Comments on: GrodsCaptionComp: Turnbull in Afghanistan edition http://www.grods.com/post/7245/ 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: Bruce http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42322 Bruce Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:01:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42322 "We have to protect our retina from the radiation emited by your rapidly decaying political capital." “We have to protect our retina from the radiation emited by your rapidly decaying political capital.”

]]> By: Idlaviv http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42304 Idlaviv Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:23:01 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42304 "Your future's so bleak, we gotta wear shades." “Your future’s so bleak, we gotta wear shades.”

]]> By: michelle http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42300 michelle Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:54 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42300 "Here's what you do - you fake faking a fake email then turn around and blame the media!" “Here’s what you do – you fake faking a fake email then turn around and blame the media!”

]]> By: joe2 http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42291 joe2 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:49:22 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42291 Piccie 1 ) Talcum:"Hi , the coup just failed so we're over here , somewhere safe, while Tones and sloppy joe hose things down." Piccie 2) ( sitting soldiers eyes fixed on the Talcum R.M.W. boot covered with camel shit.) Talcum: "Action, yer action, I 've seen heeps of it. Once I took on a goanna in hand to hand combat and me and Julie, here, both strangled a cat." Piccie 3)* Talcum: "That stuff smelt like something on my boot yesterday". Women sitting to his side:"Not surprising, the cook here is also your army appointed butler". *Picture captures post piccie nervous laughter* Piccie 1 )
Talcum:”Hi , the coup just failed so we’re over here , somewhere safe, while Tones and sloppy joe hose things down.”
Piccie 2)
( sitting soldiers eyes fixed on the Talcum R.M.W. boot covered with camel shit.)
Talcum: “Action, yer action, I ‘ve seen heeps of it. Once I took on a goanna in hand to hand combat and me and Julie, here, both strangled a cat.”
Piccie 3)*
Talcum: “That stuff smelt like something on my boot yesterday”.
Women sitting to his side:”Not surprising, the cook here is also your army appointed butler”.
*Picture captures post piccie nervous laughter*

]]> By: Megan http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42287 Megan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:59 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42287 Hey, Fred at #11, what about vaguely confused guy at top left corner who has his sunnies on his head? That would make 8 pairs of 'spensive Halliburton $300 a go sunnies. Which leads in to another caption: (uncomfortable laughter): "Why the tough look? Is this another Williams' funeral?" Hey, Fred at #11, what about vaguely confused guy at top left corner who has his sunnies on his head? That would make 8 pairs of ’spensive Halliburton $300 a go sunnies.

Which leads in to another caption:

(uncomfortable laughter): “Why the tough look? Is this another Williams’ funeral?”

]]> By: Ray Dixon (Bright) http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42286 Ray Dixon (Bright) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42286 “It’s true, I really was poor once and I had to <b>eat</b> crap like this.” (Although maybe the mistake was better) “It’s true, I really was poor once and I had to eat crap like this.”

(Although maybe the mistake was better)

]]> By: Ray Dixon (Bright) http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42285 Ray Dixon (Bright) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:52:31 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42285 "It's true, I really was poor once and I had to crap like this." “It’s true, I really was poor once and I had to crap like this.”

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42284 Wah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:32:12 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42284 Pic 2 <b>Malcolm Turnbull's gift of a cardboard cut out of Julie Bishop failed to impress the weary troops. </b> Pic 2

Malcolm Turnbull’s gift of a cardboard cut out of Julie Bishop failed to impress the weary troops.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42283 Bruce Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:31:07 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42283 "Did you see Julie standing around doing nothing but pose? It's her way of doing on the run, that which she does while seated. Didn't seem to work on P.J. O'Rourke... Notice the body language. It's hypnotic in the way she punctuates points that she's not actually making... You'd get the same result trying to hold a political conversation with the women's section of a Myer catalogue, only less animated. Why's she my deputy, again? ...the joke? Ah, I forgot... That's not a latte, it's whisky... heh, heh... I'm all fucked up girls. Ha!" "Oh Gawd, it's like Howard thought he was a rock star and trashed the place on the way out! I want to be a rock star! Why can't I be a rock star? Why can't I step on a fucking landmine and end it all?" And thus again the camera shows that it alters the reality it presents to us. Showing Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull as a clumsy and unpopular operator while again failing to capture the man in his metamorphosis into drunken, angst-ridden, emo-rocker. Next week on the history of contemporary photography - Bronwyn Bishop and the ability of digital technology to render vampires. “Did you see Julie standing around doing nothing but pose? It’s her way of doing on the run, that which she does while seated.

Didn’t seem to work on P.J. O’Rourke…

Notice the body language. It’s hypnotic in the way she punctuates points that she’s not actually making…

You’d get the same result trying to hold a political conversation with the women’s section of a Myer catalogue, only less animated. Why’s she my deputy, again?

…the joke? Ah, I forgot… That’s not a latte, it’s whisky… heh, heh… I’m all fucked up girls. Ha!”

“Oh Gawd, it’s like Howard thought he was a rock star and trashed the place on the way out! I want to be a rock star! Why can’t I be a rock star?

Why can’t I step on a fucking landmine and end it all?”

And thus again the camera shows that it alters the reality it presents to us. Showing Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull as a clumsy and unpopular operator while again failing to capture the man in his metamorphosis into drunken, angst-ridden, emo-rocker.

Next week on the history of contemporary photography – Bronwyn Bishop and the ability of digital technology to render vampires.

]]> By: Phill http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42281 Phill Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:56:10 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42281 Picture No 2 Talculm about to give his rendition of Nessum Dorma. Picture No 2 Talculm about to give his rendition of Nessum Dorma.

]]> By: Phill http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42280 Phill Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:51:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42280 Is the soldier behind Talculm in picture No3 playing with his cock? Is the soldier behind Talculm in picture No3 playing with his cock?

]]> By: Phill http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42279 Phill Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:49:47 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42279 Welcome to Afghanistan. Talculm- Take me to your leader Nanu Nanu! Welcome to Afghanistan. Talculm- Take me to your leader Nanu Nanu!

]]> By: Speckled Jim http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42277 Speckled Jim Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:15:09 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42277 There was no joke; just some uncomfortable chuckling to cover up Turnbull's faux pas in ordering an unwooded chardonnay with his instant mash and bully beef. There was no joke; just some uncomfortable chuckling to cover up Turnbull’s faux pas in ordering an unwooded chardonnay with his instant mash and bully beef.

]]> By: Mikey http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42276 Mikey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:19:29 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42276 Oh - off topic - but a fine essay in today's Crikey Grods. Oh – off topic – but a fine essay in today’s Crikey Grods.

]]> By: Megan http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42273 Megan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:47:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42273 "Oh, I see. I had always assumed that 'soggy-SAO' thing was apocryphal. Ah, yes. Very amusing. Well done..." “Oh, I see. I had always assumed that ’soggy-SAO’ thing was apocryphal. Ah, yes. Very amusing. Well done…”

]]> By: Tony http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42272 Tony Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:27:10 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42272 "My name is Malcolm, I'm from NSW and I'm here to help,' “My name is Malcolm, I’m from NSW and I’m here to help,’

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42271 Bridgit Gread Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:57:58 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42271 Not wearing sunnies leaves you vulnerable to the hypnotic glow that eminates from Malcolm. That's what's happened with the soldier in the second pic. Not wearing sunnies leaves you vulnerable to the hypnotic glow that eminates from Malcolm. That’s what’s happened with the soldier in the second pic.

]]> By: fred http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42270 fred Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:29:47 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42270 Not a caption attempt but have a look at all the standard issue sunnies. I count seven pairs. Wonder why, after all they are inside. Maybe they were warned to protect their eyes from being in too close contact with the undiminished brilliance of Malcolm. Not a caption attempt but have a look at all the standard issue sunnies.
I count seven pairs.
Wonder why, after all they are inside.
Maybe they were warned to protect their eyes from being in too close contact with the undiminished brilliance of Malcolm.

]]> By: Mikey http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42269 Mikey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:11:20 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42269 The sunnies I left at home are diamond crusted, and woven around the hinges is a lock of hair from none other than Ghandi - and he was bald so you can imagine just how hard that was to obtain ... for an ordinary person. The sunnies I left at home are diamond crusted, and woven around the hinges is a lock of hair from none other than Ghandi – and he was bald so you can imagine just how hard that was to obtain … for an ordinary person.

]]> By: Dr. Cam http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42268 Dr. Cam Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:45:44 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42268 "Looks like we've all made some great career decisions." “Looks like we’ve all made some great career decisions.”

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42260 Bron Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:38:07 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42260 "Did you hear about Bron of Grods giving up booze, caffeine, chocolate and hot chips for a month?" “Did you hear about Bron of Grods giving up booze, caffeine, chocolate and hot chips for a month?”

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42257 Bridgit Gread Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42257 This turkey is definitely real. This turkey is definitely real.

]]> By: Broken left leg http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42256 Broken left leg Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:29:33 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42256 Or Soldier 1 to soldier 2. No wonder the Liberal Party hates Malcy. Check the size of that Latte he just smashed. Or
Soldier 1 to soldier 2.
No wonder the Liberal Party hates Malcy. Check the size of that Latte he just smashed.

]]> By: Dam Buster of Preston http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42255 Dam Buster of Preston Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:28:09 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42255 photo one: "Welcome to Afghanistan Mr Turnbull, you can take that helmet and flak jacket off now you are out of Canberra" photo two: "I wanted to bring Joe instead of Julie but the Air Force doesnt own a big enough plane. We are currently investigating shipping him over here via the Navy". photo three: Turnbull smiles as he realises the sharpest object within arms reach of him is the creases in his trousers. photo one: “Welcome to Afghanistan Mr Turnbull, you can take that helmet and flak jacket off now you are out of Canberra”

photo two: “I wanted to bring Joe instead of Julie but the Air Force doesnt own a big enough plane. We are currently investigating shipping him over here via the Navy”.

photo three: Turnbull smiles as he realises the sharpest object within arms reach of him is the creases in his trousers.

]]> By: Broken left leg http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42254 Broken left leg Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:27:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42254 Soldier 1 to soldier 2. Thank God it wasn't Joe Hockey visiting. We would have run out of food. Soldier 1 to soldier 2.

Thank God it wasn’t Joe Hockey visiting. We would have run out of food.

]]> By: ben http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42251 ben Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:15:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42251 what's the empty containers in front of him? 2 fruit yoghurt and a paper coffee cup? what’s the empty containers in front of him? 2 fruit yoghurt and a paper coffee cup?

]]> By: Mondo Rock http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42247 Mondo Rock Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:08:25 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42247 "I hear Andrew Bolt reckons he's Liberal leadership material." “I hear Andrew Bolt reckons he’s Liberal leadership material.”

]]> By: Megan http://www.grods.com/post/7245/comment-page-1/#comment-42246 Megan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.grods.com/?p=7245#comment-42246 "Then Joe says: 'But who would be that stupid?' and I say'Eric Abetz!'" “Then Joe says: ‘But who would be that stupid?’ and I say’Eric Abetz!’”

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