Throwing mud , the
dredge , Brisbane , above,
represents the Abbott Government
after losing
the Griffith by-election. On election
night, Queensland Senator George Brandis , Q.C., the Attorney-General no
less, a handy man
to help steer
a bumboat because
of his
skill at detecting rodents
abandoning ship after striking the Barrier Reef
, seemed jubilant that the ALP
had won !!! What ??? Yes, he trumpeted, the ALP had won, but the absolutely fantastic Liberal National Party candidate, who lost yet again, had taken votes off the Opposition . It
was a performance which
outdid that of Kevin Rudd
on election night last September . The senator's rosy view of the election outcome indicated he may need to see an ophthalmologist.
Bemused viewers wondered if he had been into the Caribbean tonsil tickler or was suffering from sunstroke. When , like a pirate’s parrot , he went on about “Electricity Bill Shorten”, loyal supporters started to abandon ship , despite the free grog. Is this the Pirate Party candidate or the funny Bullet Train For Australia man? nursing home residents all over the nation asked, before being given a nice cup of hot , co-investment Cadbury chocolate from Tasmania and put to bed .
The Abbott ship of state
is undoubtedly heading for
more rocks once the newspaper polls start
running like
bomboras . Already there has been mutiny in the ranks
over the performance
of the skipper and
his petty officers. Down in the bilges , the scurvy Nationals seem to be mumbling dissent , but it is hard to interpret what Barnaby is saying in English or algorithms , as shown on Q and A . (God bless the ABC) .
One first mate only keeps
his job because it
is said he is
such a blowhard he fills the sails with ease , highly desirable when
you are in the political
doldrums and inept ministers persist in shooting an albatross a day. BURNING DECK VERSIONS : There are , of course, variants of the boy standing on the burning deck, some of them crude , rude. The Spike Milligan one about the lad playing cricket and a ball bouncing up his trouser leg would appeal to the current cricket mad nation. Then there is the one about the grotty boy picking his nose ; another youngster had a nasty experience with crackers. Expect fireworks when parliament resumes .
