Disgusting, that sort of thing, you know?
Think of Monty Python's Graham Chapman dressed up as an army major, complaining about anything that doesn't seem to match his regimented ideals. Daft, isn't it? So funny to watch. This kind of person doesn't exist anymore, he's straight out of another age. We are more open minded and tolerant these days, aren't we?
Er, no.
Unfortunately the traditional stuffed shirt still exists and he and his pals are of course firmly ensconced in positions of power. This week, Citroen Rally Champ Sebastien Loeb fell foul of the Rallying authorities simply because he hasn't had a haircut for a while. The head of the WRC commission, Morrie Chandler and Surinder Thatthi, chairman of the Confederation of African Countries in Motorsport, have both condemned his 'scruffy' appearance. Thatthi was upset that Loeb was "Unshaven, scruffy looking and with unkept hair". Chandler goes as far as saying that sportsmen such as Loeb, "...are an insult to real males."
In Loeb's defence I defy even a 'real male' to emerge from driving a rally for several days looking anything other than unshaven, scruffy looking and with unkept hair! Unless of course the driver keeps a hairbrush, eyeliner and a bit of lippy in his handbag by the side of him at all times...
I leave you now with a picture of a real man, Mr Chandler. A man that even Australians would admire. May I introduce the chain smoking, lady chasing, hard drinking, long haired, scruffy looking, F1 Championship winning, Mr James Hunt!
