Was Woy Wong?

the playing mantis

imo its a case of nothing to see here and not worth for discussion, yet as some in the media seem to think it is lets what you lot think. i agwee with wod liddle for once in the sunday times.

morstar

all depends on whether you take the monkey reference to be because he is black or whether in an accurate interpretation of the joke, the monkey is the skilled worker and it has absolutely nothing to do with race.

The player himself seems happy. Muddy waters, but the joke would have no connotations if the monkey was a white person.

DeVlaeminck

You can see how it got misinterpreted - apparently he didn't tell the joke just said "feed the monkey" - then when someone said wtf he told the joke to explain the context. Either that or he really is a racist and got himself out of the biggest hole imaginable by inventing some rubbish about astronauts and monkeys.

finchy

The Sun are still mad that he got the job instead of The People's Choice 'Arry so they're stirring up a load of crap.

ballysmate

Don't know what the fuss was about - it was an albino monkey.

team47b

The first ever monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 mi) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.

Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949 after a parachute failure. Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 mi) - past the Kármán line of 100 km taken to designate the beginning of space.

Albert III died at 35,000 feet (10.7 km) in an explosion of his V2 on September 16, 1949.

Albert IV on the last monkey V2 flight died on impact on December 8 that year after another parachute failure. His flight reached 130.6 km.

So why did they keep on picking monkeys called Albert? :shock:

ballysmate

Family tradition.
Albert said, 'My dad was an astronaut. If it was good enough for him, it is good enough for me' Besides, his dad wanted him to learn a trade.

pinno

team47b wrote:

The first ever monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 mi) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.

Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949 after a parachute failure. Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 mi) - past the Kármán line of 100 km taken to designate the beginning of space.

Albert III died at 35,000 feet (10.7 km) in an explosion of his V2 on September 16, 1949.

Albert IV on the last monkey V2 flight died on impact on December 8 that year after another parachute failure. His flight reached 130.6 km.

So why did they keep on picking monkeys called Albert? :shock:

Educashun, educayshaun, educashion...

You're at it again T47 - this bunch of plebs are unedu..unedew...un f*ck it - stoopid.

arran77

Is Woy Wong related to Jimmy Wong from my local Chinese take away?

the playing mantis

think u got the wong name.

arran77

Must have got the wong Wong then

It's when you get your Wangs and your Wongs wong that you're in trouble.