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philperth2010 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20535 Perth Gender:	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #15 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 11:51am I know what you mean Veg!!!! A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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blackadder Gold Member Offline Posts: 1977	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #16 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 11:52am As I see it only the moron vote will endorse his comments as gaffes Well I am sure Tony appreciates your vote vegie.
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Abbott Laughs @ Boat Disaster's Dead
Reply #17 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:00pm

Is this really the man Australians are considering as their next leader?

http://www.smh.com.au/national/abbott-cruise-ship-joke-lacks-judgment-20120120-1...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has dropped a verbal lead balloon during a morning radio exchange regarding the Costa Concordia disaster, saying: "Well, that was one boat that did get stopped."

The comment about the sinking of the Italian cruise ship came during an interview yesterday morning on the Adelaide Triple M breakfast show with Ali Carle, Dale Lewis and Warren Tredrea.

At one point during the interview, one of the hosts asked Mr Abbott: "This is just a bit from left field, the captain from the Costa Concordia wants to know if you need any help with your boat policy?"

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"Well that was one boat that did get stopped, wasn't it," Mr Abbott replied, to laughter.

The accident involving the Concordia, which struck a reef off the Tuscany coast in Italy last Friday, left at least 11 people dead, 64 injured, and more than 3200 evacuated. As many as two dozen people remain missing.

This morning, Victorian Labor MP Rob Mitchell called on Mr Abbott to apologise for the comment.

"He has no boundaries and lacks judgment," Mr Mitchell said.

"You have 11 people that are dead and at least 20 people missing and he is using this tragedy to make a tasteless joke. It shows he is unfit to be leader."

Comment is being sought from Mr Abbott, who is this morning riding in a bicycle cancer charity event in South Australia.

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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #18 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:01pm *The last 1 Posts were moved here from Chat* by perceptions_now.**
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Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it?
Reply #19 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:07pm

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Dont know honky tonk. Hey are you laughing at the joke?

you are one sick person veg no doubt about that... your hatred for all things Abbott is disgraceful.

you are a poor loser thats for sure... I have yet to see one word printed by you that finds fault with the dodgiest govt we have ever had..NOT ONE WORD.

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Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it?
Reply #20 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:27pm

Abbott is a clown, and not a man with a fast brain, obviously.

I know we have all sort of accepted the perpetually lowering standards from our pollies, but I can't think of any former leader, who would not have just responded that trying to make light of either refugee issues, or recent events where loss of life was the outcome, is a poor choice for attempted humour.
That is what ANY decent person would have done, and Tony Abbott's obsession to try and appear more likeable, just further shows how unfit for the top job he is.

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Lobo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7407 Sydney Gender:	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #21 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 1:15pm Maybe Tony just can't think on the run. Maybe, just maybe, he needs to be accompanied by a script writer everywhere he goes.
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Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it?
Reply #22 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:22pm

A non issue.....Tony Abbott is a good Christian who responded to a light hearted question in a light hearted manner.....I am sure he did not mean to upset anyone with his comments and just saw it as an opportunity to highlight the failed asylum seeker policies of the Gillard Government and the total irrelivance of the Greens party.....Abbott is not responsible for the boats sinking!!!

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Gist Gold Member Offline I am not a sock, I am a human being! Posts: 5476	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #23 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:36pm philperth2010 wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:22pm: What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, #1615, March 2010 Fair enough. But first Tones has got to trade in the smack wit for a rapier wit.
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Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it?
Reply #24 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:48pm

Gist wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:36pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 2:22pm:

What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people?
Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, #1615, March 2010

Fair enough. But first Tones has got to trade in the smack wit for a rapier wit.

See what I mean.....Its Australian to take the piss!!!

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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #25 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:13pm aLL OF A SUDDEN IMAGE MEANS NOTHING IN POLITICS! Well, we better get cracking rewriting all those text books then...... !!!!
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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #26 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:15pm BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:13pm: aLL OF A SUDDEN IMAGE MEANS NOTHING IN POLITICS! Well, we better get cracking rewriting all those text books then...... !!!! Again?!!
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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #27 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:16pm BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:15pm: BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:13pm: aLL OF A SUDDEN IMAGE MEANS NOTHING IN POLITICS! Well, we better get cracking rewriting all those text books then...... !!!! Again?!! Again??!!
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Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it?
Reply #28 - Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 5:57am

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:13pm:

aLL OF A SUDDEN IMAGE MEANS NOTHING IN POLITICS!

Well, we better get cracking rewriting all those text books then...... !!!! Embarrassed

DEAD RIGHT.... IT MEANS BUGGER ALL..

I[b] AM STILL LAUGHING MYSELF STUPID OVER THE.,.

THERE WILL BE NO CARBON TAX UNDER A GOVT I LEAD.....[/b]

HILARIOUS STUFF.

juliar makes jokes every weeK....

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Good ol Aussie humour, isn't it? Reply #29 - Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 5:59am WILKIE is laughing all the way to the $87 million he has cost us FOR NOTHING talk about waste..its a good old laugh
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