Do we really need commentary from pollies on every issue in the news? If they want to go down this path, they should start a blog.
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Oh, good, I wasn’t the only one snorting into my metaphorical cornflakes reading that.
These two fiscal clowns are the custodians of the country’s soul, Mark. Don’t you forget it.
That’s what being in Government means; it’s being able to use the national media as your blog! You get to write down all your half baked ideas without telling the wife kids or parents and put them into the public sphere and you don’t even need to install Movable Type! Just ask John Anderson.
They were both being interviewed on radio and were responding to questions. What does Howard say - “It’s beneath my Prime Ministerial dignity to respond to questions about Kylie Minogue?” It sounds like the sort of PR strategy employed by Mark Latham last Xmas….
The Costello interview with Sally “What about the children?!” Loane on ABC 702 was surreal. Sally was on a crusade about George Gregan’s vile, drug-crazed coffee testimonial and the question of ecstasy and cocaine came up. Costello offered that he was puzzled as to how ecstasy might enhance one’s sporting performance and asked Sally how that worked. Sally said she didn’t know. I switched to Lawsie for a much more cerebral discourse.
If they used it as a platform to announce something worthwhile it would help. For instance - if the PM’s sympathy for Kylie was translated into more funding for breast cancer research.
That caffeine story is a dream come true for Loane — the opportunity to crap on about rugby yawnion AND indulge in some moralistic hand wringing all at the same time. She is loving it.
Would the Minister for Darlene Policy please stand up.
Journalists should restrain themselves from asking primary school type questions. Howard’s and Costello’s views on pop stars and sports are about as meaningful as Alec Baldwin’s or Noam Chomsky’s on foreign policy.
At least it’s not all about Schapelle (yes I do feel sorry for her but I’m sick to death of hearing what the PM thinks about it) Corby (and if I’m a hard-hearted bitch so be it but what about all those other Aussies in prison overseas) affair.
Actually, I’d love to know the opinion of Abbott or Costello (or any pollie for that matter) or such subjects as Kylie’s duplicitous boob, Braith Anasta going to Union, has Hotdogs shaving his tash killed his chances of victory in the BB house, Thorpie’s ultra-sad turd-balanced-on-me head hairstyle, is Missy Higgins a lesbian and other matters. The results are often hilarious…
What’s the bet Costello goes on Rove soon? Since Howard won’t.
He’s done Kerri-Anne, Rove is a cert..but he’ll have no snake holding in his contract
Do I care what Costello thinks about Kylie’s boobs? I’d actually rather not go there.
(Is Missy Higgins a lesbian? A real one or an OC one? I’m so out of touch. And Thorpie really has gone down a whole new ‘homeless chic’ route with his current ‘do and facial hair stylings.)
Thorpie’s hair is so straw-like at the moment I fear he will the face of Advanced Hair Studio circa 2015.
“Treasurer Costello, what is your opinion on that?”
“Hey, Hey”
With apologies to kids with bad haircuts, I guess it’s slightly better than reading to kids with a bad haircut and nobody wants your opinion on these matters.
And what of Costello greeting the opening bars of “Working Class Man” with the acknowledgement that he “loves The Boss”? Even Loane knew that it was Jimmy, not Bruce……
“John Howard says all Australians feel shocked and saddened by news pop star Kylie Minogue has breast cancer.”
He keeps making these stupid statements that’s only effect is to patronise the Australian public. Im sure as hell not “shocked and saddened”, yet he presumes to speak for me, as usual.
Sally Loane makes me puke. I have an unbelievable amount of bile for that tipsy lightweight.
According the the first issue of the JJJ magazine, Missy Higgins discusses bisexuality. So I guess she’s an OC lesbian. But I haven’t read it yet, so I’m unable to enlighten you. We’ll probably find out when John Anderson comments.
She mentioned it at a gig once (being lez) and also she had a deep and meaningful with a friend of mine (no not A. Vanstone), and mentioned she dabbles. However, when she went to LA recently (almost the OC but not quite) on a ‘promote aussie music junket’ she was spotted with tongue down man’s throat. Or at least that’s what Kofi Annan said on Lateline…
Missy Higgins is no Sarah Blasko.
OK, but is Sarah Blasko lesbian? She is so hotness right now.
what does Costello have against caffeine? It’s a work ethic drug, which is of course why it’s never been banned by governments
She is so hotness right now.
Sarah Blasko was on the Glass House the other night. She looked bemused by how unfunny they’ve become. But she is the hotness, there’s no doubt about that.
Swimming pool water makes the hair go bad.
Laura, if you’re spam, you’re very well disguised. If not, you just gotta explain the route by which you arrived at this particular post and at least something of the meaning of the comment. Too weird for a Sunday afternoon after a coupla beers…
I probably am spam - how could one ever find out? - but Tony, I was thinking very specifically about poor much-maligned Ian Thorpe, who I have reason to believe is a regular lurker at LP, and if he has given up the battle against chlorine, it’s only because he’s got better things to do with his life.
And when I found the post it was at the top of the recent comments rota. I know it looks like it took me months to think of something to contribute to the conversation, but this one time only that’s not actually correct.
Laura, this can all be fixed: stop drinking the swimming pool water.
The joys of LP
So, Zoe - is Laura spam
Or Missy Higgins?
A coupla beers
Many purple hours gone
I call it BlogChoice
No doubt the key to the mystery is that a spam comment popped up before being removed by a moderator and pushed this post back to the discussion sidebar prompting Laura to make a comment.
Sorry for being prosaic.
Laura certainly is not spam.
Thank God for Missy,
Her lipsnigerism
Always amuses.
Without the comments
That return all the year ’round
I’d have to do work.
Where would interweb
Discourses and repartee
Be without deadlines?
Spam does seem to have one use: resurrecting old threads. This one’s not quite in the league of Missy Higgins’ Lesbotic Lipsnigering or the Fleshy Object thread, but obviously not for want of trying.
“Larva Rodeo: playing the greatest hits of today, August and, erm, May!”
P.S. Haiku Hoges, lift your game. [4/6/5],[5/5/5],[5/7/5 - OK],[4/6/5].
A/coup/l/a/beers=5
Ma/ny/pur/ple/hour/s/gone=7
I/Call/it/blog/choice=5
…
Thank/God/for/Mis/sy=5
Her/lip/sni/ger/is/m=6*
al/ways/am/us/es=5
…
Where/would/in/ter/web=5
dis/cour/ses/and/rep/ar/tee=7
be/with/out/dead/lines=5
*OK fine you got me, but in my defence I’ve never vocalised the word before, and probably never will.
Statler. That’s all I’m gonna say.
Mark’s being prosaic
Liam’s being poetic
Fyodor’s being pedantic
And I’m being idiotic
Not another frantic catalectic antic?
speaking of pedantic: haiku don’t have to be exactly 5/7/5 in Japanese and certainly not in English. However, Haiku Hoges and Fyo-San take note: they must include a reference to the weather or the seasons (a kigo) to be a proper haiku.
Anything less is punishable by mandatory hara kiri performed by sumo to an audience of sumptuous geisha, usually during tsunami season.
As an example:
Snow falls in dirty street
Is Missy Higgins lesbian?
A thousand thoughts churn
Just to be pedantic, Leinad (if that is your real name, Jack), it’s seppuku. Hara kiri is vulgar. Also, I count 19 syllables [6/8/5]. I stand ready to serve as your “assistant” if you haven’t the guts to complete the task ahead of you.
My totals are the same as the good Count. I think we can ask the booth captains call in the numbers to the tally room. Leniad, good campaign, but the people have spoken.
Haiku, seppuku,
Miniatures not worth a fret
Mirko will free you.
Hmmm, seasons eh?
…
A barren wasteland
Cricket on television
Bring back the footy!
right that’s it Liam. Hand in your passport, you are being deported for being unAustralian and not liking cricket. That will be $11000 please, and the two guards would appreciate some spending money for Disneyland as well.
‘Count Fyodor’ (perhaps that should be ‘Read’ Fyodor? if being a condescending twit is wrong I don’t want to be right!) while attempting another ever-so-blase off-the-cuff post on the run has again outdone himself in spurious misrepresentation, neccessitating a regulation Three Paragraph Demolition by the relevant qualified authority (that’s me, in case you frabjous, feeble Wets were wondering).
He would do better to read Jack Strocchi Leinad’s post where he explicitly stated that the 5/7/5 to which he clings with forlorn hope, much as Arthur Callwell’s ALP clung to their desperate claims to be Cultural-Economic guardians of …
[insert rambling and totally irrelevant paragraph about the ALP/DLP split, Daniel Mannix, the role of the Protestant work ethic as the backbone of the social fibre of the three pillars of Helleno-Semetic-Latin values (Seriously, Jack - put an ancient Greek, a Roman and a Hebrew in a room together and you don’t get Western Civilisation. You get a bloodbath) and anything else Strocchi cares to mention here]
In summary, Fyodor, note the bit where I said strict 5/7/5 didn’t apply in Japanese haiku and hence definately doesn’t apply to English haiku? Yeah. That one. Here’s your wakizashi, try not to get it all over the tatami, I had it washed last week. I’m just gonna go round to the pebble garden to meditate. If you need any help, just cry out.
I prefer Graf Fyodor.
Just being a Prussian…