Saturday, September 29, 2007

Footy it's the same the world over

Footy in an election year. What pisses me off is that politicians become footy fans on or around grand final time. Especially in an election year.
John Howard has announced he intends to go to both codes of grand final this year. Firstly the Australian Rules footy. AFL that's today Saturday here in Melbourne. And tomorrow he heads off to Sydney for the Rugby League NRL grand final. Whether he has any true interest about the outcome, is neither here nor there, it is seen as a, must be seen at, event. So I imagine the Leader of the opposition, Kevin Rudd will also be seen somewhere in public making his predictions and giving his support.

One wise spark wrote in the letter page of The Age, that he wondered if it was tax payers money that will pay for the airline tickets and accommodation, I think the Prime minister should pay for his own ticket. Cause really who wants to be bothered with a senior pollie at a footy match.

On another note. We need to reuse our rain water as a community and stop using tap water to water the gardens.
Woof.

4 comments:

Vi said...

Oh, so the kissing babies in public doesn't work anymore? I reckon if they did that, they would be afraid of being a child molester!

Grump said...

Or catching something. Well the footy finals are over for another year. And the Victorian teams won. Hooray

Verdant Earl said...

Footy isn't the same here in the USA. Much to the shame of our own footy.

Grump said...

Earl here in Victoria we are footy mad it is the birth home of Australian Football and has the most teams. The other footy played is Rugby League. Not the same as Rugby Union being played for the world cup in France.
Cheers Grump.