Monday, December 18, 2006

Today is a day for lots of fake quotes ('this' is an 'example' of what I 'mean' by 'fake quotes'). I read an interesting article about an Indian runner who won the silver medal at the recent Asian Games. Apparently, this runner was stripped of 'her' medal when 'she' failed the 'gender test.' Failed the gender test? (How bad of a student do you have to be to fail the gender test?)

Apparently, there was a 'panel' who decided this person wasn't 'enough' of a 'woman' to compete with other women; though they stopped short of calling her a man (though I think it was completely implied that she was a 'man'; they said she had 'too many' y-chromosomes to compete with the women). Who was on this 'panel', you ask. Well, there was a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist and internal medicine specialist.

In case anyone from the International Association of Athletics Federation is tuning in at home: YOU'RE OVERDOING IT WITH THE PANEL; anyone who's lived on a farm can tell the difference between a 'doodle' and a 'hoo hoo'.

P.S. For any out there who might be taking offense at my use of 'doodle' and 'hoo hoo', I apologize; Sarah made me write them.

P.P.S. I'll leave it up to you to decide which is which.

P.P.P.S. Read the story here.

3 comments:

Sarah said...

Just for clarification, I would never tell Max to write those particular words....

Max said...

But, oddly enough, she did anyway.

Anonymous said...

yes i am quite confused about the doodle and hoo hoo.....WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT GENDER TEST?!?!?! DO I PASS?