It is moi’s pleasure and privilege to present The Pub’s patrons with the latest …

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The Boss is – in his words – “unavoidably and unexpectedly stuck …” so he asked me to be

(Image Credit: CBS Corporation)

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*mrowww – THAT’s better …*

So, meine Damen und Herren, on – or off (depending on the temperature in your neck of the woods) with the motley, and let our fantastic Fryday festivities flourish.

CK Watt is our Rafflemeister extraordinaire, though he too will be a little late this afternoon.

And remember how lucky we are to live in such a wonderful country (despite the present Government) in such a wonderful world …

(Special hat-tip to my dear friend Mari from over the road, who sent me the link just as I was about to start the presses.)

391 thoughts on “It is moi’s pleasure and privilege to present The Pub’s patrons with the latest …”

  2. Has anyone ever seen Abbott talk and then formed the opinion that he was truly passionate about the issue?

  7. leone
    He can make a positive contribution bty staying the hell away!
    Our brigade is just about to arrive home after 18 hours at the Eden Valley fire.

  9. This is the charming young sailor who is being investigated by the navy.
    http://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/jamie-patton-adf-navy-deals-with-asylum-seekers/

    You will notice a comment there from Ralph Cerminara. Jamie has such lovely friends. Cerminara is president of ADL – Australian Defence League, an anti-Islam group of nasties. How many defence personnel have links to this mob? I don’t think young Jamie is the only one. Here’s a bit about Cerminara –
    http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/07/01/anti-islam-group-seeks-expand

    His Twitter account
    https://twitter.com/PresidentADL

    The ADL website – enter at own risk.
    http://www.australiandefenceleague.com.au/

    For balance, here’s an anti-ADL group.
    http://aaadl.blogspot.com.au/

  11. Even if Abbott accepts to play the puppet, accepts to hide, to disappear, to slow down, it still is a clear sign that he is not mentally sound as no healthy human being would behave in such a manner.

  13. http://www.politicalowl.com/home/2014/01/19/australian-newspaper-front-pages-for-sunday-19-january/

    http://www.politicalowl.com/home/2014/01/19/abbott-copies-the-wooden-gillard-style-and-other-news-and-views-for-19-january/
    some good links

  14. http://www.politicalowl.com/home/2014/01/19/asian-and-european-newspaper-front-pages-sunday-19-january/

    http://www.politicalowl.com/home/2014/01/19/preparing-for-the-daily-mail-dumbing-fairfax-websites-down/

  19. Andrew,
    I was prudent this Xmas and purchased a half ham. Very nice too, with the small quantity remaining turned into pea and ham soup a fortnight ago.

  21. Of course, Abbott’s slower speech could have something to do with trying to listen to instructions through his earpiece…..

    Julia Gillard may have sounded a bit wooden sometimes, but at least we knew she’d be there with a hug and some practical help in bad times.

  22. “Ultracrepidarian” has a few meanings. Some of these may apply to The idiot:

    A. An animal that circulates blood through large ears to regulate body temperature.

    B. One who compulsively studies and/or documents rainbows.

    C. One who collects and reads books written in Latin or ancient Greek.

    D. One who is over a hundred years of age.

    E. One who practices conservation of physical movement.

    F. One who speaks about subjects of which he does not know enough to speak.

    G. One who is in possession of too much of a commodity.

    H. One (usu. M.D.) who rates levels of supercreepiness.

    I. Having the quality of quick decay; ageing more quickly than other objects.

    J. One who twitches excessively while asleep.

    K. One unable to walk due to insufficient bone strength.

    http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=170

  23. CTar1

    Saw your place on tv this morn. Yet another doco on romans in Ingurland spent a bit of time in and around your “local” museum. Then having a read of the New Scientist up pops an article about peregrines. Oh and not drunken sailors if you wonder 🙂

    ….reaching speeds of up to 322 kilometres per hour when they swoop down on their prey.

    But although their hunting dives are well documented, until recently little was known about the elaborate pursuit that takes place beforehand

    Now we have a clearer picture of their hunting strategy, and it turns out peregrine falcons behave a lot like sailors.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24880-zoologger-hunting-falcons-rely-on-sailors-trick.html#.UttI-diwqUk

  24. poroti

    [Now we have a clearer picture of their hunting strategy, and it turns out peregrine falcons behave a lot like sailors. ]

    Daughter and S-I-L have a ‘reporting book’ so they write down what they see of the birds and hand them in every 2 months.

    Magnificent to watch them and being on the sunny side of the Tower and 300 or so feet up means a good view of them.

  25. Watching Tennis – I don’t know who will win but Anna Ivanovic seems much leaner, still as powerful (the reporting says that Ivanovic’s ‘slap forehand’ is up to 13kmh faster than Williams forehand.

    Someone’s got a strategy for the 2014 season.

  26. BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced.

    I’ve watched this guy doing the news within the last 2 weeks.

  30. Agree that Julia could come across as slightly “wooden” in scripted speeches – she was on fire when questions and interviews were off the cuff – although sometimes a bit too polite to Sales and others. HOWEVER, there was never any doubt that she was across the details of a myriad of issues and there was a deep intellect there with compassion. There is no feeling of any such scope with TA. None……

  32. Tlbd – Ivanovic now quick enough on her feet that she can often run around the oncoming ball to use her forehand.

    Also seems more resilient when she’s behind.

  34. If not crapping around, waffling on, like men do (youse know it) is wooden give me a stand of huon pine anyday. If Julia was wooden it is because she had a bloody straight strong trunk with a good strong base and deep ALP roots. Give me a the strength of wood instead of the ‘flexibily’ of a wilting lily..

  36. On the tennis coverage they are talking about how fast one of the players is from standing flat-footed.

    On ABC over the last week a 1/2 hour interview with Sally Pearson has been replayed a number of times.

    There’s quite a bit of footage of her at training.

    This is a woman who can accelerate!

  37. I think the saying that Julia was wooden was used as a tactic to belittle her strong performances. Just like in Dr Who whispering those six little words…..

  38. Animals are funny creatures. I patted this darling pony down the road. Her forehead under the thick mane felt hard, warm and moist like the inside of a shoe. Anyway, I decided to try an experiment. Back home I looked for my cat. There she was, sleeping on the grass. I put my hand near her nose. She immediately sniffed it and became all suspicious, looking at me and back at my hand with fear. My hand seemed to be an enemy. This cat has probably never seen a horse in her lifetime.

  39. gigi

    One of the funniest things I ever saw was a domestic Siamese cat seeing a kangaroo at close range.

    Neck as long as as it hid under the garage door and watched the kangaroo go past twice.

  40. ctar1
    “A domestic cat’s sense of smell is about fourteen times as strong as a human’s.” wiki

    No wonder that cat was worried about the kangaroo. The smell of a wild animal is much stronger then that of a domestic one.

  41. My theory on Abbott is that he’s simply lazy.
    He’s got the gig and that’s enough for him. Let everyone else do what they like in their portfolios but just don’t bother Tone while he’s reclining in splendour.
    When he has to front the media, say nothing.
    His mate Rupert will look after him so Tone can drink wine paid for by the govt, can enjoy his other interests and the rest of us can take a jump.

  42. I find this story of our navy inadvertently straying into Indo. waters a bit sus. I have spent many years in those waters either in charge or crewing ships. Vessels these days besides having the paper charts they also have electronic charts that scroll seamlessly from chart to chart. Most have 2 to 3 monitors in case one fails. They are excellent navigation programs.

    There are overlays that are available that put dotted lines around no fishing zones and also territorial zones. These zones are important as if you go in them you lose your vessel. If fishing vessels worth a tenth or more of the value of navy vessels can afford these overlays then so should the navy.

    PS The Navy has form in the time I was in that area the only vessel to go aground was a navy vessel (3days) in Thursday Island harbour.

  43. Cliff

    I agree.
    A $99 GPS. tells you where you. are to within a fem mtrs. Also what speed and direction you are going as well as co-ordinates.
    Someone has stuffed up big time

  44. Modern day equipment would give a sound warning when crossing a boundary IF programmed to do so. Selective hearing is not restricted to children.

  46. Watching Cook in the slips: he’s getting down into a catching position way too late.

  47. Joe

    They knew their position, and it happened more than once. The excuse it was accidental is ridiculous. The stuff-up belongs to the politician who authorized the actions. Abbott told us pre-election it would be him. To be AWOL and leave it to known Islamaphobe Morrison, and JB, is pathetic. As is the media silence, in some quarters. This is a huge deal.

  50. I agree, there is absolutely no way a RAN ship could accidentally enter Indonesian waters. Either they went in against the Government’s orders, or they were following orders.

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