Johnny Rotten

That was a tongue in cheek article wasn't it? Here is another bit of fun by the same journalist, Jennifer Eliot:

http://www.news.com.au/national/mutchilba-man-catches-30kg-barramundi-in-drain-with-bare-hands/story-e6frfkvr-1225836017978

Here is some fun photography by Jennifer too:

http://tools.cairns.com.au/photo_gallery/photo_gallery_popup.php?category_id=11745&offset=0

Of course Bob Katter has an arsenal if that is what people want to believe and he has caught an even bigger barra in that hat of his too.

I will be glad when this election is over and no, I don't want to hear what Mr Rabbot has caught in his budgie smugglers. He never could be outdone that Rabbot.

Those in the know, and who wear 'em, have trouble saying 'Akubra'.

It's just too foreign for the Aussie mind/tongue to cope with, just like Bligh has trouble saying 'asked' and comes out with 'arkst', and the same as those who confuse 'bought' with 'brought'...

And 'the fool' from St. George insists on 'irregardless'.

The real Qld Akubra wearer calls 'em an 'Arkaburra'.

Bob's from 'The Smart State', same as Anna, so what's the betting he's an Arkaburra man too?

Can someone arkst him?

Cornflower

Erm, don't need to be a betting man to know you can catch much more with an Akubra than speedos.

Anyone who wears an Akubra (or Akuburra)
will get my attention.

That's because I matured in a harsh land with
few of the niceties. I've still got family
who are stud farmers in Quirindi. The Akubra
to me represents a lust for life. I've got
one that my brother bought me as a birthday
present (he lives in Kempsey). The one he
wears is covered in yellow dust and hardened
by drought, then made soggy again with too
much rain, rendered tough once more by bad
times and fluffy as a lamington by good fortune
yet again restored.

To me the hat is a celebration of where
we've been and a guide for where we should be
going. Call me sentimental.

I think a Gillard minority government with the independents will be a welcome alternative.

Looks like the guys in the Coalition have already started with the late night abusive phone calls to the Independents and I would rather not have that sort of government. It reeks of the dirty games in the election previous where the Coalition sought to frame the ALP over false anti-Muslim propaganda. It is like dealing with the mafia and at least the voters have said enough is enough.

Then we have the hollowmen of the Labor Party - but if it is a choice between the two majors, the ALP would be my choice with the Independents and Greens to keep them honest.

Australia could really benefit from this arrangement if we don't let ourselves get fooled by the fear mongerers who paint doom and gloom in the prospect of a minority government.

Australians have already proven themselves to be smarter than that, but it looks like the movers and shakers in the majors are still not listening nearly hard enough.

On the subject of Akubras, a well-known rule of thumb in the bush in Qld is the broader the brim, the smaller the spread.