Rhonda Anderson wrote:
> guardian Snow > wrote

>> On Jun 9, 10:44 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Does Gordon have PR? I guess this is their way of excusing his
>>> verbal assault on that female reporter in Australia.
>>>
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525334,00.html

>> Verbal assault? I find it interesting how hypocritical the
>> Australian press is. Every week on "Good News Week" the host (Paul
>> McDermott) shreds people of every walk of life, especially
>> Christians and never a word is said about it. Gordon Ramsey cracks
>> a JOKE about a "news reader" and the Prime Minister gets involved?
>>
>> Americans (or as they call us on free to air television in Australia
>> "Yanks") are usually a favored target in the media. Australians just
>> can't handle a non-Australian making a joke about one of their own...
>
> You know, Good News Week is a comedy current affairs show which
> features quite a bit of satire. You expect that people are going to
> get "shredded", and as a fairly regular watcher I can't say that I've
> noticed that Christians are more targeted than any other group.
>
> Gordon Ramsay isn't a comic, he's not a satirist, he was appearing at
> a food and wine show, as a celebrity chef, and presenting to an
> audience there because they were interested in his food, his
> cookbooks etc. If the reports in the paper are accurate he showed a
> picture of a woman with a pig's face and multiple breasts -
> regardless of who he compared that to, what on earth did it have to
> do with cooking??? Why would he even think of showing that??

I guess he came prepared, or he just habitually carries around pictures
like that in the event it might come in handy.

> And really - calling someone a pigwoman? How is that funny - what was
> the punch line? Where was the joke exactly? Is there some porcine
> connection with the woman in question that I'm unaware of?

I don't know what the history is, but it seems like something that would
be killer hilarious in the 5th grade boys bathroom.

nancy