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not what I would call a zoot suit.. but ..

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Aerial pingpong.
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Hmmm ... I suppose that might be what they normally look like Zurt, but the ones I saw (now remembering there were two of them) were wearing FULL white suits with black shirts, black shoes, white ties, white hats and sunglasses, and they didn't have flags. They did this weird sort of pointing that was reminiscient of the ZZ Top point, but forward instead of sideways. Am I making any sense at all?
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Goal Umpire - Only one at each end of the field. The goal umpires are the official score keepers who signal goals and behinds and work in tandem with the boundary umpires when the ball goes out of play near the goal posts. Goal umpires signal scores either by raising their arms in front of them at waist height, using one for a behind and two for a goal. After a score the goal umpires at both ends wave flags to confirm the score. After each quarter the umpires check their scores and if they agree with the score on the board they wave their flags to the timekeepers. Goal umpires traditionally wore a white suit and coat. Two goal umpires at each end have been suggested and trialled at times to reduce errors of judgement.

AFL umpires have traditionally worn all-white uniforms, which has resulted in spectators widely using the phrase "white maggot" as a part of typical umpire abuse (e.g. "Open your eyes, you white maggot!").[1] In modern football (since about 2003), AFL umpires wear different coloured uniforms depending on which teams are playing, thereby avoiding potential clashes between similar jersey colours (referred to as "jumper clashes"). Despite this, the phrase "white maggot" is still used colloquially to both refer to and abuse AFL umpires. Occasionally, it is also jocularly modified to be "yellow maggot", "red maggot" or "green maggot", depending on the colour of the uniform that the umpire is wearing on that particular day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rules

http://www.footy.com.au/dags/FAQ1v1-5.html for typical goal umpire clothing.
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