Beware the Aussie women, indeed.
Elle MacPherson and her famous strut suspension.
Posted on 03/07/2006 5:47:44 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
KEEP away from Australian women, Ugandan athletes heading for the Commonwealth Games have been told.
The warning, from Ugandan sports chief Denis Mugabo, follows the laying of rape charges against a Ugandan athlete at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Prosecutors later dropped the charges against Ugandan swimmer Joe Atuhaire, 22, who had been accused of having sexual intercourse without consent with a 17-year-old Sydney girl during the Games.
"Keep away from the Australian women or else you will end up in prisons like the Ugandan swimmer during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games," Mr Mugabo, director of the Ugandan ministry of education and sports, told departing athletes.
Arrested in Adelaide and extradited to Sydney, Atuhaire was granted bail but had to remain in Australia while the rest of the Ugandan team left the country after the Olympics.
Prosecutors failed to prove the charge against him, Mr Mugabo said.
But he said: "The government of Uganda and Ugandans at large were embarrassed by the incident and we are not ready to entertain another one of that kind."
The caution came as officials farewelled 14 Ugandan team members heading for Melbourne, where the Commonwealth Games open next week.
As well as warning the athletes about Australian girls, Mr Mugabo also told them not to get involved in drinking alcohol.
Among the Ugandan sportsmen who left for Australia today were four boxers and 10 rugby players.
Atuhaire, from Kampala, swam in the heats for the 100m breaststroke during the Sydney Games but failed to qualify. He was the slowest of 65 competitors.
That is probably good advice for any athletes and any girls.
Only the feminist types. Then again, they're offended by most things...
You could see that one coming a mile away.
Beware the Aussie women, indeed.
Elle MacPherson and her famous strut suspension.
That's because they're not sheilas.
I did the Southern Gentleman thing on R&R in '68, she ripped my clothes off and wanted to bear my kids, Oz is a strange place, at that time.
Shelia schmelia.You get this big sweaty "person" all next to you and what oh what may happen.Women ,girls just want what they want.Sure they'll get the "vapors" while their guy goes off and gets shot up.Very naive and available later amongst brutes. Some.
Traveling in a fried-out Kombie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
I don't know about them being offended but the very first time I heard the expression, I knew exactly what it meant and I've never even been to Australia.
It pops an image into my mind and I get it.
Bottom line: Don't do stupid things in other peoples houses.
Noodles: First two words, and your closing sentence. Them's I unnerstand. Everythin in between, WTF?
Dasher: "Don't touch the booze or the women" What's the point of travelling then!?
I think that is good advice to all women: Stay away from Ugandans!
Only the feminist types. Then again, they're offended by most things...
You are familar with the origin of the term, are you not? Sort of interesting. This site gives a pretty decent description: http://www.members.tripod.com/~taramc/sheelas.html The Wikipedia article is pretty good, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila-na-gig
I can't imagine why self-respecting woman would be offended by being called a sheila./sarc
Fair point you raise.
BTW, what's with all the reading in of meanings to the term "sheila"?
A sheila is a woman. A bloke is a man. Very straight forward.
Frankly, your term "sheila" is better than our term, "chick." If you think about it.
That's just wrong.
I'm not familiar with the term "no beer". Please explain.
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