Marty_d

If they come cellophane wrapped you don't get babies.

Which one's potato head? I've peeled spuds similar to both.

So confusing when they have the polonium right next to the sugar...

Couple of things going on here. First is that there are no easy solutions and Murdoch press readers only want simple solutions. What makes one kid good and another bad? Just the parents? Or a heap of factors - societal, addiction, generational, cultural, medical, lack of role models, plus lack of parenting skills? The answers are equally multi faceted and would require everything from a more equitable society, massive increase in investment to public housing, early childhood and general education, free and accessible health care including dental and mental health, better legal system with suitable non-custodial sentences and cultural alternatives, much better funded and run child welfare departments, and disability and rehabilitation services that work. Secondly, in regards to the masses of dole bludgers - I have worked in this area for 34 years and can say that, in my experience, most people on welfare desperately want to work but have barriers to doing so. The remaining very small portion, that are what the Murdoch press make out to be a huge problem, you would not want working for you anyway so the cheapest thing to do is leave them on a reasonable amount of welfare with the availability of training and financial management services if they want them. This is just my opinion.

Looks like a skull with big eye sockets!

"Most quotations on the internet are mis-attributed" - Plato

Confucius say "I didn't say all that shit!"

Not a silly question. My brain isn't big enough to answer that, but I have heard that satellites have to use Einstein's theory of relativity to correct for the time difference between what they experience in space vs the rate that time passes on Earth.

Must have been a difficult birth - happy Mother's Day everyone!

What's really disturbing about that is a) the 7 dwarves all needing to piss at once, and b) only using 5 urinals.

Was that where one onlooker turned to another and said "What's that she was wearing?" "Dunno," replied the other, "But it sure needed ironing!"

Don't worry OK, he's just a figment.

Maybe they're talking about the contents...

Yeah, her and that horrible Mirabella standing together. Mind you I hear old Rishi has done a Bronny, taking a luxury chopper somewhere that would have taken an hour and a quarter by train. Which is ok if the rich bugger wants to pay for it himself, but that one landed on the taxpayers.

That'd be a bit pucker-causing for the crane operator.

Hey all, As I mentioned somewhere else, we had a neighbourhood comedy night last Saturday where everyone got up, did a skit or a joke of some kind. My contribution (with the help of a guitar, and projected Powerpoint behind me) was a song I wrote about one of our least-loved PM's. See if you can guess who it is! If you're really keen, the chords are on the Word document. Make up the tune as you go. Attachments removed by authors request - Admin

Just because they still have a licence, doesn't mean they're using it.

Now that's just silly, the mice will read that and stay away.

Sorry OME, but they could have done a lot better.

It's spelled "nuclear"

If that's true, who buys luxury cars, corporate jets and property in Sydney?

ouch!

We keep very little from our minerals, oil and gas - the multinationals ripping it out of the ground make massive profits for their shareholders and pay little of it in tax. When hit with the wet lettuce leaf of 2.4b MRRT the companies couldn't believe their luck. They are allowed on private land, they leave the land scarred, the aquifers polluted and the profits overseas - profits from resources that belong to all Australians. It'd be like someone coming onto your land, cutting down all the trees, taking the trunks to sell and leaving the branches for you to clean up. Then maybe giving you a few cents out of the $100 they made. I think they should be forced to rehabilitate the land to the state it was before they got there, guarantee not to negatively impact the environment or water table (under pain of fines equalling 100% of profits), and be taxed at 80% for all profits greater than the average of those earned by all Australian companies. And if they don't want those conditions, f*** off.

Have a go at this. Just by getting rid of the stage 3 tax cuts and a few other things, I could include a lot of worthwhile spending and still have a 170b surplus. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2023/may/09/federal-budget-2023-you-be-the-australia-treasurer-raise-welfare-reform-tax-system-go-for-a-surplus-interactive

Love thy neighbour (but don't let her husband find out.)