Re: Okay, you wankers...
Paul Bartram wrote:
> "Jeßus" <none@all.org> wrote
>
>> I'm not a Pom, but I guess we Australians have a better understanding of
>> Pom terminology and quirks.
>
> I sort of thought a previous Prime Minister (Paul Keating) had used the word
> in parliament some time back, but it must have been another bad word (he was
> known for it!)
LOL, yeah... he was the best :)
I'm probably one of the few people who will admit to liking Keating.
He used to make me laugh my arse off...
I used to *love* watching question time when Keating was on the scene,
he was a master of sarcasm (and probably cynicism) and could tear shreds
off anyone debating/challenging him.
Although he was prone to using unpleasant (for some) words, he could
back up whatever he was arguing with facts as well, as good as any
politician could, anyway.
> Even so, the search '"Paul Keating" wanker' returns 557 results!
No surprise there...
> Paul (no relation.)
>
> ** Among the epithets that have taken flight from his [ie Prime Minister
> Paul Keating's] tounge during the course of public debate, and are to be
> found gracing the pages of whatever is the Australian equivalent of Hansard,
> have been scumbags, pieces of criminal garbage, sleaze-perfumed gigolos,
> gutless spivs, boxheads, immoral cheats and stunned mullets **
> ~ Bill Bryson Down Under, 2000
Yeah... "scumbag" was probably his favourite :)
Remember when he put his arm around the Queen? Heh.
Ironically, despite the above, he was arguably the most intellectual and
sophisticated Prime Minister we've had thus far.
I would work in a joke involving the Austrian Parliament... but... meh.
Jeßus
Paul Bartram
