Comments on: Vale, indeed http://www.grods.com/post/2739/ 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/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22755 Krypto Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:29:27 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22755 zander is living proof that a person can remain a snotty nosed private school dickhead well into adult life, as long as they aren't subjected to any character building hardships and are utterly indulged every moment of their wretched life. zander is living proof that a person can remain a snotty nosed private school dickhead well into adult life, as long as they aren’t subjected to any character building hardships and are utterly indulged every moment of their wretched life.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22728 Bron Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:27:37 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22728 Damn. I was so looking forward to 'acting' opposite Salma and her squishy tits too. Damn. I was so looking forward to ‘acting’ opposite Salma and her squishy tits too.

]]> By: magic bellybutton http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22727 magic bellybutton Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:17:53 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22727 Yep. Never to be forgiven. NEVER! You are so not getting to work on the film now. Yep. Never to be forgiven. NEVER!

You are so not getting to work on the film now.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22724 Bron Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:14:13 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22724 Sigh. Too late now, I take it? Sigh. Too late now, I take it?

]]> By: magic bellybutton http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22720 magic bellybutton Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:49:37 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22720 I'd thank you. If you'd sent it to me. Bitch. I’d thank you. If you’d sent it to me.

Bitch.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22715 Bron Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:36:53 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22715 Me too, Mikey. And a few conservatives/Liberal voters (apart from Wah) I know. None of whom have seen fit to reply and thank me for thinking of them. Me too, Mikey. And a few conservatives/Liberal voters (apart from Wah) I know. None of whom have seen fit to reply and thank me for thinking of them.

]]> By: Mikey http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22714 Mikey Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22714 I loved that Hartcher article so much I emailed it to all the fellow lefties at my very conservative workplace. I loved that Hartcher article so much I emailed it to all the fellow lefties at my very conservative workplace.

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22690 John Surname Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:22:56 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22690 I miss his warm personal style already. I miss his warm personal style already.

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22685 Bridgit Gread Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:19 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22685 There was also <a href="http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/6554" rel="nofollow">this</a> in Crikey: <i>Downer shared a birthdate with fellow South Australian Natasha Stott Despoja, and he hailed her in a corridor in Parliament House once a few years ago. "Do you know who else we share a birthday with?" he asked her. "John Gorton." He paused, then said, "We all made great leaders didn’t we."</i> No Alex, you were streets behind the other two. There was also this in Crikey:

Downer shared a birthdate with fellow South Australian Natasha Stott Despoja, and he hailed her in a corridor in Parliament House once a few years ago.

“Do you know who else we share a birthday with?” he asked her. “John Gorton.” He paused, then said, “We all made great leaders didn’t we.”

No Alex, you were streets behind the other two.

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22684 Wah Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:02:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22684 Lexi has a British sense of humour from his time living in England when his father was High Commissioner. It's quirky sense of humour born out of ridding one's self of the emotional pain of one's guts being well and truly rodgered by the vice principal and head boy in the dorms, while everyone else was out playing a spot of Rugger. Lexi has a British sense of humour from his time living in England when his father was High Commissioner.
It’s quirky sense of humour born out of ridding one’s self of the emotional pain of one’s guts being well and truly rodgered by the vice principal and head boy in the dorms, while everyone else was out playing a spot of Rugger.

]]> By: Zombie Mao http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22679 Zombie Mao Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:52:01 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22679 Dear Alex, Good Ridance Yours with distainful intent, Mao Dear Alex,

Good Ridance

Yours with distainful intent,

Mao

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2739/comment-page-1/#comment-22676 The Editor Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:46:56 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2739/#comment-22676 That anecdote fits perfectly with Leon Bertrand QC's <a href="http://leonbertrand.blogspot.com/2008/07/downer-quits.html" rel="nofollow">impression</a> of Downer, the man. <i>"Alexander Downer always came across to me as a warm and sincere person, a straight shooter with a sense of honesty, decency and loyalty..."</i> That anecdote fits perfectly with Leon Bertrand QC’s impression of Downer, the man.

“Alexander Downer always came across to me as a warm and sincere person, a straight shooter with a sense of honesty, decency and loyalty…”

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