| Receptive Uncle Chris | 
But ,  the  UFO  specialist
says this action confirms that Pyne is , brace yourself  
dear  readers ,  a  Martian!!!! Why? Because , he said,  soon after  Pyne
 made that gesture  an  antenna
emerged from  the  minister’s noggin ... like a scene from  the TV sitcom  My Favorite Martian . In  the
popular show, alien  Uncle
 Martin 
often  had  a  problem
picking  up messages from Mars because
 of  sunspot activity  and 
raised  his  antenna  by  secret  digital  manipulation. 
The  UFO
authority  said  Pyne  obviously  rotated  his 
digit  to improve reception of  alien orders from  the warlike planet  of  Mars . 
At first , this  blog  scoffed 
at  the  idea 
until  our  informant 
produced  convincing  pictorial  evidence , the 
gear sticking out of  Pyne's  head  
and  his X-ray vision  spectacles .  
In  the TV
show , the  Martian was  somebody’s favourite uncle. It  is  hard
 to  believe  that   Pyne
 could  be  anybody’s  favourite  uncle - in  outer
 space or in  Adelaide  ,  but  there you go , there is no  accounting for  taste 
in  the  City 
of  Churches  where 
a  pie  floating  in  pea
soup  is 
the  epitomy  of   grouse 
tucker.