http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-says/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-says/#comment-14641 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14641 Bebido si usted hace, ebrio si usted no hace, tia Maria? Bebido si usted hace, ebrio si usted no hace, tia Maria?

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/crikey-says/#comment-14642 Venise Alstergren Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14642 Tom McCardell: You remind me of someone else; perhaps it was me, before I remembered some advice which I shall pass onto you in a minute. <br />I didn't know there was any coverage of the Olympics by Channel Seven. The night of the opening ceremony I switched on said channel and had a good look at ten minutes of ads. I was so impressed by the 'own ads' of vacuous old people looking wistfully at the first steps taken by toddlers, presumably on the super highway to Olympic glory; followed by 'true-blue' Oz ads for assorted items like lavatory paper, and some form of dish washing cr*p, that I became outraged at the thought of such selfless stuff being interrupted by shots of iron jock-strapped Aussies poncing around hoping to win some coloured-tin medallions.<br />So outraged that I fled up to my brother Matthew's Augustinian retreat, actually it used to be a monastery, but the old dears who ran it couldn't keep up with capitalism, so they sold out to a Buddhist Coven. Matthew, always one to take the easy way out , changed his religion, rather than his address. Three days later I feel refreshed and lacking angst. I am so sorry to hear that you feel dudded.<br />But, as my great-aunt, Maria Paz Dolores, always used to say: "I warn you Venise, never look at Commercial Television; it is programmed by fools in order to cater to fools and only a fool would take it seriously!" I remember the soft smell of Jasmine wafting around on a warm day; as the words non-commercial died like a dead turd in my mouth as she said, "as for Channel Two, it is the natural habitat of politicians." I remembered how she shuddered gently prior to sinking a large glass of my priceless 20 year old Jerez.<br />"Disculpame, tia Maria Paz Dolores." I murmured as I passed her the bottle. Tom McCardell: You remind me of someone else; perhaps it was me, before I remembered some advice which I shall pass onto you in a minute.
I didn’t know there was any coverage of the Olympics by Channel Seven. The night of the opening ceremony I switched on said channel and had a good look at ten minutes of ads. I was so impressed by the ‘own ads’ of vacuous old people looking wistfully at the first steps taken by toddlers, presumably on the super highway to Olympic glory; followed by ‘true-blue’ Oz ads for assorted items like lavatory paper, and some form of dish washing cr*p, that I became outraged at the thought of such selfless stuff being interrupted by shots of iron jock-strapped Aussies poncing around hoping to win some coloured-tin medallions.
So outraged that I fled up to my brother Matthew’s Augustinian retreat, actually it used to be a monastery, but the old dears who ran it couldn’t keep up with capitalism, so they sold out to a Buddhist Coven. Matthew, always one to take the easy way out , changed his religion, rather than his address. Three days later I feel refreshed and lacking angst. I am so sorry to hear that you feel dudded.
But, as my great-aunt, Maria Paz Dolores, always used to say: “I warn you Venise, never look at Commercial Television; it is programmed by fools in order to cater to fools and only a fool would take it seriously!” I remember the soft smell of Jasmine wafting around on a warm day; as the words non-commercial died like a dead turd in my mouth as she said, “as for Channel Two, it is the natural habitat of politicians.” I remembered how she shuddered gently prior to sinking a large glass of my priceless 20 year old Jerez.
“Disculpame, tia Maria Paz Dolores.” I murmured as I passed her the bottle.

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