For those that aren't in Australia right now, we have the funniest scandal going on.
Firstly let us introduce you to the eye of the storm: Sam Kerr. Sam is a women's soccer player who has in the last year become one of the most famous and beloved athletes in Australia. Captain of the women's national team, Sam became something of a cult figure after the last Women's Soccer World Cup became a complete unpredicted sensation in Australia, with the whole country getting behind the team.
Sam, up until now, has had probably one of the most squeaky clean images in sport. Generally in Australia it is not uncommon for our sports stars to be caught up in scandals involving drugs:
violence:
drinking their own urine:
or if you're cricket legend Shane Warne, probably all three at once.
Contrasting all this, Sam's image as the squeaky clean saviour for sport made it all the more shocking this last week, when it was announced that Kerr was to face trial after having been charged by the UK police of a "racially aggravated offence" involving a taxi driver.
This was shocking news. Nobody knew what to make of it. Sam was a model for young girls everywhere and a national treasure. "This is why we can't have nice things" screamed the nation. It seemed like all hope was lost.
That is, until, yesterday, when the UK police finally revealed the full details of the case, in which Sam Kerr, sporting legend, was arrested for vomiting in a cab, and then telling an intervening police officer that he was a “stupid white bastard”.
Now we probably don't need to point out that in Australia, vomiting in a taxi and then calling a cop a bastard is about as close to a national culture as we have.
You could not have come up with a better headline to make someone a national hero.
Needless to say, Sam in now being hailed down under as the greatest legend that ever lived, and a petition has already been started to have her picture added to the $5 note.
The tide has swung so far that not one, but TWO, state Premiers have spoken out in support of Kerr, and the Prime Minister has even gone on the record describing her as "a delight".
And so ends the racial abuse saga of our greatest sports hero of all time, and the very first reverse milkshake duck to ever exist.
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i learned about Shiniuzhai, a convenience store hanging on a cliff in Hunan, that’s been nicknamed “most inconvenient convenience store” in China (x)
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The 7000th Post.
Today is Christmas Eve. I have over 3800 followers. This is my 7000th post.
None of this will apply this time will next year.
I will not be posting a Christmas Eve post.
I will not be issuing well wishes to over 3800 followers.
I will not reach 8000 posts.
And I'm good with all of this. The Killing Eve fandom is small and mighty, but let's keep it a buck, okay? It's smaller than it is mighty and I'm okay with it.
This fandom should burn brightly before it burns out and I would prefer it does so than linger and hang on long past its sell-by date. Killing Eve was a moment, not a movement, so this Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa or whatever way you commemorate this time of the year, let's just enjoy it for what it was.
A bright and shining star of a show that never delivered on the promise of its first season but still gave us more memorable moments than forgettable ones.
Happy Holidays. We'll always have the good moments of Killing Eve and they vastly outnumbered the bad ones. It was less than what we wanted but more than we could have expected.
As far as legacies go, it's not the best, but far from the worst.
I appreciate every last one of you beloved freaks for coming along with me on this unexpected journey.
We're almost done.
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