PM rejects Bug's plan to end woolly thinking
Howard, ewe heartless prick!
Plans to turn 52,000 stranded Aussie sheep into living national
treasures have been given the thumbs-down by a heartless Howard
Government.
Stung by the plight of all that tucker that the towelheads turned
away, your No.1 family newspaper The Bug faxed the Prime Minister's
office, pleading with him to return the sheep to Australia "to
live out their days" as living proof of all that's good and
decent in Australian society.
We can't believe the government has rejected our argument and
is now likely to bring them home for slaughter - or the even more
appalling alternative - killing the sheep one by one on board
the Cormo Express and chucking their carcasses down a mincer to
turn the Gulf waters into a watery lamb casserole
We argued that because the condemned sheep were rejected three
times by various Middle Eastern ports, they were entitled, like
anybody on death row, to an unconditional pardon if attempts to
execute them failed three times.
We argued that seeing Canberra was once a sheep station, why not
fence off a large area of lawn in the front of the old Parliament
House and let them enjoy the remainder of their lives as symbols
of all that's fair and just in our society.
We even came up with a great name for it: WetherWorld. God knows
the national capital needs a major attraction apart from the permanent
circus up on the hill. Besides, we as a nation built our wealth
on the sheep's back, so why not thank those 52,000 sheep for the
wool and the blood their great-great-great-great-great-great-great
grandparents shed for us.Bales of lucerne and grain could be stored
in old Parliament House, seeing it's not used for anything worthwhile
anymore.
Frankly we are surprised that the PM has knocked the scheme on
the head faster then slaughtermen would work their way through
the ship of shame's unwilling cargo.
These little buggers are true Gulf veterans, and we just can't
understand why our PM's normally astute political antenna has
let him down on this occasion. It'd be a wonderful opportunity
for him to bask in the reflected glory of a series of welcome-home
parades through the major cities. Talk about mob hysteria. It's
a deadset vote winner that's better than Bali.
And think of the tourism opportunities as millions of overseas
people flock to the national capital to see these national treasures.
How WetherWorld
would have looked
Kiwis heading into stormy wether?
A pleasure ship has left Christchurch Harbour bound for the
Middle East, laden with 52,000 lonely New Zealand women eager
to find lasting love.
"Spirits are high among the passengers and they're all terribly
excited about the chances of meeting Mr Right," Captain Merrill
Stubing (right) told The Bug by ship radio at the
weekend.
"The very thought of an equal number of males being available
in the one spot makes for a very romantic rendezous."
But a leading behavioural psychologist has warned the trip could
end in tears if the trip was not being taken for "the right
reasons".
"I fear many of these women are just getting back at their
menfolk for ignoring them," argues Doctor Ruth Rylesby, of
Auckland University.
"Springtime in New Zealand is normally when women get some
attention in the boudoir, what with the lambing season in full
swing and all.
"This year, the menfolk are all over in Australia following
the fortunes of the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup.
"I don't know how these frustrated women are going to react
if a lot of the males have scabby mouth."
But one Dunedin woman summed up the feelings on board: "I
haven't had sux for sex months," she complained.