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Well I lost my rag today.

Have had my bag searched and been patted down five times on the way in to the cricket every day, which makes it 20 times in four days.

I can handle being searched once.

But to be searched 5m from where you have been searched just seconds before by someone who has watched you being searched just grates, especially when it happens four days in a row.

They have signs up (ironically) about racial abuse.

I know the locals don't get treated the same (especially those who "know someone") coz I watch.

I let fly with the call, "Do you want me to take my pants off, for goodness sake?"

Luckily for everyone involved I was the only one who knew what I meant.

And then to quietly deal with being in a crowd that is similar to supporting the away team at Footy Park just makes matters worse.

I so hope we stitch them up tomorrow.

Especially after Brad Haddin kept like a two year old.

Lucky for the him he is a New South Welshman and will never get dropped.

He got his Baggy Green in a brown paper bag when he was picked for NSW after all...

PS And then in a twist of irony, I wandered out on to the ground after play and watched the non-picked players train. Yep, security is brilliant when it comes to making sure foreigners don't bring in water bottles...

PPS And somehow the ICC=BCCI runs cricket...

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Just remember you are outnumbered by a more than a billion to one...don't make the natives angry coz the next step up from being patted down is a cavity search...do you really want that????
Posted by joane26, 13/10/2008 1:20:26 PM
Oh great Polky I know it's a sign of boredom when the media starts talking about themselves....but... a: How are you actually posting this? Does your laptop work wirelesly over there, or do they have internet cafes? b: I want you to interview Brett Lee. One question will count as an interview, even if it's "gdaymatehowareugoing" c: Am I the only one wondering if you are John McCain's love child d: Has the news of Hawthorn smashing the Handbags made it to the bazaars of India?
Posted by Broat Grodan, 14/10/2008 1:20:29 PM
Naah, cavity searches aren't all they're cracked up to be. Well, that's what some bloke I know told me anyway. Broat, I don't like my chances of getting anywhere near Brett Lee after getting kicked off the players' balcony at the end of the first Test. Will expand on that later... PS Everyone thinks I am Ricky Ponting when I wear my Hawks top. Hooray for the Tassie Government.
Posted by polks, 16/10/2008 2:26:25 AM
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A long time ago Monkey followed a Buddhist priest, Tripitaka, from China to India in search of holy scriptures to save the world. Chairman Polky now heads to India in search of the same, and to watch a little cricket too...

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