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Jan 21, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

"...forcing his coprophagic rictus into the shape of a real human grin." Pure gold JB! Brilliant as always and so good to read a satirical piece from you. Don't know how I'd cope without my regular injection of ASB. x

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How about we start with 16 year olds driving Commonwealth Cars for the PM, then once they've mastered that we can give them a run on the forklifts?

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"coprophagic rictus" Absolute gold JB!

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This would make a perfect piece of writing set for study in the first months of this year's Year 12 students right around Australia - so those turning 18 can employ the images as they head to the by-May ballot box! I too enjoyed the references to the shit-eating rictus - an image so very true to that SM mouth and its "gotcha" sneer!

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“Maybe when their feet can reach the pedals we’ll look at this issue again, so that they’re not just jumping from the driver’s seat of the forklift onto the accelerator. Something, which like omicron, nobody saw coming.”

Laugh? I nearly shat.

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How many stupid ideas and responsibility dodges does this cardboard cutout of a Prime Minister have to come up with before he gets turfed? I guess we are soon to find out. (Pity his opposition is a shadow puppet).

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Can I share this with everyone yet? Surely it's free-to-view? ktksbye

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Sure. Go for it.

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and might I add Mark Humphries almost SaunMCAlliffesque in his response there.

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