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Evan Hughes's avatar

Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'desk job'.

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DK's avatar

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Michael Barnes's avatar

Excellent work, hope everyone of them drowns in righteous wrath.

Thanks for the reminder I need to check my Credit Card details are correct. I can just post the details here and someone will check them for me won't they?

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Emma's avatar

I am impressed.

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RSol's avatar

I demand an apology! No self-respecting louse will go anywhere near my bum!

And the lice without self-respect seem to work up the hill, buffing the woodwork, so to speak.

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Brendan's avatar

So good I bought a subscription

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John Birmingham's avatar

Status unlocked! New favourite.

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Jim KABLE's avatar

This is so good John. Erica Betts sounds like every fundamentalist preacher I recall from my childhood - prissy and careful enunciation but while the lips may have smiled - the eyes glittered - just like those of Erich Abetz. Tracey Grimshaw WAS good. (In replays of her interview with the PM - on The Drum.) Could I ask you to do a piece on equally fast speaker and mansplainer Adam Creighton of The Australian. While Sam Mostyn on Thursday's Q&A spoke with eloquence and fairness she continually had to plead for the chance to finish what she was saying against Adam in particular - but even Stan Grant, too - who was for me - much as I admire lots of his work and his story - sounding as if he were arguing against the compassionate picture - at times agreeing with Creighton - making him sound incoherent, I thought.

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Anita's avatar

Jim Kable, I think the snide "device" of sneering at a male politician by using the feminine version of his name is, err, particularly not well used here. I give you extra rope as you chidhood was full of fundamentalist preachers. Taipans are scary.

When it's Abetz, all you need do is say "don't mention the war" for a cheap swipe. Or just pick up on the antiquated school-teacherly usages that seem to pepper his speech. Most recently, he has given us "mischievous assertions". Honk honk, he's like some annoyed old goose. An unsaucy gander.

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Dave Irving's avatar

I always refer to him as Aidzand Abetz.

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Jim KABLE's avatar

Thanks, Dave - but beware of Anita no-surname - she might imagine you are siding with "crims" and have something to say about that... Hi, Anita!

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Jim KABLE's avatar

Well said, Anita no-surname. The reason I used that same-sounding name was because my wife for some years thought that the Senator was Senator Erica Betts. She had not seen him - just heard references on radio news items and took little notice of pronouns. There is something distasteful nonetheless in his diction, like the vowel-strangler now A-G (ye Gods - or Yikes!) or Dan Tehan -and like former pollie now salesman of WMD - Prissy Pyne - they all seem to set one's teeth on edge. You may keep your suggestions for your own usage - the mystique has now been shattered - I'd be accused of plagiarism by some - hang on Jim - that's Anita no-surname's turn-of-phrase they'd write. But thanks for the selfless offer! As for goose - when I lived in München many years ago - there was a little Hungarian restaurant we dined at a few times - the principal dish was Goose - delicious! With sauce!

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