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Volume 1, Edition 17             -        Monday, 24th July 2000        -             www.theskink.com

Australia's Weekly Sports News Review

The Latvian Pantsman on the Home of Cricket....

A. Yes.

Issue of The Week

Q. This woman's bosoms?

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Andrew Agnew gets into the Wallabies...


Match win pure luck say Poms

Tuesday , July 18, 2000

London: The All Blacks were lucky to beat Australia in the TriNations rugby Test in Sydney, and England are a better defensive side than both the Wallabies and New Zealand, say the British media.


The Skink disagrees, slightly...

Sydney, Monday: Despite colourful, tight clothing, roads winding through France and pedalling, the appeal of the Tour de France remains a mystery to most Australians.


"It's fucked." one said.

Predictable Campese 'League Dead' slur hurts NRL's Feelings


LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - A British local authority sent a letter to a man who died in April to tell him that his tax benefit was being stopped -- because he was dead.


Crazy Poms…

QUETTA, Pakistan, July 17 (Reuters) - The religious police of Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement arrested visiting Pakistani football players and shaved their heads because they were wearing shorts, Afghan and team officials said on Monday.


Crazy Taleban Movement...



Reuters Porkies...

STOCKHOLM (AP)--Inmates at a low-security prison in southernmost Sweden are complaining that they are denied deodorants and stereo equipment in their cells.


Crazy Swedes...

CAIRO, July 13 (Reuters) - An irate Egyptian threw his wife from a third-floor window, fracturing her spine, after she refused to give him a bigger helping of chicken than his sons, a newspaper reported on Thursday.


Crazy Egypt...

LAGOS, July 13 (Reuters) - The Nigerian government said on Thursday it had appointed a committee of experts to investigate claims by a local scientist of having found a vaccine for the HIV virus which causes AIDS.


Crazy Nigerians...

Pommy Mungo Rooster


Bondi Junction, Friday: Sydney Roosters officials said few English players were good enough to play in the National Rugby League after the club yesterday recruited Great Britain Test forward Adrian Morley.


We find this funny...

Tour de France--very pretty but essentially crap.

But they love it, the Frogs. Bikes are fun.

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Boxing 2000. Pit Ali v Tyson, Foreman v Holyfield and have Sugar Ray clean up.

The Brits prefer a tighter game.

Adrian Morley--a Mungo and a Pom. Hasn't life dealt him a tough hand.

The man with the incredible exploding brain, our Campo--a bit of an idiot but good for a laugh on occasion.

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$99.00

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. (N64) Lead an elite group of multinationals against the forces of terrorism.

Practice for heaven.

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