It’s always good to keep an open mind when reading the work of authors with whom you generally disagree. So I’m happy to note how thoroughly I agree with this excerpt from Miranda Devine’s column today.
Mick Jagger, at 62, is just four years younger than John Howard – exactly, as they share a birthday on July 26. But, fit though he is, it would be impossible to imagine the Prime Minister gyrating his pelvis on stage in skin-tight black leather pants, left nipple exposed, with the Rolling Stones at Telstra Stadium on Tuesday night. Nor could you see him sipping mineral water with the hipsters at Ruby Rabbit on Oxford Street on Monday night.
The very idea is quite off-putting.
I’m glad I already had my breakfast …
I’ve been to Ruby Rabbbit once, a friend had some pass and got us in. I knew it was kinda exclusive but didn’t realise it was such a hip joint. Didn’t like the atmosphere, too noisy and claustrophobic
eeew! I just finished my breakfast and suddenly am feeling quite unsettled!
Why?
Why did she feel the need to even make that comparison?
My comment crossed with yours Jason. Interesting that we were both concerned about our breakfasts.
Maybe it’s her secret fantasy?
eeewwwwww!
Thank you Kim, you have succeeded in breaking my procrastination break. Back to reading about water privatisation for me.
You’re all being dreadfully unkind. I’d kinda like to see the poor little guy break out and do something totally uncharacteristic.
Especially today.
What… like tell the truth?
I also went to Ruby Rabbit for a press do once and I felt intimidated by the coolness of it all. I remember they served nice finger food but it was a bit stuffy. I cannot imagine Mick Jagger being there.
Stuffy as in hot and airless, not uncool, obvs.
What… like tell the truth?
Exactly.
Aieeeee! That image is burned into my brain. It just reinforces my opinion that reading Miranda is bad for you.
The Devine one also said,
Through (plastic surgery)efforts and good genes there are increasingly women of 55 who are so “hot” they compete with women of 35 for men their age, often winning because the men like the fact there is no pressure to have babies. This is hardly fair to those who came after the boomers.
Now, hands up any of you who know any 55 year old women with 35 year old boyfriends? No? Maybe one over there? right. “Increasingly” – I love it. No need for facts of course. But I can’t help thinking such things might well abound in a world as weird as Miranda’s circle of friends. And she’s grossed out by Mick Jagger’s nipple. Doesn’t make any sense.
Well, I’m almost as grossed-out by the image invoked as I am by agreeing on anything with that poisonous harpy. I’m frankly surprised she found it off-putting to think about.
Anyway, The Rat would be a keyboard player, in my book.
Hmmm, well, how about Beazer and Howard wearing leather pants and playing in a rock band.
And the girls go…………………..well, not wild really, just kind of creeped out.
I also find it impossible to imagine the Prime Minister Julia Gillard gyrating her pelvis on stage in skin-tight black leather pants, left nipple exposed….as for ginger rogers…
I find it impossible to imagine Mick Jagger wearing one of John Howard’s great big pairs of white underpants.
I’m making my own 35 year old bloke. I only need a few more parts but I hadn’t thought of skintight black leather pants, sorry that would be skintight black vinyl pants for this vego.
Thinking of my imaginary 35er is the only way I can erase the image of JHo.
Everyone seems to have missed the obvious point: that it’s impossible imagining Howard doing this at any age. Howard at 25 gyrating on stage with his left nipple exposed? I think not. Which of course means that the only reason that worthless shitbag Devine is mentioning Howard in this context is to somehow imply, rather than being a boring and viciously right-wing bastard, he’s actually cooler than the Rolling Stones. When will people learn not to read Miranda Devine? In summation, I can’t resist linking to this pic of Johnnie.
The hipsters. Right well we all have to be seen sipping mineral water with the………HIPSTERS.
For Petes sakes. Give it a break. Call them posers instead. Howard wouldn’t be caught dead talking to that crowd. I’d have to bring a book myself. And there can be nothing quite so pointless as sipping mineral water. Unless its that Thai mineral water with Quinine in it its a waste of time and unspeakably foolish to be guzzling water at 1000 times the cost of tap water. What are these people so “with it’ about.
I suspect that under scrutiny they wouldn’t really prove to be all that ‘with it’ at all. Howard would do well to not waste his time.
Thanks for the photo interbreeding. the rodent suits Lavender….