http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/roger-gerbil/ Roger is a medium-sized rodent and social commentator. He is married with 48 children. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/exhausted-octopus-dies-picking-oz-election-result/ Update - October 27, 2010: Another one bites the dust. Sadly this morning it was announced Paul the German octopus, who was responsible for the the humiliation of all creatures great and small after his psychic performance during the World Cup, has died. We have reposted the following in honour of dead psychic octopi everywhere. This is the sickening non-human toll of Saturday’s election - a psychic octopus which has literally worked itself to death trying to determine whether Labor or the Coalition will form government. Its last words were “No I don’t know what the postal votes are doing in Boothby” and then simply: “F**k this for a joke.” The octopus is just one of many innocent creatures from the animal world enlisted by a callous and unthinking media to make election predictions in what now ranks as the most hackneyed and unfunny gimmick since changing the words to Hitler’s “Downfall” video. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Roger Gerbil) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/exhausted-octopus-dies-picking-oz-election-result/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/exhausted-octopus-dies-picking-oz-election-result/#item3895 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:50:57 +0000 Roger Gerbil | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-black-day-for-australian-gerbilism/ I was having a quiet day at home doing a few laps on the wheel and nibbling on a pellet when all of a sudden the phone is ringing off the hook, asking me if I would care to comment about the fact that some neo-con fruitcake called Miranda Devine and a gay bloke in Sydney were having a massive stink which, frankly, has got nothing to do with me. But faster than you can say Richard Gere, there it is: my name is back up in lights again, and for all the wrong reasons. If you’ll excuse the analogy, the whole thing is a massive pain in the arse. But I have decided to go public in a final desperate bid to scotch the stereotypes which are perpetuated about the gerbil lifestyle by the likes of Devine. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Roger Gerbil) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-black-day-for-australian-gerbilism/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-black-day-for-australian-gerbilism/#item3037 Mon, 10 May 2010 02:39:18 +0000 Roger Gerbil | Author bios | The Punch