IT’s Tony ‘s Raffle night

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Umm Errr Petra ( Blessed be her name) had advised told me that I err have to say umm something about a Raffle that err gets conducted here on Friday nights.

 

Umm Let me just say that Jeez I could do her

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 Err Sorry Petra( Glory upon her) , I mean’t to say that err Raffle night here at the Ha ha Pub is now open.Brought the ol ball and chain along and some of the tiddlewinks.images (38)

 Umm Should I be wearing a Flouro in here My love?  (Petra the Goddess of light)

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I promise err  that all winnings here will be tripled and that is a umm Rock solid guarantee from me. And you can keep all of it with no fear of me ever taking it away.That soft prick hockey might but he is treasurythingy so it won,t be me it will be him.

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I am a man ( Sorry Petra Vision of loveliness, move your left foot a bit closer so I can lick the dirt of it yummy ) of my word so you have nothing to fear.

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 SO go ahead with Your lives, and your raffle ,remember I am here for you,

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 Suckers.

 

 

 

205 thoughts on “IT’s Tony ‘s Raffle night”

  3. Thanks Joe, I’m sure it will do well. I’m obviously on a roll at the moment.
    Thanks everybody for your best wishes.

  4. When I went for a haircut today I found an old lotto ticket in my coat pocket which was drawn a couple of months ago. I got it checked and picked up just under $60! Biggest win I have had for a while.

  5. Kambah Mick

    Well done Congrats. Hey, and if’n you don’t want a black eye, don’t you ever say you don’t do enough to help people. Ya hear me?

  9. 7.5 Canberra is interviewing Erica. As usual, he is lying through his teeth.

  15. It must be your lucky day, Kambah Mick – and a most worthy winner you are too – congratulations on both your wins!

  17. At least they talked to Andrew Leigh afterwards. Chalk and cheese.

  18. Well there was not Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman here but there was a very nice lamb roast with all the trimmings.

  22. I thought I might launch my new book:

    King Kidett of Space ‏@SpaceKidette · 4m
    Get my new cook book. It is called “30 Recipes for Unemployed Under 30s” . This one is my favourite.

    … #Budget2014

  24. Would you ask this couple for marriage counselling? I thought not. This is not photo-shopped.

  25. Good evening friends.

    Comments seem to be a bit slow at the moment so now may be a good time to get your opinion on a subject that interests me a lot.

    What I want to find out is how much support for independent politicians there is.

    You see, I believe the best way to get better political outcomes for the people of this country is to get away from the party system and especially the two party stranglehold.

    The reason I say this is because of the potential of big parties to be vulnerable to corruption.

    The problem stems from politicians of a party having to go along with the party policy. This means that lobby groups that influence the policy position of a party effectively have control of all of the politicians of that party.

    Hence large parties that require their members to toe the line are very attractive to lobby groups.

    On the other hand independents are not so attractive as it would mean the lobby group would have to win support from each independent politician. A daunting task.

    Perhaps this is also the reason why independent politicians are quickly talked down by various groups, as they actually pose a real threat to corrupt behaviour.

    Although corruption can never be stopped entirely I believe if we had more independent repesentation in the parliment it would make a serious difference with the quality and honesty of poitics in this country.

    What are your thoughts on this?

  26. I can see where this cutting unemployed under 30s off from any income support for six months is heading. Abbott wants to bring back slavery. Soon we will all be asked to take in an unemployed person and make him or her our slave. The slaves will do whatever they are told in exchange for a roof over their head and left-over cat food. Heaven help anyone caught being nice to their new slave. Kevin will be watching to make sure nothing kind goes on.

  27. Space,
    Curtis Stone and Coles will be bringing out 100 ways to make a meal for under 20 cents using chicken salt.
    You may have some competition.

  28. Orange Fox,

    It sounds like a pretty good argument to me.

    Many years ago a few people were encouraging me to go into parliament. I said no, because to be a successful candidate almost always entailed belonging to, and being preselected by, one of the two major parties.

    And I didn’t want to prostitute myself like that.

  29. orangefox
    I think you are spot on.

    I’m all for independents, having been privileged to be represented by Rob Oakeshott, both at state and federal levels, and for a brief, shining time by his mate Peter Besseling who succeeded him in the NSW parliament. I’ve seen the things a remarkable independent can do. But there is a problem. Independents have to be good at their job and really independent if they are to keep their voter support. They have to work so much harder than a party politician and they have to fund all their election campaigns themselves, unless they can find generous sponsors. And there’s the problem. Those generous sponsors will expect a return on their investment. It’s not just lobby groups who will be after the support of indies.

    Finding someone genuine, hard-working and above corruption is difficult. We need more Tony Windsors and Rob Oakeshotts and they are not easy to come by.

  30. I don’t know if corruption would be reduced by having independents, as they could sell their vote to the highest bidder, usa style. But then the party system forces total drones on safe electorates. Maybe people have to become willing to change their vote if they do not like the candidate, even if he or she is from the preferred party.

  32. Ted Mack was truly high-minded. He resigned so as not to qualify for a parliamentary pension.

    He retired [from the State seat of North Shore] two days before he was due to qualify for his parliamentary pension entitlements, as a statement against the excesses of public political office.

    After two years of being out of politics, Mack achieved even broader fame by winning the federal seat of North Sydney in 1990. The seat had long been reckoned as a blue-ribbon Liberal seat; it had been held by the Liberals or their predecessors since Federation. However, Mack defeated incumbent Liberal MP John Spender (shadow foreign minister) on a large swing. He was re-elected in 1993. During his tenure in federal Parliament, Mack opposed unilateral tariff removal, privatisation, Australian involvement in the Gulf War and the appointment of an Indonesian general involved in East Timor, as ambassador to Australia. Mack retired at the 1996 election for the same reasons he had quit state politics eight years previously.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Mack_(politician)

    I’m QUITE sure his successor in his federal seat, Our Too Dear Treasurer, will emulate his principled example by refusing to take his parliamentary superannuation.

  33. Chicken salt? That stuff is expensive. Struggling peasants can only afford ordinary salt, and then it’s only for Sundays.

    Here’s an old recipe the disadvantaged might like to try.

  35. leonetwo,

    If body language counts for anything, and if I was in desperate need of marriage counselling, those two wouldn’t be who I’d go to.

  36. Puffy,

    I take your point. On the other hand, had he done that and donated everything to charity, what if down the track something appalling happened to him, or someone in his family, where that extra dosh would have been very useful? So, that year, he doesn’t donate – and what would the response of the scumbag MSM have been? Even if every year thereafter he did donate the lot to charity?

    Sometimes the grand gesture of total renunciation is the best. Then one can never be tempted into the parsing exercise of “What I really meant was …”.

    I have every admiration for Mr Mack.

  37. Spacey,

    If body language counts for anything …

    It does: I’m pretty sure I know who “wears the pants” in that household.

  38. Fiona,
    Thanks for your opinion and I value that.
    It also proves that the good people that should be in politics often don’t want to because they don’t want to sacrifice their ethics.
    I also think that we have too many ‘professional’ politicians who seem to know all the tricks of staying in power.
    Parliament access should be an equal opportunity to anyone that wants to have a go, provided they can demonstrate sensible ideas, but it is near impossible for independents to get elected.
    I have been a believer in more independents for over 20 years, but it is very disappointing when it’s the same two party setup that keeps repeating.
    And I honestly think we would be further advanced if we had more competition.
    Germany is a good example of small party parliment and it seems to work there.

  40. Forcing people to go on work-for -the-dole schemes is just another way of forcing down wages. The employers who provide the venue and work for the wftd then don’t have to employ staff at full wages and conditions. Is wftd considered to be employment and are the workers covered by workers comp etc? My nephew had to do this some years ago, he got an extra $20 on top of his benefit but it cost him more than that in public transport to get there.

  42. Told you all it wouldn’t happen. I think I should change my name to Pythia. (Look it up)

    The government’s proposed $7 Medicare co-payment, and the $20bn medical research fund to be funded from it, may never happen.

    The federal health minister, Peter Dutton, has said the government is not prepared to negotiate on the plan, and Labor, the Greens, the Palmer United party and crossbench senators have all said they will not vote for it as it stands

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/16/medicare-co-payment-and-medical-research-fund-may-never-happen

    Of course, if you are against the GP tax then you are also, according to Dutton the Dumb, against medical research. He still hasn’t explained why not one cent of a tax that was supposed to save Medicare is actually going into the health budget.

  44. Orange Fox,

    The art of politics – whether one is a party member or an independent – has always seemed to me the ability to understand the difference between compromise (which is an art*: “reasonable win to me – reasonable win to you”) and expediency (which is self-interested manipulation*: “whatever it takes to get my way”).

    FPMJG understood the art of compromise* in spades, as did/do Mesdames Ellis, Macklin, Plibersek, Roxon, and Wong and Messrs Burke, Clare, Combet, Dreyfus, Emerson, Garrett (more than most), Leigh, Smith, and Swan. (My apologies for omissions.)

    * Clarification inserted as a result of Empress Space Kidette’s later comment.

  46. Leone,

    Visiting Delphi was one of the magic moments of my life:

    However, if you insist on comparing yourself with Pythia, let me remind you that she allegedly spoke gibberish, that had to be interpreted with those skilled in the art 😉

  48. Spacey,

    Thank you – I should have clarified. I consider compromise to be art, whereas expediency is manipulation.

  50. Spacey,

    As a result of your wise remark I have amended my earlier comment. Thank you!

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