29 August 2011

The Situation in this blog

A week or so ago I read an article about a US TV show called Jersey Shore. The character known as The Situation reminded me of Tony Abbott: for his me-me-me sense of priority, perspective and propriety; his in-depth knowledge of the Australian economy, and his vision for our society and this country generally.


In this blog, references to "The Situation" should be read as: The Hon A J Abbott, MA Oxon BEc LLB Syd, MP, etc., Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition in Australia pro tem.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous29/8/11 12:47 pm

    Thanks - had me baffled.

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  2. Anonymous29/8/11 1:00 pm

    You could have spared us the pictorial comparison, Andrew. I was eating...

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  3. Anonymous29/8/11 1:03 pm

    Though the Situation (the Abbott version) looks even smugger than the original Situation.

    Oh, and if Abbott is such a smarty pants, why doesn't he even have "(Hons)" after his degree initials? False modesty? Or maybe, at uni, he was too busy slugging it out in the ring.

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  4. DaveM29/8/11 2:03 pm

    Thanks! Although I'd worked out you meant Mr Abbott from the context, I had no idea where you got the pseudonym from.

    Beats Alan "Juliar" Jones attempts at wit hands down as well :-)

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  5. Lachlan Ridge30/8/11 4:28 pm

    We all know what sort of a wit the failed candidate for Earlwood, Mr Jones, is.

    Every time I see the, err, Situation I am reminded of William Butler Yeats great line from The Second Coming:

    "The best lack all conviction
    And the worst are full of passionate intensity"

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  6. peter warrington24/1/12 9:12 pm

    haha lachlan great call. as a child of the earlwood electorate in 78, it's still one of my proudest "achievements"

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