An Aussie tradition: Established immigrants bash the latest arrivals
August 19, 2009
This week I hate witchhunters, history revisionists and people who think in absolutes, as in white is right and black is wrong.
I particularly hate immigrants who have forgotten their own recent history. At the moment I hate my brother most of all. I hope it passes soon. [Read more]
Even vampires are coming out – from the cold dark cellars
August 12, 2009
The vampire’s bite stung like hell.
Rather than going for the jugular, he was sinking his fangs into the back of my neck, leaving my hands free to make the Christian sign of the cross. You know the procedure. “In the name of the father, the son ….etc.
I kept crossing myself because I knew classic vampires did not like holy things and this guy was straight out of Nosferatu the Vampyre, staring Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula. [Read more]
The Tale of the Very Evil Hamburger
August 4, 2009
My new hero for the week is Father Leo Donnelly whose Catholic Church in Port Macquarie sold some of its real estate to McDonalds.
I don’t give a fig or a prune for Maccas but I love the fact that Fr Donnelly admitted to liking a Big Mac after Mass on Sundays.
And that he told the fat obsessives where to get off. [Read more]
Let’s talk about spit, baby
July 29, 2009
Gosh! Spit! Let’s talk about spitting. Then we can move on to peeing. Perhaps we can finish up with a discourse on sneezing and coughing.
By the end of the conversation we’ll be running around with spray cans and baby wipes, yelling “unclean, unclean” at our fellow kind. [Read more]
I’ve been to Iran – they make the best kebabs
July 21, 2009
It’s not quite like Bali where you are likely to run into your next door neighbour and someone you once went to school with.
Not that many people go to Iran. The Iranians seem a little sorry about that as the tourist dollar is most welcome. But what can you do when when the ayatollahs have scared everyone off? [Read more]
Nice Girls Do Have Sex
July 7, 2009
Nice girls do have sex. Some nice girls even have sex with more than one person at a time.
It isn’t everybody’s idea of a good night out, but it is not unknown. And it is not a crime. [Read more]
Ian Luff
Bernard Bratusa
Jeff McGill