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WHAT is the public to think of
Members of Parliament who cannot go shopping without a least three
exceptionally large and hefty bodyguards? *** GOOD morning. Perhaps if such members were investigating the low life of some of the capital’s less salubrious squatter settlements, there might be some excuse. Otherwise it suggests either a paranoid fear of assassination at the hands of one’s own electors, or a desire to mimic the title figure in that excellent trilogy, The Godfather. Neither of those choices recommends itself as the hallmark of membership in our freely elected Parliament. *** B Mobile is busily advertising its 20 toea international text message rate. Wonder how much they charge per minute for mobile calls to, say, Brisbane – and they might also let us know the current costs for similar calls via household landline phones. *** SPY says he’s had no feedback yet to the brace of questions asked re: land zoning and shady deals in Madang. And he’s added another potential twist to an already convoluted story – a small cottage that has for years been occupied part time by Japanese volunteers and looked after in their absence by local Agriculture Department members is being repainted and otherwise revamped. *** GREAT – except for the rumour that the Japanese and the local Ag boys have been tossed out for no legal reason by a senior local National Housing Corporation staffer who reportedly desires the house for personal occupancy. True or false? Perhaps the Madang authorities are too busy to offer a few answers, as they race to tart up the poor old seaside resort to welcome the incoming Oz ministers. *** MAX White in Brisbane had the only correct answer to our fun movie question. The answer involved naming the movies in the sentence “The game plan was enchanted; the seeker took a step up too, while the hero refused to die hard, for as he noted, I am legend.” Says Max: “I think the movies are Game Plan, Enchanted, The Seeker, Hero, Die Hard and I am Legend.” Well done, Max. *** DON’T forget to buy The National tomorrow when we unveil your wormwood Quiz answers ... cheers! |
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