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Living and Dying cultural icons of Our Time
by budgie Tuesday, Sep 11 2007, 2:26pm
national / miscellaneous / commentary

A story by ninemsn staff reporters of a visit to Oz of fading porn ‘star,’ Jenna Jameson -- no she’s not here to cop a battering from every stray 'sav' in town; she’s buying a bloody dress in Perth. Jameson, a bovine-breasted ‘blonde’ fuck-bucket, has probably seen more dicks than most women dream of in their wildest fantasies. But bovine blondes do nothing for me – my preferences lean more toward exotic Asian dolls – which allows me ample distance for a hopefully unbiased treatment of this odd ‘news piece!’

For some (Freudian) reason the aging American porn star reminded me of a local cultural icon, the ‘battered sav!’ This icon also invokes a local slang expression, ‘fair suck of the sav!’ It would seem that the humble sav (saveloy sausage) has gained far more prominence in the local cultural consciousness than its humble demeanour would suggest, but why/how? For me it remains a mystery!

The sav is a very cheap (and nasty) sausage that once adorned food (drip) trays in every fish and chip shop in the land. Who could forget the once familiar order of ‘a zack o’ chips and a battered sav?’ [Memories!]

Well, as a result of the American fast food invasion most young Aussies have forgotten the humble battered sav altogether -- blame mass marketing and the Oz cultural cringe for the death of a beach goers lunch and local icon.

It is therefore fitting that a burnt-out American porn star comes to a land that continues to forfeit and replace its values, 'sacred' icons and cultural heritage with everything yank!'

The (cringing) need to accept inferior American products/values has resulted in the demise of a humble Australian icon, the battered sav! We note, however, it has been REPLACED by the suitably American named, 'pancho pup' -- 'fair suck o' the sav!’ [Give me an even break.]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=295203