Truth is stranger than friction by Michael Shepherd

The joy of truth isthat it can be funnier, crazier, than fiction.On September 16 the refereesuspended a football matchfollowing complaints by the spectatorsthat the players on bothmulticultural or should I saymultiracial teamshad been racially abusing each otherwith terms like 'black bastard'a player corrected this, explainingthat it wasn't racial abuse but'sledging' - to put offplayers from kicking penalties etc.: 'Sure it was abuse, but therewas no racism'well that's alright then, after allit's a multi, er, cultural societyand the tackling was clean andgood sportsmanship sorta