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Coonan overdoses on WiMaX sales pitch

20 June 2007 in Internet, Politics by Stilgherrian | 3 comments

While writing an article for Crikey last night — the follow-up to yesterday’s post — I was “inspired” by this frame grab of communications minister Helen Coonan from her interview on The 7.30 Report Monday night.

I cant help but think that the Raccoonan’s wide-eyed enthusiasm for WiMaX is reminiscent of the Springfield Monorail. She doesn’t understand it, but the salesmen’s convinced her it’s the answer.

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quadrapop on 20 June 2007 at 11:03 am

her stylist makes er look soooo fake it’s scary… don’t think I’ve seen that much makeup on a polly for a while

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Stilgherrian on 20 June 2007 at 5:51 pm

This image from Crikey is even scarier, I think.

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