October 28, 2005

Aussies come home!! The Australian Government will urge all it's citizens overseas to rush home if the bird flu starts to spread amongst humans. After all Australia will be bird flu free. As the Health Minister Tony Abbott claims, to catch it "you've got to eat raw chicken meat or you've got to drink duck's blood or something that Australians just don't do."

Considering the estimated number of Australian Expats is one million, did they really think this through before waxing lyrical? And is it just me or is there a touch of the "stuff the rest of you world" approach to their intention of locking down the country?

posted by gomichild 19 years ago
  • (And at the risk of ridicule and ostracization is My Very Own Extensive Thoughts of the situation [self-link])
  • Fuck YOU native land. I'm busy. *bookmarks gomichild's blog*
  • You expect me to believe that Australians don't enjoy the cool, refreshing taste of fresh duck's blood, over ice with lemon and a splash of bitters? Hell, I wasn't born yesterday. *snaps suspenders* Conspicuously, the prime minister doesn't forswear other forms of avian contact Down There.
  • If bird flu mutates and can pass from human to human directly, wouldn't people coming back to Australia just bring the disease "home" with them? I'm no medical expert, but this seems fairly logical to me.
  • Oh, and *quaffs huge cup o' duck's blood* Which I can do, because I'm Texan!
  • It's a good job avian flu can't be contracted though fucking ducks, innit?
  • Duck blood?! That's just Daffy.
  • Let me think. There's a real threat of a new plague spreading through humans all over the world. So your FIRST move when the threat is serious is to bring into your country a whole lot of humans from all over the world. What a moron.
  • Maybe they'll put us in quarantine camps for a while...
  • It does not matter from whence they hail, so MANY politicians are only remarkable for their complete and utter idiocy! It must come as part of the job description, along with "glib, dishonest, grasping and smug!" I note that Abbot & Costello have relocated to the Australian political scene.
  • Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.
  • Oh yes, Abbott is well known for being a first rate pillock.
  • Will the Australian government also be sponsoring a "no apostrophe for possessive pronouns" initiative? (I hope)