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Mephisto2 · 08-18-2004, 11:55 AM

You have got to love the Australian smart-ass attitude...

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Battle of the sexists
By Andrew Hornery with Bonnie Malkin
August 19, 2004

The theme is team bonding, the dress code "inappropriate" for 400 women attending the 12th annual Ernie awards for sexist behaviour at NSW Parliament House tonight.

"We are thinking Willie Mason wigs, board shorts, thongs and fishnet stockings - any excuse to get into those fishnets for the girls," the awards organiser and Legislative Council president Meredith Burgmann, top, said. The theme was inspired by the Bulldogs footballers' casual dress worn for a visit to police after rape allegations.

Note to American readers. In Australia "thongs" are what you would probably call "flip flops". Simple sandles that are held to your foot by a loop over the big toe. NOT g-strings....

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The sporting mysogynists were out in force last year and yet they may be beaten to the Gold Ernie by the chefs.

A taste of their offerings comes from restaurateur Luke Mangan, second from top, who said of Danish princess Mary Donaldson: "She's got some natural class about her. She's not one of those Aussie bimbos."

The culinary category has now become more permanent, fused with the clerical division simply because the trophy up for grabs is in the shape of a fish. "The chefs have made a move," Burgmann said. "The ministers have stopped saying terrible things and the chefs have moved in, in a big way."

Despite a record 100-plus entries, Burgmann contends: "Men are getting better - or the really bad ones are dying."

Those at the dinner will vote this year on whether to name the award for Boys Behaving Better after the Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes, who took his mum to the Brownlow Medal dinner.

"We always love blokes who are nice to their mums," said Burgmann. Check Saturday's Sauce column for the winners.

The nominees are ...

The Elaine (remark least helpful to the sisterhood, named in honour of Elaine Nile): The Sydney Swifts coach, Julie Fitzgerald, who said when Marilyn Melhuish became president of Netball Australia: "She's not like one of those old bags who's been around netball for years."

Media mouths

Tooheys' print ad for its beer showing four male Wallabies barrackers with the sign: "Boys, if you win you can have our sisters."

Radio's Alan Jones: "I have the view that people ought to decide for themselves who should be members of their clubs. If they don't want to have women, well, who cares? Go somewhere else.'

The Australian Idol judge Ian Dickson told Paulini Curuenavuli to "choose more appropriate clothing or shed a few pounds".

The Herald's Miranda Devine: "The fatal flaw of The Stepford Wives ... is that Nicole Kidman plays an urban power-bitch so well you can quite understand why her husband and kids would want to replace her with a robot."

Parliament's players

The federal Liberal MP Ross Cameron: "If my constituents want to vote for a great family man, they should probably vote for the other guy." (The ALP candidate is a woman)

Federal Labor backbencher Graeme Edwards, who called the Veterans Affairs Minister, Danna Vale, a "flip-flop floozy".

The Liberal MP Malcolm Kerr called the assistant planning minister, Diane Beamer, "sweetheart" in the Legislative Assembly.

Warney's warriors

There are 13 "Warney" hopefuls:

Pat Cash blamed singer Delta Goodrem when Mark Philippoussis was bundled out of the Australian Open in an early round, saying: "It looked like he was up all night doing whatever ... getting busy."

During the abuse scandal, Brisbane Broncos' Darren Lockyer said: "You know, St George, they won 11 premierships with one Raper, imagine how many Canterbury are going to win."

Collingwood's president, Eddie Maguire, may get disqualified for trying too hard with his view that football has as many "predator women" as men.

LINK: http://smh.com.au/spike/index.html

I love the fact that they are holding this in Parliament House. And the whole idea of simply "taking the piss" out of sexist celebrities is pretty funny.

As long as they don't get too out of hand, and make sure to have some dinner ready later... :-)

Mr Mephisto