Poor Packer has had a gutful this morning

There seems little doubt that James Packer has been in, ah, a good paddock of late, but you have to wonder at the point News Limited papers were trying to make this morning about the physical condition of the rival mogul. There must have been something about this image that caught the eye of News picture editors country-wide.

There was the Adelaide Advertiser:

And the Daily Telegraph:

James had probably had a gutful of the picture by the time he saw the Herald Sun:

Not to mention The Australian:

He probably doesn’t take the Gold Coast Bulletin but there he was anyway:

They’re so much nicer at the Sydney Morning Herald:

7 Comments

  1. Mr Pastry
    Posted Thursday, 29 October 2009 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

    I am sure the shirt has caught the wind and billowing out, giving the impression Mr Packer is leaving from an Aquarium after stuffing the prized giant octupus down his front.

  2. Bullmore's Ghost
    Posted Thursday, 29 October 2009 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    No mate, that’s a front veranda for sure.

  3. Mr Pastry
    Posted Thursday, 29 October 2009 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    He must have eaten the prized octupus then, and had a starter as well.

  4. Bullmore's Ghost
    Posted Thursday, 29 October 2009 at 11:03 pm | Permalink

    I believe there’s a whale or two unaccounted for.

  5. Dermot McGuire
    Posted Friday, 30 October 2009 at 9:34 am | Permalink

    one of my dad’s carers said that the feller will be at serious risk of type 2 diabetes if not a heart attack.

  6. Dermot McGuire
    Posted Friday, 30 October 2009 at 9:35 am | Permalink

    mr creosote lives!!!!

  7. redkrossflagge
    Posted Friday, 30 October 2009 at 10:41 am | Permalink

    It is sad that a person assesses their total value as a person in dollar terms.
    Money is the way people without talent keep score.

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