Football World Cup, Athletics World Championships, normally involves different nations or teams from different country’s that compete against each other. The MLB certainly does not and therefore can surely not claim to be a ‘World’ event. This would make the winner, ‘World’ Champions which is tragic. I know that it be hard for America to come to terms with the fact that it is not the only country in the world and that there is other places over the golden arches and far away but if Manchester United win the Premiership, it does not make them ‘World Champions’. It is no surprise that only 20% of Americans own passports and can therefore travel outside their ‘great’ nation. On top of this, only 8% of American citizens (on average) will leave the USA this year.
Now on to the occurrence mentioned in the first few lines. On Monday we headed into the City to visit Kings’ Park. This is a beautiful botanic garden area complete with amazing views of the city and the Swan River. It also has a War memorial as well as restaurants and cafes’. We lazed in the sun for a few hours, kicking a ‘football’ (see previous paragraphs for details) or rugby ball around. It was a really nice day which we rounded off with a KFC, can’t beat it. But as we left KFC and walked towards the train station I couldn’t help but notice a slight scuffle going on about 20 metres in front of me. It was between two Aboriginal women who had quite obviously had a slight disagreement. After a minute or so, it looked to have ended and the gathering crowd gave out a slightly disappointed groan, bit of an anti-climax. But the crowds’ favourite wasn’t finished and began taunting her opponent who was fleeing the scene. Neither of them could quite see the irony in calling each other a ‘nigger’ or a ‘black ‘see you next Tuesday.’ The two came face to face in the middle of the road complete with their guards up, รก la Ricky Hatton Vs Floyd Mayweather. It was like a very heavyweight, hardcore, extreme rules match (for the wrestling fans amongst you). The contest moved out of the road and on to the pavement. But it all ended very soon, a shove to the torso and down she went. The winner got her bag and entered the train station. As she ran through the ticket barrier she told the officer to ‘F**k off, I’ve got a ticket,’ and there it ended. An immensely entertaining and incredibly funny five minutes and yet I still struggle to see why the locals don’t like the aborigines...such a charming bunch.
I also started my job during last week. A beautiful 5am until 1pm shift to get me started. This meant a 4am start; a time of the day that is very unpleasant to be awake at. My previous experiences of this time are all mainly from a night out at Vibe and end as soon as my head hits the pillow. On the brighter side of things, I earned $170 for it, which covers rent for a week, sorted.
Apologies to any Americans that may read this, I understand that it is not your fault and that we still value your support in any future world conflicts (that would involve more than one country hence ‘world’) even if you are renowned for shooting our soldiers by mistake. Also, you don’t help yourselves by voting morons (for want of a better word) like George Bush as President (though I accept it may be slightly corrupt) and making films in which you claim that you won the War single handed and saved everyone there was to be saved; Especially when it is widely reported that it was in fact the British, as you did in ‘Saving Private Ryan.’
Much Love x
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