Blame the Black Caps. Writing this drivel in the mornings takes time and the cricket has robbed me of that. I have stacks of things to do in the evenings. I sit down to watch 'just five overs' and that's the evening gone. Then all those things you were going to do last night have to be done this morning. And this has happened three timesin the last five days. But what a way to waste valuable time. The past five days cricket have been fabulous and last night's was the icing on an already very tasty cake. It wouldn't have been the same doing it to Sri Lanka would it? I'm off to Sydney this arvo for a couple of days and am I looking forward to taking a hundred bucks off my old mate Rob Johnson in person. Oh you were so confident when you said 'we can settle the bet when you are over here next week, make sure you bring your wallet' weren't you? We'll talk about it over dinner at the Rocks, I fancy, and I won't be paying. As an aside did you study Hussey's face over the last few overs when the dreadful truth was overcoming him? Fear. Abject terror was overtaking the poor sod. What a great day to be flying to Oz.
And what a great day to be leaving behind the denizens of the Beehive. They have only been back a week and they are, if anything, behaving worse than ever. How anyone can sit there with a straight face and use bloody Philip Field's vote as a proxy just days after calling his conduct 'immoral and unethical' is just beyond belief. It gets worse. This can be done as he is allowed indefinite leave of absence from Parliament if he is 'attending public business'. 'Attending public business' is left to be defined by the MP. In this case Field says this is being interviewed by the Police whilst they assess his suitablity for the laying of criminal charges. Can anyone tell me why this bloke is still an 'representaive of the people' that he is in a positin to have to make these calls? Can anyone tell me why he has been allowed not to resign? 'I have not been convicted of any criminal offence' just doesn't cut it. MPs should not just be non-criminals they should be people with above average morals and ethics and not those whose conduct is called 'immoral and unethical' by their (ex-) party leaders. That the majority of the population allow him to stay in Parliament is almost as worrying as the the fact that the majority of his own constituents ('his people' - give me strength) think he is a good bloke and has done nothing wrong. There really is no hope for this country if they can't work this one out for themselves.
Grog is good for you? How would you know? Ample evidence that if you let bureaucrats run a country you end up with a loony bin. The food labelling laws are crazy. You know if you buy a 'prime beefburger', Bar B Q for the use of, the packaging has to tell you that it comprises 23% goats eyelid, 32% newspaper, 15% artificial colouring 135T and 30% water so that you know its crap before your tastebuds confirm the fact. Well the same laws don't apply to anything containing alcohol. The most poisonous substance (and I am not being a wowser here, talking form a purely medical point of view) that can legally be sold for human consumption anywhere in the world is exempt. So your bottle of Pinot can contain all the aldehydes and esters in the world and you can rot your insides and be none the wiser. This is a much better way of filling your face. I'm giving up processed food and am going to live exclusively on food that contains grog. This will make life a whole lot more exciting - almost as exciting as watching the cricket.
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