Category: Australiana


I intend not to discuss politics again for a very long time but all of my international readers and those Australians who aren’t so keen on politics, please forgive me this one last post.

Random thoughts, quotes and text messages to and from susan on Saturday:

1. Please Liberal man, don’t come and hand me a “how to vote” card.

2. Are you watching the tally and peeing your pants?

3. “…and who the heck is the “what women want” party?”

4. Where are the corn chips? I need some chocolate STAT!

5. “If the Liberals win again I will cry.”

6. “Me too, mum.”

7. Woot!

8. I want to see tears dammit!

9. Bennelong! Maxxxxiiiinneee!

10. “Once the Liberal lose, it will start raining again and crops, farmers and the whole country will prosper.” (Husband’s prediction has indeed proven true as it’s a wonderful rain filled day today.)

11. “I wonder what Andrew Bolt is thinking right now.”

12. “You know we can’t rub this in any one’s face.”

“Yeah, you’re right. We don’t want anyone to feel bad or anything.”

“SUFFER IN YOUR JOCKS!”

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Ahh, it’s a wonderful day today, isn’t it?

*Groan, yeah I know- pretty corny

From this article: 

close to 70 per cent of young people ………said they felt aligned to the party of their parents.

Husband has warned me countless times not to thrust my political views onto my innocent children but sometimes I just can’t help myself. I had no idea how much attention they pay my spontaneous mutterings until today:

4 year old (listening to radio in car): Who is this man who keeps talking all the time?

Me: It’s Kevin Rudd.

4 year old: Why is he talking?

Me: Because he wants to be the Prime Minister. You know how John Howard is our Prime Minister? Well Kevin Rudd wants to be Prime Minister.

4 year old: Oh no!

Me: Well, it wouldn’t be that bad a thing to have a different Prime Minister.

4 year old: Because John Howard lies?

Me: Well…yes, John Howard sometimes doesn’t say the whole truth but so do other…

4 year old: and he doesn’t care about the people?

Me (secretly beaming with pride): Um…. Let’s just change the radio station, shall we?

Sorry husband, we have another potential Greenie in the family.

Actually no – not very sorry at all.

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