The one thing that p's me about the Skippies

For those not in the know the white Australians are sometimes known as 'skippies' so named after the Australian TV show "Skippy the bush kangaroo".

Now back to my story.

There is one thing I do not like about skippies and that is their attitude forAussie Rules Football (AFL) and Cricket and how it is the best game in the world. See the problem i have here and the reason I like to stir the skips up, is that Australia is the only country that plays AFL and one of a handfull of countires that play cricket.

So when the skips say they are the best in cricket, I say 'well that is because there is only 4 or 5 decent countries that play the sport'. The reality is that cricket is played by countires that belong to the commonwealth and about 10 countires can play internationally and be competitive.

So being the world champions in cricket does not mean much when u are playing against maybe 5% of the world.

As for AFL, i like the sport as it has a good combination tomake it interesting. However Aussies are obsessed by it and they degrade football/soccer. They call football a game for 'sheilas, wogs and poofters' but there is a lot of skill and fitness involved. AFL is definetly a tougher sport with all the body contact but worldwide it does not compete.

But things are changing in some respects, football is getting a lot more coverage and will grow. AFL will be comepting but will be okay, it is a unique game and will have a lot of support.

Cricket is ok but too damm slow and sometimes boring.

What gets me is the negative attitude the skips have to football and basketball which are the 2 most popular sports in the world.