Gillard announces new foreign minister
Francis Sedgemore, Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 9:47 UTC
Following the shock resignation of Kevin Rudd during an official visit to Washington DC, opinion poll-battling Australian premier Julia Gillard holds a press conference to announce Rudd’s replacement as foreign minister.
Said Barry-born Gillard (50), “We value Kevin’s enormous contribution to public life, but fully understand and support his decision to spend more time with his family. Kevin will be a hard act to follow, but we are confident that the blancmange will do the country proud. Long live Australia!”
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Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 16:33 UTC
“enormous contribution to public life”
He he. Only a pol could keen so extravagantly.
Wait, Kevin Rudd – wasn’t he the one caught on video mining his nose and consuming the proceeds?
Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 21:46 UTC
I’m not sure that Rudd is notable or infamous for anything in particular.
Thursday 23 February 2012 at 08:27 UTC
The Curse of Morfa Rhuddlan travels to the outer edge of the Earthly disc. Rudd is famous for acting like a twat in front of Obama and Lula, and getting luckily ignored. enjoy:
Thursday 23 February 2012 at 10:34 UTC
Yup a good one too. But I have found that other clip, and it wasn’t his nose:
Thursday 23 February 2012 at 10:58 UTC
An amateur ethologist writes…
It’s to Australia’s credit that a gamma male can achieve so much in life.
As for eating ear wax, snot and so forth, this is a perfectly healthy and natural tool for self-diagnosis, and should not be sniffed at (unlike scratching one’s rectum and investigating the result, where the sniffing is integral). Such instinctive behaviour probably confers some kind of evolutionary advantage.