tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post4491869704495495623..comments2024-03-29T20:08:42.437+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: The North ShoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-91528945310296288832012-05-20T15:46:17.638+10:002012-05-20T15:46:17.638+10:00"I don't know where the Prime Minister ge..."I don't know where the Prime Minister gets off when she put the place down"<br /><br />This is another thought bubble from her media advisor, that Scottish hick who previously advised the failed British Labour Party. His previous, equally unsuccessful thought bubble was the Australia Day race riot in Canberra - Gillard sure knows how to hire good advisers.<br /><br />The ALP are trying to appeal to their base constituency, the "working families" out in the suburbs, by creating an "us versus them" meme to regain some traction in their traditional electorates.<br /><br />Its not going to work though, the suburbs went to the Liberals in Howard's days (Howard's Battlers), and they will go to Abbott when we next go to the polls.<br /><br />And this is the ALP's greatest fear; when Abbott wins the next election the suburbs will go to Abbott to punish the ALP, but they will stick to Abbott when they get used to him as they will see that he's a decent, blokey type of a bloke who they can trust.<br /><br />My prediction is that, not only will Abbott win the next election, but he will stay as PM longer than Howard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-62154192475643453592012-05-16T11:50:18.655+10:002012-05-16T11:50:18.655+10:00I noticed references to a football club, and also ...I noticed references to a football club, and also thought it might be an odd type of 'roo (got redtails, right?), but am oddly disappointed to find it just means "born with a silver spoon up his arse". <br />Thanks.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-31098572912211437372012-05-15T22:37:45.403+10:002012-05-15T22:37:45.403+10:00JC (with those initials I won't question how y...JC (with those initials I won't question how you know where God's own country is):<br />from Google:<br /><br />The English language expression silver spoon is synonymous with wealth, especially inherited wealth; someone born into a wealthy family is said to have "been born with a silver spoon in his mouth". As an adjective, "silver-spoon" describes someone who has a prosperous background or is of a well-to-do family environment. In Australia the expression "silvertail" is also used, although it has an almost identical meaning. It has been used in cultural or political situations to describe someone as aristocratic or out of touch with the common people.Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-85605863118744122102012-05-15T18:46:50.701+10:002012-05-15T18:46:50.701+10:00"Silvertails" is a new one on me, but th..."Silvertails" is a new one on me, but then I live in Texas (God's other own country). Etymology, pleaes?JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.com