Comments on: The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar is your friend

By: Vicki Grieves

Vicki Grieves — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:27:08 +0000

Yes many signs of the apocalypse - what about the disjunction that occurs when the $AUS is the fourth best performing currency in the world only to leave the homegrown tourism industry suffering as thousands of Aussies go overseas to reap the benefits of an upsurge in our currency, then the economy suffers…swings and roundabouts etc etc…… there’s no solution - we’re all doomed!

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:18:22 +0000

Thanks. I’m just watching Mal patronise veteran journalist Kerry OBrien …. on how to conduct an interview … and even if he did, making the mistake of doing it on national tv. It’s up there with his spelling bee on Fran Kelly early one day on radio national, surely misunderstanding the gravitas of the ABC public forum. Smart *rse?

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:55:01 +0000

Tom, I didn’t know you could write like that! It’s beautiful. Why don’t you round out your normal comments so serenely?

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:48:33 +0000

… Tuckey is buried in an unmarked grave, on a wind swept stretch of highway between Perth and Kalgoolie, unlamented and far enough away from the Big Whale at Eucla to avoid scaring the tourists. Late at night there is this sorrowful wailing on the Nullabor. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear the refrain ‘… he’s been hit for six over covers’ and the rustling of what sounds like polite applause. Or it could be nothing. It’s hard to say in the dark of night with the ocean crashing on the rocks of the Great Australian Bight.

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:37:28 +0000

So Mal goes to the back bench, and then just as everyone thinks he’s going to quit …. Lucy nominates for Liberal preselection in Wentworth. It’s a lay down misere. She wins in a byelection, offset by a huge donation to charity by the Turnbulls for putting everyone to the inconvenience. Free sausage/tofu sizzles at every polling booth also charm the local punters sorry for the Bloke who had to wrestle Wilson Tuckey and live to tell the tale. For the more recalcitrant whingers there’s a free DJs gift voucher at Bondi Junction. Lucy strides into her first party room caucus - you can hear a pin drop. Tuckey is jabbering away (to himself of course) in the back stalls oblivious to the swinging cricket bat - a bit like that scene in The World According to Garp when the p*rnographer gets it with a baseball bat. What goes on in the party room, stays in the party room. Discipline is re-established. Rudd doesn’t dare call a DD. Because although no one will give evidence against her, the rumour gets out about the trousers wearing Turnbull aka SWMBO.

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:51:57 +0000

Priceless, wonderful, terrific, FD at his terrific best.

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:48:53 +0000

I can’t help myself. I’ve only seen the first two frames and I am having hysterics.

By: our man in Canberra

our man in Canberra — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:26:21 +0000

Given his personal history, I would have thought Malcolm was more a dog person.

By: paddy

paddy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:08:52 +0000

I know I shouldn’t…..But part of me (a very dark and wicked part)
secretly longs to hear that mournful cry.
“Release the Hooouunds”.

By: michael matusik

michael matusik — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:08:35 +0000

“won” not one! oppps, sorry

By: michael matusik

michael matusik — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:07:57 +0000

the true first sign was when julie goodwin and not poh ling yeow one masterchef and we may not even make 2012 once ozzie makes his comeback.

By: sallysetsforth

sallysetsforth — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:40:12 +0000

It feels a bit weird when I see Malcolm on the telly without his purple wig on.