Small Beer

The majority of people wouldn’t go out of their way to sling insults based on someone’s nationality but when it comes to the friendly rivalry of The Ashes cricket test, the Poms are fair game.

And in the spirit of fun (at least we think it’s fun) the British People Against Racial Discrimination has complained to the Advertising Standard’s Council about beer brewer Toohey’s latest advertisement which describes their ‘super cold’ beer as a ‘Pom’s worst nightmare’.

The complaint is the use of the word Pom to describe denizens of the Old Dart.

We believe the complaint is actually a psychological tactic by the Poms to focus attention away from their less than stellar performance in the first test in Brisbane.

We cite as evidence the following remarks by British People Against Racial Discrimination’s spokesman David Thomason:
"These songs that the Aussie supporters sing talk about we can't get near you because of your smell, your body odour, your bad breath, your buck teeth, your whingeing, have you got some soap," he said.
"The worst you hear from the Barmy Army is that Aussies are sheep shaggers and you all live in a penal colony."