Comments on: God save the Knights http://www.grods.com/post/2400/ Australia's leading blog that starts with 'G' and has nine letters in its name. Join us for a latte as we discuss politics, media, society and the internet. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:15:58 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17236 krypto Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:09:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17236 hive of activity on Grods tonight isn't it? You're all watching the footy show to see how Sam Newman got on with his prostate operation i take it? hive of activity on Grods tonight isn’t it? You’re all watching the footy show to see how Sam Newman got on with his prostate operation i take it?

]]> By: brokenleftleg http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17234 brokenleftleg Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:41:35 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17234 I heard Downer is still getting treatment at a private medical clinic because of this decision, and he has been heard saying,"this has got to be much worse than anything hicks got in gauntanomo Bay." I heard Downer is still getting treatment at a private medical clinic because of this decision, and he has been heard saying,”this has got to be much worse than anything hicks got in gauntanomo Bay.”

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17233 krypto Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:38:55 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17233 oh I think it's an entirely appropriate outcome for greedy capitalists who "just want to get ahead" oh I think it’s an entirely appropriate outcome for greedy capitalists who “just want to get ahead”

]]> By: THR http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17230 THR Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:13:34 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17230 Exile would probably be sufficient, though 'Madame Guillotine' would bring some appropriate symbolism. Exile would probably be sufficient, though ‘Madame Guillotine’ would bring some appropriate symbolism.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17229 krypto Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:11:00 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17229 Viva la Guillotine!!! Viva la Guillotine!!!

]]> By: Suburban Marxist http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17228 Suburban Marxist Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:10:24 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17228 And even the Yanquis! <i>"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."</i><i></i> And even the Yanquis!

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

]]> By: Suburban Marxist http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17227 Suburban Marxist Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:07:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17227 And people say the 'cultural cringe' is an 'elitist' sponsored meme...but I mean, really, what kind of self-respecting bourgeois-capitalist democracy still has an unelected head of state wielding some kind of authority, or even just as a figurehead? No wonder we're cringeworthy, we're a couple of hundred years behind the French, who got it right in 1789. Bring back the Guillotine! And people say the ‘cultural cringe’ is an ‘elitist’ sponsored meme…but I mean, really, what kind of self-respecting bourgeois-capitalist democracy still has an unelected head of state wielding some kind of authority, or even just as a figurehead?

No wonder we’re cringeworthy, we’re a couple of hundred years behind the French, who got it right in 1789.

Bring back the Guillotine!

]]> By: Iain; Hall http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17226 Iain; Hall Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:02:37 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17226 Bridgit the fact of the matter is that before 1972 no body did think of doing this and it is on a Muffin not a roll :) You elitist lefties now if it had some quaint ethnic origin (focarccia anyone?) you lot would be singing it’s praises, and given the gentleman was an American from California he was of course not eligible for a knighthood. Bridgit the fact of the matter is that before 1972 no body did think of doing this and it is on a Muffin not a roll :) You elitist lefties now if it had some quaint ethnic origin (focarccia anyone?) you lot would be singing it’s praises, and given the gentleman was an American from California he was of course not eligible for a knighthood.

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17224 Bridgit Gread Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:52:50 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17224 Not only was Howard passed over, but he was passed over for a 20-something playboy whose only skillz are flying helicopters, chasing upper-class crumpet and pouting in public. All because Johnny is so <i>common</i>. Chew those sour grapes, Howart. Not only was Howard passed over, but he was passed over for a 20-something playboy whose only skillz are flying helicopters, chasing upper-class crumpet and pouting in public. All because Johnny is so common.

Chew those sour grapes, Howart.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17223 krypto Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:48:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17223 those flying monkeys can't take a trick can they, they can turn them sure, just not take them. those flying monkeys can’t take a trick can they, they can turn them sure, just not take them.

]]> By: THR http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17221 THR Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:41:25 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17221 <i>Poor old “ar” and MK will be crying into their strawberry milkshakes today. </i> Hey, those milkshakes bring all the right-wing boys to the yard. Poor old “ar” and MK will be crying into their strawberry milkshakes today.

Hey, those milkshakes bring all the right-wing boys to the yard.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17220 Ant Rogenous Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:01:06 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17220 Back in February, our favourite retards at A Western Heart were gleefully <a href="http://awesternheart.blogspot.com/2008/02/howard-knighted-to-infuriate-benighted.html" rel="nofollow">jerking each other off</a> over the prospect of Howard being knighted. Poor old "ar" and MK will be crying into their strawberry milkshakes today. And I can't tell you how sad that makes me. Back in February, our favourite retards at A Western Heart were gleefully jerking each other off over the prospect of Howard being knighted.

Poor old “ar” and MK will be crying into their strawberry milkshakes today. And I can’t tell you how sad that makes me.

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17205 Wah Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:43:50 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17205 I must say I was heartened by the comments to this story on the Herald Sun web site which were all, but one, cynically scathing against Howard including: <b>S U F F E R in ya jocks ,you little git of a human !!</b> Which has to be read out in an "outrageous French accent" to be fully appreciated. I must say I was heartened by the comments to this story on the Herald Sun web site which were all, but one, cynically scathing against Howard including:

S U F F E R in ya jocks ,you little git of a human !!

Which has to be read out in an “outrageous French accent” to be fully appreciated.

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17204 steve Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:22:07 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17204 Looks like Howard will just have to make do with the 'Double Order of the Boot'. Once from the Australian electorate and once from her Maj. Looks like Howard will just have to make do with the ‘Double Order of the Boot’. Once from the Australian electorate and once from her Maj.

]]> By: David Tiley http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17203 David Tiley Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:12:16 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17203 I wonder if Howard has allowed himself to think that he is entitled to something since Menzies became Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, which gave him responsibility for whales washed up on the beach and (I think) the swans of Britain. I wonder if Howard has allowed himself to think that he is entitled to something since Menzies became Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, which gave him responsibility for whales washed up on the beach and (I think) the swans of Britain.

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17199 steve Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17199 Probably working on McCain's campaign while there too. Probably working on McCain’s campaign while there too.

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17198 John Surname Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:41:27 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17198 They're giving their regards to Broadway, yo. They’re giving their regards to Broadway, yo.

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17197 steve Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:41:01 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17197 They might just be sitting around hoping to get a gong in the Queen's Birthday honours list. They might just be sitting around hoping to get a gong in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17196 steve Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:16:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17196 Talking about Tories who are lost with nobody willing to take them in, where have the hordes of Howard's exgovernment advisers gone. All to centrelink or did they follow Reith's son to London? Talking about Tories who are lost with nobody willing to take them in, where have the hordes of Howard’s exgovernment advisers gone. All to centrelink or did they follow Reith’s son to London?

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17195 Bron Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:09:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17195 It's delicious, Steve. Enjoy it!! It’s delicious, Steve. Enjoy it!!

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17193 steve Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:57:28 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17193 It's hard to imagine a time when the right has been so ineffectual in Australian politics they are becoming more irrelevant by the day. Not only are their Listening Tours treated with contempt, but now their favoured institutions have stopped listening to them. It’s hard to imagine a time when the right has been so ineffectual in Australian politics they are becoming more irrelevant by the day. Not only are their Listening Tours treated with contempt, but now their favoured institutions have stopped listening to them.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17189 Bron Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:14 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17189 <i>Could it be that while the monarchists were venting their enlarged spleens on New Ltd blogs, republicans were emailing Buckingham Palace with the awful truth about how unsuitable Howard would be for the Garter role?</i> Ssshhhhhhhhhh! Could it be that while the monarchists were venting their enlarged spleens on New Ltd blogs, republicans were emailing Buckingham Palace with the awful truth about how unsuitable Howard would be for the Garter role?

Ssshhhhhhhhhh!

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17187 Wah Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:43:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17187 Even the Queen thinks he's a cunt. Even the Queen thinks he’s a cunt.

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17185 steve Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:52:29 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17185 Could it be that while the monarchists were venting their enlarged spleens on New Ltd blogs, republicans were emailing Buckingham Palace with the awful truth about how unsuitable Howard would be for the Garter role? Could it be that while the monarchists were venting their enlarged spleens on New Ltd blogs, republicans were emailing Buckingham Palace with the awful truth about how unsuitable Howard would be for the Garter role?

]]> By: steve http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17184 steve Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:27:07 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17184 All those years of the monarchists clinging to Howard's coat tails while he hangs onto Mrs Windsor's coat tails and it all comes to nothing. That is so funny. Looks like he is only accepted by groupthinkers in the Republic of the USA. All those years of the monarchists clinging to Howard’s coat tails while he hangs onto Mrs Windsor’s coat tails and it all comes to nothing. That is so funny.

Looks like he is only accepted by groupthinkers in the Republic of the USA.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17153 Bron Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:40:19 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17153 SexiLexi would be rather upset, yes, Zombie Mao. SexiLexi would be rather upset, yes, Zombie Mao.

]]> By: Zombie Mao http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17150 Zombie Mao Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:37:14 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17150 velvet robes, plumes also fishnet stockings, belly button rings and gimp masks. Yet no garter... Now THATS odd. velvet robes, plumes
also fishnet stockings, belly button rings and gimp masks.

Yet no garter…
Now THATS odd.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17147 krypto Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:32:40 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17147 surely that'd have to be a co-incidence huh? No Howard apologists at either Fairfax or News Ltd. surely that’d have to be a co-incidence huh? No Howard apologists at either Fairfax or News Ltd.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17141 Bron Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17141 I saw somewhere earlier this evening on one of the media sites (either Fairfax or NewsLtd), before the announcement was made, where Johnno said (or said via his spokesperson) that he "didn't know anything about this". That's despite the rumours being around since the beginning of the year! Pfft. Didn't know, my arse. But the piece where I saw that was gone after the announcement was made. Hmm. I saw somewhere earlier this evening on one of the media sites (either Fairfax or NewsLtd), before the announcement was made, where Johnno said (or said via his spokesperson) that he “didn’t know anything about this”. That’s despite the rumours being around since the beginning of the year! Pfft. Didn’t know, my arse.

But the piece where I saw that was gone after the announcement was made. Hmm.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2400/comment-page-1/#comment-17137 krypto Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:14:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2400/#comment-17137 suck shit to him I say, can you imagine litle Johnny scrotum in armour? He'd make Pancho Sanchez look heroic. suck shit to him I say, can you imagine litle Johnny scrotum in armour? He’d make Pancho Sanchez look heroic.

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