Umpire... if ya dont mind

[Hayfever]

Rumour has it that Czar Vlad is contemplating new political correctness guidelines to be introduced into the AFL in 2008. From now on it will be a hanging offence to refer to the men in white as "White Maggots".

The AFL has very strict rules on references to colour. "White" is definitely not allowable........ being often used in relation to another inflammatory word "supremacist". There is nothing supreme about an umpire.

Also there shall be no references to animals or insects. The fact that maggots are the larva of insects often found around animals or their droppings is doubly discriminating.

Where will it all end?

 

[TigerMasochist]

Maybe we can enquire of the multi coloured M n M's if they are the PEANUT filled ones. Only because we are allergic to the slimy little maggots of course.

 

[graystar1]

Also read the other day that a school somewhere in Australia has banned the use of blackboard and/or whiteboard. Can't remember what this blackboard now has to be called, but it was something like 3, 4 or 5 words long.

Where is all this political correctness going to end? Will we no longer be able to describe night as being a dark night, or the outer reaches of the universe as being black, or even refer to a black hole in the universe?? Maybe we won't be able to request a black or white coffee?

And so it goes on!!!

 

[Hayfever]

Also read the other day that a school somewhere in Australia has banned the use of blackboard and/or whiteboard. Can't remember what this blackboard now has to be called, but it was something like 3, 4 or 5 words long.

Where is all this political correctness going to end? Will we no longer be able to describe night as being a dark night, or the outer reaches of the universe as being black, or even refer to a black hole in the universe?? Maybe we won't be able to request a black or white coffee?

And so it goes on!!!

Or darksiders darksiders

 

[Willo]

Or darksiders darksiders

Perhaps dimsiders Haysie

 

[Hayfever]

Perhaps dimsiders Haysie

Fair enough!

What about Mushroom Clubbers........ but that might be offensive to mushrooms ??? Any suggestions?

 

[Chiang Mai Tiger]

If umpires were honest, fair, unbiased and qualified then we wouldnt have to call them anything other than umpires.

 

[Herr_Tiger]

those that claim to referee our great game now of course come in green, yellow, red and whatever colours of the rainbow they decide to turn up in

so the white part of white maggots is fairly irrelevant

they shall remain maggot-ed until consistency, accuracy and full-time status becomes their byword

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Rumour has it that Czar Vlad is contemplating new political correctness guidelines to be introduced into the AFL in 2008. From now on it will be a hanging offence to refer to the men in white as "White Maggots".
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In calling them 'white maggots' (and other things), we're only encouraging them to do better. Political correctness should be blackbanned.

 

[Hayfever]

I'm wondering now if Czar Vlad was also responsible for the demise of White Line Fever....... given his mania about drugs and political correctness.

Sadly any remaining hope of WLF coming back is now gone with the passing of Clinton Grybas. No-one else could possibly run it like he did.

 

[feisty tige]

http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=54719

O-kay,


"In the AFL's pre-season competition, a two-metre "no-go zone" will be enforced behind an umpire backing away from a centre bounce, and a free kick will be paid against any player entering that area. (wouldn't they need another umpire to adjudicate that? and will that umpire need an umpire behind him/her and so on and so forth... lets just have a team of umpires shall we?)

Collisions between players and umpires increased five-fold last season, with 17 reportable incidents involving players making contact with officials. All these involved centre or field bounces."


Um, excuse me Vlad, but I wonder why officials are being run in to. Could it be because the rule change to bounce the ball quicker is causing there to be more of a rush for players to get to the ball and not give the umpire as much space as before....

: : when is it going to end...

 

[BrisTiger24]

http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=54719

O-kay,


"In the AFL's pre-season competition, a two-metre "no-go zone" will be enforced behind an umpire backing away from a centre bounce, and a free kick will be paid against any player entering that area. (wouldn't they need another umpire to adjudicate that? and will that umpire need an umpire behind him/her and so on and so forth... lets just have a team of umpires shall we?)

Collisions between players and umpires increased five-fold last season, with 17 reportable incidents involving players making contact with officials. All these involved centre or field bounces."


Um, excuse me Vlad, but I wonder why officials are being run in to. Could it be because the rule change to bounce the ball quicker is causing there to be more of a rush for players to get to the ball and not give the umpire as much space as before....

: : when is it going to end...

What of the bounce is a shank and goes behind the umpire??? We have to wait until the umpire moves before we can go for the ball??? Ridiculous rule.

 

[Ian4]

Where is all this political correctness going to end? Will we no longer be able to describe night as being a dark night, or the outer reaches of the universe as being black, or even refer to a black hole in the universe?? Maybe we won't be able to request a black or white coffee?

And so it goes on!!!

what about in our RFC song... YELLOW AND B***K

 

[Willo]

what about in our RFC song... YELLOW AND B***K

Sth African accent. "Yellow & Bleck"

 

[Hayfever]

Sth African accent. "Yellow & Bleck"

Nuzillen accent "Yellow & Bleak"

 

[chislop]

You've gotta love Vlad...he's like a large labrador with a big bladder, running around the ovals of Australia peeing on all the goal posts to leave his mark, so that when the new top dogs take over in the AFL, they will always know where Vlad has been.

 

[Hayfever]

You've gotta love Vlad...he's like a large labrador with a big bladder, running around the ovals of Australia peeing on all the goal posts to leave his mark, so that when the new top dogs take over in the AFL, they will always know where Vlad has been

Great analogy GT.