Punch on: Open thread 28/10/10

Jim says:

09:01am | 28/10/10

Inhereting a $25bn deficit, turning it into a $50bn surplus, seeing slide to a record $58bn deficit in a year…increasing daily so that we owe more than we own. Wanting to spend another $43bn on a pipe dream which has a business plan that at best can be described as fluff.
I see a joke alright, but I doubt you get it.

fairsfair says:

10:56am | 28/10/10

My local butcher just got induced into the Australian Sausage Hall of Fame. That may explain something. Though, watching them interviewed on the Today show yesterday - they seemed hardly happy and stuggled to put a sentence together. Good ol’ FNQ!

I think it is because they reside in aiconditioning all day. Biggest issue where I live is “heat induced shits”. It is a horrific affliction that is already striking the majority of the popluation. The onset of summer is early this year and we’ve all got the irrits - but not the butchers…

Jim says:

12:10pm | 28/10/10

I hate butchers…especially one called “Johnno” who used to work in Townsville. Nice work champ…hope she bitched and moaned to you as much as she did to me, then left you broke and destitute as well!

stephen says:

01:38pm | 28/10/10

Vegetarians, to my eyes (the ones who don’t cast shadows), seem peturbed, justly so, by the burden they take on their shoulders.

PS a chop a day keeps the psychiatrist away.

hot tub political machine says:

02:28pm | 28/10/10

So the consensus seems to be that a tasty diet, aircon, the ability to literally bring home the bacon (surely bakers must also enjoy their breadwinning) and a talent for flirtation mixed with a nice accent does the trick. Well good on them I say. Buying meat is more enjoyable for their efforts + kids get fritz!

Farkurnell says:

05:23pm | 28/10/10

@ Macca ...I think you’ve been watching to much Kath & KIm..What a role molel Kel Knight.Just luv his horizontal folk dancing.

Macca says:

09:25am | 28/10/10

Something about bringing home the bacon?

Maybe the butchers are just happy to see lovely women buying large amounts of meat? I can’t see a butcher allowing his missus to ever order anything other than the Lamb Shanks or Pork Belly or Fillet mignon. If she must have chicken, it will Cordon Bleu

fairsfair says:

11:08am | 28/10/10

Luce, one local up here offers the tag line “we are pleased to meet you with the meat to please you”  ***shudder***
I guess they think that is flirty, but it hurts my ears and puts me off their crumb steak special.

Jim says:

12:36pm | 28/10/10

In 2006 up in Townsville a 2-year old was left unattended to play on some climbing gear at the Strand waterpark. I’m sure there were plenty of adults right there who thought it was unsafe for her to be climbing where she was…but none were willing to grab a little girl - not in a park where there were 100’s of other kids.
She fell.
She died.

Eric says:

01:11pm | 28/10/10

This is the sort of thing that feminism has brought us. The demonisation of men does incredible amounts of harm to society.

Peter says:

01:36pm | 28/10/10

You serious?

hot tub political machine says:

02:31pm | 28/10/10

Congratulations! Used to be in a pub band myself, I miss it

Aitch B says:

02:48pm | 28/10/10

Thanks, htpm. After a 35 year ‘retirement’ (kids, career, etc.) I’m having an absolute blast playing in a couple of bands. I didn’t miss it much during those 35 years but if I gave it up now I sure would!

Jeeves says:

06:20pm | 28/10/10

Love pub gigs!
What do you play?