Old farts and devious Rats
03/11/2005 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaIzzie slinks into LJ Land after packing her bagses for her Grand Garden Tour tomorrow. Still deciding which reading material to bring *Picks up a tasty thousand page tome sneaked to us by one Steven Smith -the Honorable Member for Dursleyville* Naaaa. Nice toilet paper - but not so sure about a good read. Decides after all to pick an old favorite and tosses the Potter into the green rucksack.
Another crisp and crunchy day it's been again. Just slinked over from Petunia's place. Izzie - the Diva of Dementors has now found another supply of infinite amusement - the one and only Reichstag Radio. Hours of unadulterated entertainment. Simply could not drag our ears away.
But after 3 hours or so listening to the countless virtues of "Arbeit macht Fair", Izzie switches off and reads the papers until 2pm. Oh silly serpent. Most peeved indeed to hear on the news - we know not the day nor the hour but between 1 and 2pm turns out to be exactly the time when the Attorney General introduces the long awaited "NotOrdnung" (Abolition of Liberty Bill 2005) Izzie missed it. Shame shame. Well - can always snatch it on Google.
So so funny. Enroute from Petunia's place, popped into work to check the latest rosters. (It's back to house elf slavery for Izzie on Wednesday) Our favorite registered nurse Deirdre was on. Funny - the other elves says she was talking about the Izzie only yesterday. Well well. You will never guess just exactly what dearest Deirdre has been watching on Foxtel. She too is a fan. Spent hours yesterday and this morning watching the antics of the idiots in Canberra. But she unlike Izzie gets to see their pretty faces in full colour. We had a great time discussing the antics of our favorite soapie stars.
Ashamed to admit it but the Iz was most mightily impressed with the weaselish slinkings of our favorite Rodent and his astonishing ability to never give a straight answer to a simple question.
Astonishing really how many folks in Oz lately have become parliament junkies. Interesting too - that most of them - Deidre just like Izzie are foreign born. We guess - the Aussies have had it too good for too long and have no real idea just what a precious and valuable thing free speech and freedom of association is until they lose it. But by then it will be too late.
Apart from keeping our ears amused, Iz spent the rest of the morning helping the pa with the pavers out the side of the house. He's been most peculiar lately. Came back to Oz after his grand European tour knowing nothing at all about the proposed industrial relations legislation and was amazed at just how draconian it was. So the Iz was most astounded indeed when today he's ranting about the need to be reasonable and see both sides of the story. These new laws are the best things since sliced bread since all these young things are a lazy bunch of bastards who could not be bothered getting out of bed and whose days of dole bludging will now be well and truly over!
(You know you are getting old when you start whining about lazy good for nothing young things - we weren't like that in my day)
No decent employer would ever sack a worker who is doing their job claims Vernon. But, Izzie says - if some Chinese house elf comes along and will do your job for 3 silver sickles and you are getting 12, then you haven't got a hope in hell. He puffs up his chest and proclaims "Rubbish. I have always been so good at my job that they could not compete with me" All this sudden sympathy with the point of view of the poor put upon and most oppressed employer is a bit rich coming from the critter who called Izzie a gutless wonder and spineless wimp for not using up her 360 accumulated hours of sick leave because she is so old fashioned that she only takes sickies when actually unwell and even then, still feels guilty for taking them.
The Izzie is not quite sure if the critter is off his rocker, gone a bit manic or indulging in a spot of Izzie baiting. (Like he will often rant and rave about Jewish conspiracies and all those American bastards because he knows it pisses off the Izzie no end. Sometimes we let it go and other times we argue back or say that we refuse to continue the conversation until he switches out of Rant mode.
Izzie always makes the distinction between individual people and their collective government and gets extremely annoyed with folks who indulge in generalisations and who insist on holding each single American, Israeli, Australian or any other nationality personally responsible for the behaviour of their government. It's not ethnicity that makes folks bad but possession of power and the almost unendurable temptations that it brings. Izzie would sure sure hate to live in a land where Vernon was the big cheese. He'd be a right little Hitler.
Needless to say - there is no game two cannot play at. The Izzie has dusted off her brown hat and from now on - in his presence will be broadcasting "The Voice of Reason" and "The other side to the story" and be the Chimp's and the Rodent's number one fan.
Another crisp and crunchy day it's been again. Just slinked over from Petunia's place. Izzie - the Diva of Dementors has now found another supply of infinite amusement - the one and only Reichstag Radio. Hours of unadulterated entertainment. Simply could not drag our ears away.
But after 3 hours or so listening to the countless virtues of "Arbeit macht Fair", Izzie switches off and reads the papers until 2pm. Oh silly serpent. Most peeved indeed to hear on the news - we know not the day nor the hour but between 1 and 2pm turns out to be exactly the time when the Attorney General introduces the long awaited "NotOrdnung" (Abolition of Liberty Bill 2005) Izzie missed it. Shame shame. Well - can always snatch it on Google.
So so funny. Enroute from Petunia's place, popped into work to check the latest rosters. (It's back to house elf slavery for Izzie on Wednesday) Our favorite registered nurse Deirdre was on. Funny - the other elves says she was talking about the Izzie only yesterday. Well well. You will never guess just exactly what dearest Deirdre has been watching on Foxtel. She too is a fan. Spent hours yesterday and this morning watching the antics of the idiots in Canberra. But she unlike Izzie gets to see their pretty faces in full colour. We had a great time discussing the antics of our favorite soapie stars.
Ashamed to admit it but the Iz was most mightily impressed with the weaselish slinkings of our favorite Rodent and his astonishing ability to never give a straight answer to a simple question.
Astonishing really how many folks in Oz lately have become parliament junkies. Interesting too - that most of them - Deidre just like Izzie are foreign born. We guess - the Aussies have had it too good for too long and have no real idea just what a precious and valuable thing free speech and freedom of association is until they lose it. But by then it will be too late.
Apart from keeping our ears amused, Iz spent the rest of the morning helping the pa with the pavers out the side of the house. He's been most peculiar lately. Came back to Oz after his grand European tour knowing nothing at all about the proposed industrial relations legislation and was amazed at just how draconian it was. So the Iz was most astounded indeed when today he's ranting about the need to be reasonable and see both sides of the story. These new laws are the best things since sliced bread since all these young things are a lazy bunch of bastards who could not be bothered getting out of bed and whose days of dole bludging will now be well and truly over!
(You know you are getting old when you start whining about lazy good for nothing young things - we weren't like that in my day)
No decent employer would ever sack a worker who is doing their job claims Vernon. But, Izzie says - if some Chinese house elf comes along and will do your job for 3 silver sickles and you are getting 12, then you haven't got a hope in hell. He puffs up his chest and proclaims "Rubbish. I have always been so good at my job that they could not compete with me" All this sudden sympathy with the point of view of the poor put upon and most oppressed employer is a bit rich coming from the critter who called Izzie a gutless wonder and spineless wimp for not using up her 360 accumulated hours of sick leave because she is so old fashioned that she only takes sickies when actually unwell and even then, still feels guilty for taking them.
The Izzie is not quite sure if the critter is off his rocker, gone a bit manic or indulging in a spot of Izzie baiting. (Like he will often rant and rave about Jewish conspiracies and all those American bastards because he knows it pisses off the Izzie no end. Sometimes we let it go and other times we argue back or say that we refuse to continue the conversation until he switches out of Rant mode.
Izzie always makes the distinction between individual people and their collective government and gets extremely annoyed with folks who indulge in generalisations and who insist on holding each single American, Israeli, Australian or any other nationality personally responsible for the behaviour of their government. It's not ethnicity that makes folks bad but possession of power and the almost unendurable temptations that it brings. Izzie would sure sure hate to live in a land where Vernon was the big cheese. He'd be a right little Hitler.
Needless to say - there is no game two cannot play at. The Izzie has dusted off her brown hat and from now on - in his presence will be broadcasting "The Voice of Reason" and "The other side to the story" and be the Chimp's and the Rodent's number one fan.
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That would be rather amusing to witness.
The Rat in the Hat
The ma has a good memory and no time for his lies - as well as being an old fashioned leftie union sort who would never ever vote Liberal in her life. Vernon on the other hand is a petty little man with quite a few characteristics in common with the Rat (the smug smirk for one) and it's probably jealousy plus his pathological hatred for anything British or American (The Rat aspires to be in both camps)He is the sort that is proud to declare his support for the likes of the loopy Citizens' Electoral Council and One Nation.
No matter what the pa's new found position may be on the IR reform - he is definitely against the anti-terror laws and the Iz is going to have so much fun alluding to secret ASIO sources on the internet that substantiate the claims of the Rat. Oh and of course - will accuse him of cynicism and seditious intent. Now what was that phone number again;)
Re: The Rat in the Hat
Date: 2005-11-04 03:12 am (UTC)