New PM cont.
Jun. 25th, 2010 08:33 pmThis is the picture that everyone is loving today: The new Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, with the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott.
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And I'd like to join in the chorus: now that we red-heads are in charge of the country, the first thing I'm going to do is ban is the word "ranga", because comparing someone to an ape (orangutan) because of something they can't help, like their hair colour, is neither complimentary nor funny.
Yeah, I realise that sounds cranky, but I really, really hate that word.
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And I'd like to join in the chorus: now that we red-heads are in charge of the country, the first thing I'm going to do is ban is the word "ranga", because comparing someone to an ape (orangutan) because of something they can't help, like their hair colour, is neither complimentary nor funny.
Yeah, I realise that sounds cranky, but I really, really hate that word.