Showing posts with label steedman. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

DRY KNIGHTS IN WAITING IN YE OLDE CAPITAL TAVERN

ATTENTION PM ABBOTT :  But  for the fact  that these two gents  are cafe  latte quaffers , a   habit  derided  by  a  knot of vitriol drinking  Murdoch  journalists , blowhards , and  most recently  by  a milksop Queensland  politician ,  these  two  outstanding  examples  of  scholarly   Australian  manhood ,  snapped in Canberra , should  be  considered  for  knighthoods .

They  are , on the left  Left , Pete Steedman , a man  who  fiercely opposed conscription  and  Australia’s  involvement  in  the Vietnam War ; influenced  university magazine  design and content , in  the  process  helping   produce  a   generation  of   idealistic  young   people  wanting  to  make  the  world  a  better  place ; during  his  time in the House of Representatives  was  voted  politician  of  the year ; beat off   gangs with a Crocodile Dundee knife and a  gumtree branch  while  broadening his  mind  travelling from India to   Marrakech ;  introduced  Aussie style limp  falling  on  darkened   stairs  during   a   recent   cultural   visit  to  Italy.

The  other highly recommended  candidate  for  the  sword tap  is  Peter  Burleigh , international  architect , South Pacific   beachcomber, graphic illustrator, author, snake charmer,  vacuum  cleaner salesman , propagator of the  English language ,  major  shareholder  in  the  dynamic  Magnautic  Island  Times  and  recently  honoured  with  the   Croix de  Guerre  for   helping  scrape   the    bottoms   of    French  canals with  his  dredge  . A man  of  many talents , stamina and  extreme  patience,  Burleigh  has on many  occasions acted as  Steedman’s carer, as  in  this  secret  visit  to  Canberra .

 It   will   be   seen   that   Steedman is   now   a   vegetarian and   has an  Italian  sundried  tomato  on  his  plate . While he might look  like  an  evil  Queensland  bikie, he   is  Victorian ,  a   cuddly  chap and  a  shining example to the pimply  youth  of   the  nation.       

  DECLARATION  OF  PERSONAL  INTEREST, WARNING  : Cyclops  is a  sloppy  drinker  of  latte  and   after   two   mugs  of  the  stuff  gets  the uncontrollable   urge  to  punch  boofheads   who   mock   latte  drinkers.

Friday, March 29, 2013

UNIVERSITIES THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Notices have gone up on the Townsville campus of James Cook University in which a person, presumably a student , announces  the  intention to start a Home Brew Society. It is planned to hold regular meetings where members each bring along a couple of bottles to lubricate learned discourse about the ancient and varied science of making your own Kickapoo Juice. It is hoped to launch a Facebook page as well.

On reading this notice, Little Darwin emailed a Victorian friend, journalist Pete Steedman, and asked if he ran a sly grog shop in the l960s when he edited Melbourne uni magazines which drove to drink the Government, ASIO, Liberals, anti-Semites and assorted goose –steppers when he spearheaded the attack on Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War , particularly the conscription of young men to fight in the obscene conflict.

While he tried to flog a motorbike , a car and assorted lively magazines on campus, he did not start a home brew group. He did frequent the well known  Notting Hill Pub in a bid to discover the meaning of life.  However , years later , a son ran a Free Beer Society  at Melbourne University and deliberately helped the Young Liberals , as usual thirsting after power, to either take over the beer group, maybe the student union, or both, with a legally binding contract that they would make funds available to the Free Beer Society, which he and studious drinking mates quickly turned into disappearing liquid assets.

XXXX ALERT : The Little Darwin sweatshop  is brewing up the next exciting chapter in the X-rated Steedman Chronicles serial which will be of interest to the man on the land , ASIO, the KGB  and Tasmanians .