Chicken Man turned into the most powerful bird of prey in the NT parliament on Monday . The raptor from the Darwin rural area , Gerry Wood, struck fear into the government Tweety Pies when a slip of the tongue indicated he supported an Opposition call to make parliament sit all week , rather than adjourn and come back on Friday for the fateful motion of no confidence debate. Some pollies , on both sides, nearly fell from their perches with fright / elation when he made the blue . It was a clear indication that by uttering one single word ,Wood can eviscerate the NT government like a wedgetail eagle does a bunny .
A government member was even seen put his arm about Wood in a comradely way when he (Wood) voted for the government . According to a former government insider who watched the vote , this same glad- handing fellow has called Wood a blankety-blank bankrupt chicken farmer in the past. It would now seem that Jerry only has to whistle,”Polly wants a cracker ”, and the government will offer him a year’s supply of choice sunflower seed , the tastiest imported cuttlefish and have him checked for bird lice- all free of charge.
A government member was even seen put his arm about Wood in a comradely way when he (Wood) voted for the government . According to a former government insider who watched the vote , this same glad- handing fellow has called Wood a blankety-blank bankrupt chicken farmer in the past. It would now seem that Jerry only has to whistle,”Polly wants a cracker ”, and the government will offer him a year’s supply of choice sunflower seed , the tastiest imported cuttlefish and have him checked for bird lice- all free of charge.
In a brief, halting speech , Gerry told the house he had a lot to consider in the next three days . Oozing bonhomie towards Wood, the leader of government business , Chris Burns, light- heartedly said he realised it would be up to the “umpire “ to make a decision.What if the ump, after communing with kite hawks out bush, comes back and sends the government into the sin bin ? Feathers and knives will fly in many places . People will be running about as they did when Chicken Licken said the sky was falling in
UMPIRE'S DECISION ?- A Solomon -like solution by Gerry would be for him to return from the wilderness and form the Smile Party. This was started recently by a Japanese gentleman who stands on a soapbox in his jocks , a cape about his shoulders, weaving about like a pole dancer , smiling in the way of a loon at the passing throng in downtown Tokyo who are cheesed off by the conventional , zoot-suited politicians.
