One of the kinder terms at your disposal.
Edwina Bartholemew (2GB): Do you know who the Prime Minister is?
Small child: I don't know...John Howard?
Edwina Bartholemew: Not any more.
Small child: We used to call John Howard a poo-man. My mummy said it, and then I said it, at home.
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Not much, but then it's Friday. And it pleased me greatly. Enjoy your weekend, folks.
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It should be profound, thoughtful, witty, reflective and earth shattering.
Frankly it was just poo-house.
If the tale of a child calling Howard a shit head is the best you can come up with, how do you expect to compete with the "Best and Brightest" this weekend?
Your diminishing standards make Kevin cry.
Not sure what to train her to do with Big Kev?
I never had standards to begin with, mr. or ms. barstardo. You must have me confused with someone else.
@Jobee: Isn't Big Kev dead? I can't believe they still have him pimping his wares on Good Morning Australia. Is he an animated corpse or do they operating him with Strings ala Weekend at Burnies? "I'm excited" indeed.
Although I'm sure Her Royal Cateness will make some form of submission in regards to more funding for theatre, or something to that effect, could you actually request LESS funding for any production of a David Williamson play featuring a former cast member of Blue Heelers?
Thanks. I didn't know who else to ask =Þ
elbastrado = EPIC FAIL!
are you a wee bit confused by it per chance?
As far as “why you think anybody owes you one fucking neutron of anything at all” well I’m just getting in touch with my Leftie side of course. Peace my lovers.
Not at all. That picture was hotlinked on my old hard drive and I no longer have access to it. It was never a conscious decision.
Those interested in posts other than ones involving naked breasts may note that previously hotlinked images have also disappeared into the ether, rendering certain pieces relatively unreadable or even less amusing than first intended.
1.) Being a responsible young, male driver gets you nowhere. I've got to pay through the nose for the hoons and get no rewards for having a clean record since 18. I may as well have written my car off several times by now, I'm tempted to run over a pregnant lady to get my money's worth on the exorbitant third-party cover. What about providing an incentive by REWARDING young drivers with falling insurance prices should you prove that you can drive for years without causing trouble?
2.) This country needs to invest more heavily in intellectual capital. Pay teachers more (take it off the pollies who should be working for the passion and power), don't leave tertiary education to fleece international students as their only means of income, put more money into science without the caveat and control of government sanctioned "strategic research areas" and invest in our institutions like museums, botanic gardens, libraries.
3.) Re-distribution of wealth. I think I'm slowly realizing I'm a commie. Is there someone I can see to get this diagnosed?
4.) Legalization of naturally-occurring strong psychedelics. And lets get those in power on them. I wanna see Rupert Murdoch or Morris Iemma feel good about themselves after a deep, hard, introspective mescaline trip.
Thanks for the rant. Maybe I should get my own blog?
I applaud your endeavour to bring us back 'on topic', funkycold. Well done.
At least she left us alone for 5 mins while she was hassling you!
Kind regards, friend of the sweatband-it.
PS the Henderson kids is still my all time favorite show!
Michael: RE point 3.) and your concerns at being a Communist. I fear you may suffer from some form of Psychosis and need urgent help. However, as this is a Mental Health Issue you're pissing upstream my good man.
Hmm I think there's something else in there for 20/20... but we'll just address the Williamson Issue for the time being :D
I apologise for the derailing that my actions have caused on this Blog.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of my off topic posts and their descendants I say sorry.
--Mr Shitstain.
I'm A poo man (horns) da da da...da da da.
Well it worked in my head
I don't think this is a case of partental encouragement at all. I think they went the whole hog.
I really think people in this country need to be made aware of the fact that oil is not an endless source of energy. It sounds so simple, but clearly so many are not getting it.
/ concientious citizenry.
1. What about providing an incentive by REWARDING young drivers with falling insurance prices should you prove that you can drive for years without causing trouble?
Already happens when you turn 25 sonny Mike, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET ANY MONEY BACK.
BTW Insurance execs are poo-men.
Particularly Ornery Obloquy?
Perniciously Onerous Oligarch?
Perfunctory Oleaginous Orifice?
That I have finally had opportunity to apply the word oleaginous is a joy for which I can find no words.
the minister for tourism, ladies and gentlemen! he sure attracted me. he kind of looks like my best friend's mum...only nicer. that woman's a bitch and enjoys such things as making herself a myspace profile ("karen, 19, australia" is pretty much the extent of its contents) and accusing me of being a bad influence when her hungover daughter doesn't go to church while in my company. but that's another story...
ps- i sat next to a boy on the train this morning who (i hope) was impersonating you and dools impersonating naughty corey. if he wasn't...well, the story is that much more entertaining.
First cats, then pigs now crabs? (You can get a good cream for that.) All creatures great and small. LOL
First album I ever bought (Loc-ed After Dark). Truesy!
don't hold back - blurt out whatever's on your mind.
hope you don't have some poo-man or poo-woman in your group who is only there to hear the sound of their voice.
Though your average Bunnings Hardware store-manager can.
"The hardware chain Bunnings confirmed it had reduced bag usage by 99 per cent by imposing a charge, and was moving to an outright ban."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/bottle-inquiry-no-plastic-bag-deal/2008/04/17/1208025380966.html
Now, do you remember this?
"COAG also made a major breakthrough on water with the agreement to a Memorandum of Understanding on Murray-Darling Basin Reform. This agreement will now enable the necessary action to address over allocation, improve environmental outcomes, and enhance the efficiency of irrigation in a concerted effort to achieve an environmentally-sustainable future for the Basin."
- Kevin Rudd, 26 March 2008
http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Release/2008/media_release_0147.cfm
The new era in Commonwealth-State relations.
So, I wonder why they just couldn’t organise an outcome for plastic bags like they could for the Murray-Darling Basin Reform?
Oh, that’s right. Poo-man's mob already did it for them.
Sigh. It's the death of English. Still, you're not in Rudd's league. What the fuck does this mean?
"...This agreement will now enable the necessary action to address over allocation, improve environmental outcomes, and enhance the efficiency of irrigation in a concerted effort to achieve ... snore, snore, snore."
Everybody speak more proper!
OH PLEASE SAY YES, PLEASE SAY YES!
And the mental caption.
"Now, my son, repeat after me: John Howard is a poo-man."
Such a "mummy" thing to say.
oh and "boobies" (.)(.)
(funkycoldmedina + Marmalade = The Bright Point Of My Day ... thanks.)
I met Don Watson once and I gushed like a schoolgirl, spoke utter rubbish then ran away.
I even have the mr hankey voice down pat
Ugly is imprisoning children behind razor wire against international convention,
Ugly is supporting regime change while demonising the regime's refugees,
Ugly is the economic rationalist agenda in toto
Ugly is abandoning your own citizens to torture
Ugly is lying and lying and lying again
Children saying poo is (gasp!) normal and hardly ugly. You tories are pathetic.
Ugly is saying hollow gestures like sorry to the indigenous while doing absolutely nothing to prevent child abuse in modern indigenous communities. While everyone descended on Canberra to hear Rudd's sorry speech, 10 indigenous children were being abused in that same time period. Of course, it doesn't matter as long as we say sorry, right?
Ugly is arranging a summit of 1,000 unelected people who are supposed to represent the country to come up with ideas the government that was actually elected could not come up with themselves.
Ugly is ignoring that under Islam it is ok for 8 year-old girls to be married to Muslim men in their twenties just as their glorified prophet, Mohammad, had done so himself. In western countries this is called paedophilia but under Islam it is ok.
Ugly is that 96% of Muslim women get physically assualted by their husbands at least once.
Ugly is allowing migrants from war-torn countries like Sudan and Somalia to migrate here without the proper infrastructure and support to allow them to assimilate into our society. Instead, they are segregated into a defined clustered area and allowed to fend for themselves.
Ugly is not allowing any debate whatsoever on climate change because one theory is good enough despite hundreds of scientists claiming they have doubts.
Getting 1000 people together probably won't fix it either, but two heads are better than one, so maybe 1000 will come up with one or two cracking ideas. The best brains don't go into politics, they're too smart for that. If we're lucky a couple of really clever thinkers will be at the summit and be heard.
Poo man had nothing to say about muslim arranged marriages, or physical assault? Or did I miss his rousing speeches decrying the abuses of women?
Segretation? Defined cluster areas? Engineered by poo man?
Ignoring climate change = poo man.
Poo man = Ugly
Is that the point? HELP ME.
talk to "normal" muslims and you will find, dear marty, that they also don't consider it normal for children to marry, nor for women to be beaten by men.
anything nasty you can find in the koran (book number 3 in the god series), you can also find in the torah (old testament) and bible (new testament). all the holy books have bad stuff and good stuff.
do some reading of your own, and stop mindlessly spouting the party line of your mob. it's so tiresome.
"Ugly is ignoring that under Islam it is ok for 8 year-old girls to be married to Muslim men in their twenties just as their glorified prophet, Mohammad, had done so himself. In western countries this is called paedophilia but under Islam it is ok.
Ugly is that 96% of Muslim women get physically assualted by their husbands at least once."
of course, no good, "God fearing" christian man has ever sexually/physically assaulted a woman.
dickwad.
But 96% for seamlessly changing the subject from the systematic meanness and abuses of your beloved JWH to your own prejudices.
Let's look at the logic:
(.)(.): cites stuff JWH and co did that was really sucky and massivly worse than a pre-schooler saying "poo-man"
marty: complains of kevbot doing something most australians agree is/was needed then changes the subject to... huh? muslims? wtf?
Your argument is a little wierd to say the least!
Perhaps if you were to address the point I was making or even one of the issues raised as example you'd give me and possibly some others pause. But no, you had no counter argument to raise.
So what can we infer from that? (guess: you're pathetic!)
Regarding my criticisms about Islam and Muslims, it is obvious from my comments I am referring to radical Islam and not moderate Islam. There are many fine Muslims who have assimmilated well (ie. "Crazy" John Ilhan was a great example but even he was very critical of radical Muslims in Australia and the world). You see, radical Islam has been growing around the world and caused much trouble. Just look at the UK, specifically northern England which is a Muslim stronghold and police actually advise against non-Muslims from going there at night. The same is happening in France where Brigitte Bardot has been taken to court for claiming that Muslims are imposing their will and religion in France to the dismay of the Parisians. In Australia, we have a group of radical Muslims in court over allegations of a planned terrorist attack in Melbourne three years ago. If more people come out and are critical of radical Islam, including moderate Muslims, then perhaps we can prevent the ugly violence and future terrorist attcks that have occurred in the UK, France, Spain, The Netherlands and Germany and the real threat that Europe will become Eurabia by the end of the century.
My heart is sinking further with each visit to RYWHM, a past time which has previously enabled me to feel assured that there are other people in the country who think like me.
You know, John Howard is a douche bag and thank fuck he's gone, saying Sorry to our Indigenous population for 200 years of neglect and abuse is irretrievably good and was well overdue, encouraging children to hiss at the television when arseh0les come on, genius.
But...where are all the (new) goddamn right-wing wankers on here coming from? Are you JJJ listeners, is that how you all got here? How truly depressing. If I wanted to read opinions like those of some of the conservative dick-wads on here I would open the bloody Herald Sun or watch A Current Affair.
GO AWAY for fucks sake, you've already got enough space in the mainstream media for your tiresome, ill-informed opinions.
Champions of the right like our friend Marty here have reduced a slightly amusing comment about Howard to a xenophobic rant about Muslims, and attacking other posters for their uninformed 'opinions'.
I think you will find most of the readers of this blog to be all for open and informed debate, but with posters coming here and using the word 'leftie' as if it is insulting you're going to raise a few hackles from some of us.
Anyway I for one as a scum bag leftie am glad poo-head is gone... however if tin-tin fucks it up you'll be sure to get my honest and informed opinion of that as well.
My initial comment was not political at all. Just questioning the parenting skills of raising a child to swear and hate. That was all. I was then subjected to being labelled a Howard lover (which I most definitely am NOT) and out comes the usual dribble about Howard's past faults. What does that have to do with my criticisms of parental negligence?
And studies show that 87% of the public believe dodgy statistics add no credibility.
On the silver screen
And never will be again
But every once in a while
We can turn back the dial
And see her how she was back then!
Hi everybody!
What does an opinion of John Howard as a person, as held by a little kid, have to do with militant islam?
Oh right, nothing, you just needed a platform to air your blatantly anti-muslim viewpoint.
I don't personally have a problem with people saying what they really think, it allows for easy identification of the mentally unstable, the dangerous, and the inherently stupid in the population.
But to think that people will allow you to spout such flimsy rhetoric unchallenged is just naive. Possibly more naive than a little girl who writes off someone as potentially regressive as the former leader of the Liberal/National government as simply a "poo-man".
The "sophisticated" rhetorical argument went out before Jesus was allegedly born. Perhaps you could read up on some more modern philosophy. Start with Plato's ideas on dialectic, and move on from there.
all the same to me.
spot on as usual Fits, like a welcome storm.
So marty, please take your neo-con attitudes out of here because we all despise Howard and if and his whole family including grandchildren were to suddenly be killed in a road accident, we will not be too unpleased.
Tin-tin? Where the flock does that come from?
It's real! Saw it myself on Insiders yesterday. Kev07 looks like Tin-tin (with the help of a slight breeze).
On another note: looking at the 2020 comments on the ABC website I was amazed at the negativity and hostility. Surely 2020 is less expensive than the hundreds of millions the former govt spent on self promotion plus there's some chance of good coming out of it.
Enquiring minds want to know...
i've been known to not take a shower for a couple of days and get b.o. when i use my aluminium free deodorant.
SO WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING POINT? am i bad for being slack with personal hygiene, but acceptable because i'm not muslim?
I think you're onto something there, Hero - the resemblance is uncanny.
Denny Crane.
Hi I'm Kevvie from Brissy and I'm here to clean up poo-mans mess..............ummmm, hey you and you and you and you (+ 998 others) come into my chambers and tell me how i can do it coz I've got no ideas and nor do the rest of my cabinet or back benchers......
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