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An inter-regnum with a penchant for Kenny Rogers. Priceless.
I feel that a house meeting amongst the confectionery and snack foods is definitely in hors d’ouvre.
great! why the sunnies when listening to kenny?? am i missing something here??
“The Interregnum Who Came to Dinner?”
Perchance?
man 
OMG: I’ve beaten PADDY to the punch. Olé, olé.
Gaaa!!! The interregnum acts just like an English backpacker (ex)friend who invaded my space for an extended period of time a couple of years ago! Having flashbacks! Back to therapy for me…
I think the interregnum is related to my ex husband - the interferer.
Nice Mark Rothko original in the spare room.
Agree with Andrew. I’m sure all interregnums speak with a larnd’n accent.
I bet it’s watching ‘Two and a Half Men’
Michael M, poker players routinely wear shades to give less away. You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em. But not tell the opposition. Or the effing independents.
EMC, the Rothko comment caps off a fine season. Best of luck for the finals.
MJ: All credit to First Dog. He done good.
Venise!!! You are hearby sentenced to 6 months hard time.
Listening to Kenny Rodgers while wearing sunnies. For stealing my spot in the queue.
FD. I suspect we might need to call in Jasper from Pests R Us to remove that smelly green creature.
Oh yes, before I forget. It’s *wonderful* that you actually managed to get the bath fixed in time for the Interregnum’s visit.
Got the new bathroom door hung looks but I wonder if the paint’ll dry, Paddy.
At least it isn’t the English Interregnum. (thimk Cromwell)
How is it we have all met this creature before? Must be one of those shape-shifters.
Sorry FD but I prefer to think of the interregnum as a caterpillar. I believe it is cocooning as we speak. But will it hatch into a moth that feeds on happiness, or a brightly coloured butterfly?
What piffle!
“Inter” means “bury”
The learned initial canine is clearly referring to the process of placing regnum in a suitably designed cavity in the ground and covering with a suitable number of shovelsful of dirt matter. The meaning of “Regnum” is well known, so I do not need to explain, but it is no wonder the green creature is wearing a pair of sunglasses, because the glow from Regnum is well known to be dazzling.
The reported repugnance to cats gives the game away. “Cat” is often spelt “Kat” in Sanskrit, which is the first language of northern Queenslanders.
Thus understood, the meaning is clear. Bob Katter has buried his hat. We must wear shades to protect our eyes from the terrible sight, with its unearthly glow.
Meanwhile, there is a gap in leadership, which requires a name which has not yet been invented.
Innocent, your avatar looks strikingly similar to the interregnum
Who needs a malodorous cat-averse interregnum wearing sunnies and singing Kenny Rogers every time we have a poll? Geez, if I see a ten-gallon hat giggling and ranting its way up my path in three years time I’ll give it both barrels.
Sounds like we need gringo pussy cat. These wheels (‘motion finger in circles beside temple’) go cleek-cleek-cleek. Mmmmm.
@SBH: And I’d been hoping to remain incognito. I have cocooned and a new image should arrive sometime shortly.
EMC,
Is that Rothko really an original? If so, methinks Crikey must have Mr Onthemoon on a rather generous retainer. Not that he’s not worth it…
(with apologies to Python) Nobody expects the Australian Interregnum!
PADDY: If I have to listen to modern music, please could it be U2?
Fellow Dogonauts, haven’t any of you read the book, seen the movie “The Man Who Came to Dinner?” This inter-galactic creature in sunnies obviously did.
Mind you I only know because my mum had a thing about old movies. Long time passing.
The green demon has a tonne of chutzpah. Olé!
Like the Sheik for me. From Scrubby Creek. That’s how I know he (too) had charm. I mean my mum. She laughed out loud at all his jokes. Dressed terribly smart for that seat in a canvas I tell you tent where the rain got in in runnells. The tent flaps. The canvas hood. That great grin she understood.
Goodnight dear loves.
Sandy
(Innocent, quite naturally beautiful of you.)
@Sandshoe: I am touched.
‘Shoe - a wonderful post.
I see
It was Wagga, 1980
The Shiek headlined for Mental as Anything
Too many times
Too many times
He was so pissed he sort of fell away
More so than performed
Too many times
I see
The sun come up through bloodshot eyes
God’s gift
to horizontal dentistry.
I am constantly incredibly amazed I am among friends … the sun cast as ‘God’s gift to horizontal dentistry’ or ‘bloodshot eyes’ no matter. Home and away. Hilarious. Fine piece of writing Mike Jones.
Innocent Until: Dear Innocent, are you a butterfly?
Mike J - not in the games of poker i play in - eyeballs exposured, cellphones (or whatever we call them these days) off the table and no one leaves until the hand if finished…but i still don’t know when to fold them!
Michael Matusik. You’re so cool hand luke.
Mike J: It was at the Cairns Show I first saw Chad Morgan… the sheik (from Scrubby Creek). And I was only a young child. Imagine my awe finding him kicking on like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0zHnj1TcUw&feature=related
‘Shoe, Chad is truly amazing. One Youtube wag said that “Chad could eat an icecream through a picket fence”. Pretty much sums that aspect of him up.
I reckon he makes Sir Les Patterson’s dentine look sophisticated.
But he sings an incredible mix of deeply poignant songs and total pisstake clown attacks.
Enigmatic ? Certainly. Extroadinary ? Absolutely !
Sir Les Patterson however “makes” the sheik look like Prince Charming through and - absolutely - through. What an insight. I cannot help but reflect we discover ourselves through a truly creative act but a daring creative act is, truly, revealing, n’est ce pas.
Sumner Miller might likely ask “Why is it so?”
I think the human spirit, Mike and in this case in a yellow banana lounge suit in a shopping mall.
Amazing musical style but an extraordinary grasp of the rhythm of country music.
And those teeth! And what he can do with that mouth! What a remarkable exponent of voice!
Thanks for the share. Here is anotheree in case you have missed this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQci8daSVos&feature=related
I’ll thank you for the link, Dear ‘shoe
I’ll thank you through and through
And don’t you ever change a bit
I’ll thump you if you do
I like the smile,
I like the wink
I think that they are beaut
I love to fall about a bit
And I always give a hoot.
Go the Chad!