Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
A St Patrick’s Day 2015 g’day.
Mark Geary writes:
He repeats last year’s line about the English making the laws, etc. and seems to think it’s all about alcohol. He is a devout catholic, so celebrating a saint’s day is something he can believe in…
Needs more budgie, in fairness.
I’m unable to find anything to be outraged about here.
+1
Me neither. Just creeped out. A lot. Going to wash me eyeballs now. With caustic.
What an odd, odd man.
“Good morrow, Abbott.”
“Good morrow.”
“Good morrow, Abbott.”
“Good morrow.”
“Good morrow, Abbott.”
“Good morrow.”
“HEYY ABBOTT!!!!”
“…I hate that guy.”
What is he doing with his hands? Anyone?
He was told to keep them away from his mickey.
Its a special thing creepy politicians do to look like they are not weird but has the opposite effect
I’ve never understood why they insist on doing it. I wonder does Enda watch reruns of Tony doing it in rapt spellbound attention thinking it’s the best thing ever
I think they think it makes them look casual or something. Instead it makes them look like your creepy uncle 4 pints in at Xmas just before you have to avoid being alone in the same room as him
I have always assumed that “hands” is a module in the Terry Prone school of TV appearances along the lines of “park them together in front so you don’t flail them about like a fupping banshee”.
Tomorrows module: Head angling, ref Miriam.
I think it kinda started with Barack Obama (or at least that’s the first person I noticed to do it deliberately), the hand gestures are supposed to convey trustworthiness and solemnity. Every goon in a suit is now trying to emulate him.
Mary Robinson was a heeuuer for it as well. Of course it was a sign of intelligence according to the commentators back then. She seems more natural doing it though, in fairness.
I started watching Community after all the talk here and last night I saw the episode where Chevvy Chase advises yer one to pretend she’s offering everyone a sandwich when she’s giving her speech. She got an A+. Dan Harmon knows.
I couldn’t stop watching them. And the moments when he’s obviously smiling just because the teleprompter tells him to. A very strange man.
How patronising! The Aussies must be sick to death of that Rolf Harris song!
There’s always a new batch of kids that haven’t heard it.
Was mark geary watching this waiting for the only mention of guinness before being completely outraged?
I had a long post written that I accidentally deleted, why is the cancel button so close to the comment button!!?
anyway, read the original article, was deemed patronizing due to its intended audience, the Australian Irish chamber or commerce. instead of an appropriate message it was like a you tube vlog of an imbecile
I’m thinking Mark Geary needs to have a rake load of pints and get sick on his Granny. Nothing to be outraged about here. He mentions Guinness, the most famous Irish export after over sensitivity about the famine, and has nothing but praise for Irish Australians. The only offensive thing is the body language. Just weird.
Oh, and by the way, to most Australians, and to most of the rest of the world, it is all about drinking. Wanta have your cake and eat it too.
Australia. The land that time forgot.
Correct
Abbott is a clownshoe. Puts GW in the shade for apery. I don’t find anything offensive about this video except I cringed so hard I swallowed my teeth.
He’s annoying and he’s not even doing anything