Women’s
sports in India are finding their toughest match taking place off-the-field and
against an opponent that isn’t easily defeated — Helios, son of Hyperion
and Theia (a.k.a. the sun).
The AFP reports that the captain of the Indian women’s cricket team says that the advancement of female sports is severely hindered by cultural aversion to dark-skinned brides.
“Most of the Indian men want to have a bride with a fair skin,” said captain Mamta Maben to the AFP. “Because of Indian men’s concept of beauty, so many talented players do not take up cricket because it is a gruelling sport and you are out in the sun for at least seven to eight hours.”
The much-maligned sun, which has been linked to everything from famine to skin cancer, replied with its usual foul-mouthed irreverence.
“I couldn‘t give a flying f**k about them Indian cricket b***hes. That’s right, I called them b***hes,” said the sun. “And once you puny humans destroy the ozone layer, you will all become my b***hes.”
What a jerk. Luckily, its comeuppance are in the works. Scientists expect the hot-tempered sun to burn out in 4-5 billion years. Then we’ll see who’s the b***h.
AFP/Yahoo!: Male desire for fair-skinned brides stumps women’s cricket in
India
NASA: What keeps the sun burning?
I watched a total solar eclipse in London a few years back and in the middle of it started chanting “The Gods, they are angry with us, we have offended them” to much general hilarity amongst the assembled English office workers.
The sun is very arrogant but at the same time she can be nice when setting. So on balance, I would say the sun can be a bitch, but at the same time, she can also be lovely and kind and sexy, very beautiful when she turns all the clouds pink and purple when she rests down in the west.