South African radio plays prank on Australian team
On the morning of the Twenty20 match last Friday, many of the Australian cricketers were woken by prank calls before dawn by a local FM-radio station disc jockey. Pretending to be family members, the DJ was put through to 8 of the 13 players (impressive success rate). Once put through, they mimicked sheep noises over the phone. Clever stuff.
This makes more sense when you consider South Africans joke about Australians and sheep the same way we do about New Zealanders. You'd think after all the trouble they'd got to getting through to the player's rooms, they'd have come up with something wittier than 'baaaa'. I actually find the whole incident strangely comforting - it always demystifies a different culture when you find similarities with your own. It turns out Radio DJ's are as banal and moronic in South Africa as they are here in Australia.
| Posted by JC on Mon 27 Feb |  2 comments |
hey cmon im a dj too.....yea but i agree i wd have snorted though.......frm experience nothing like a snort to get the curses outta peoples mouths
Posted by ramya on 2006-03-02 03:03:56
Posted by ramya on 2006-03-02 03:03:56
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