SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - One of the venues for this year's Sydney Olympics has been partly destroyed by an Australian Defence Force team
conducting a mock anti-terrorism exercise.

Kevan Gosper's summer house on the banks of Lake Eucumbene had its doors kicked down, windows smashed, walls flattened and carpet damaged as the anti-terrorist squad stormed through the family living room, yelling 'Down! Get the fuck down!' scattering the TV Guide, Olympic torches, and such like.

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Cricket
Lahore, Wednesday: Former Pakistan cricket captain Salim Malik has the credibility of a naughty 14 year old shoplifting kiddy from the wrong side of the tracks, a Skink survey has revealed.

Bowls
Blacktown, Tuesday: Black and White Magazine's decision not to run the nude shots of bowls legend Rob Parella in it's Olympic nude edition has sparked outrage among senior citizens groups, Bowls Australia magazine said.

Rugby League
Sydney, Wednesday: In order to maximise the roll-on effect of Rugby League's showpiece event 'The State of Origin', plans are afoot to stage the series every Thursday night at 10:30 following The Footy Show and most Leagues clubs meat raffles.

Pyrmont, Friday: Channel Nine has defended it's use of ultra-slow-motion replays, coupled with classical music that are a feature of State of Origin matches explaining the game was simply so fast that most viewers could not keep up. The music was said to soothe those that couldn't work their remote controls to slow the replays still  further.

Hollywood, Friday: NSW Coach Wayne Pearce is tipped for an Oscar following his stirring and passionate acting during the advertisements to promote this year's State of Origin series. The advertisements, which depicted Pearce walking towards the camera talking, exhorted viewers to watch Rugby League, a feat that has Pearce tipped for a Dally M Special Service to Rugby League Award, an Order of Australia Medal and the Nobel Peace Prize.


What a bitch we are--Ed.

Here they are, the final nominations in The Skink's Mungo Hall of Fame.  With names like Bronko Djura, Rocky Lawrie and Terry Fahey failing to make the cut, and only Sam Backo a certainty there's obviously healthy competition for the final three 'Immortal' spots.

The MHOF will be vote-driven by the punters so e-mail your selections to mungos@theskink.com.

Then after they're all tallied up and your 4 Mungos match the final 4 there's a carton of VB in it for you.  Remembering Sam Backo is a certainty, tipping 3 mungos seems easy beer to us.

Good luck! 

And the Nominations Are...

Comp Rules

• Entries close Saturday 3rd June at 0:00am AEST.
  

• This is probably illegal so don't tell anyone
  

The e-mailed Diaries of The Latvian Pantsman--  containing as they do sexual exploits laced with cricket references--have enraged women Australia-wide, and indeed around the globe.

Consequently he now has his own website, fan club and a global readership and it's welcome to fame, Internet-style. It's sometimes not pretty but freedom of speech can be like that.

The Pantsman writes exclusively for The Skink here…

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