Thanks to Crikey and Red Symons, you can now download a free ringtone of Paul Keating calling John Howard “a little desiccated coconut”.
To download the ringtone, right-click on the link and then select “Save target as…” (for Internet Explorer) or “Save link as…” (for Firefox) and save it to your desktop or music library. Then follow the instructions for your particular handset to transfer it to your phone.
Since Symons currently presents the breakfast program on ABC Local Radio in Brisbane, I wonder if he’ll get in trouble with the ABC’s Howard-stacked Board?
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24 April 2007 at 5:46 pm
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18 March 2007 at 6:25 pm
jason
If only there was a sound byte for him saying “Australia is in the arse end of the world”. Golden.
19 March 2007 at 7:02 am
Stilgherrian
Actually, Keating said Australia _is_ the arse-end of the world, rather than it was _in_ it, which to me is a slightly different metaphor. But either way, Keating was the grand master of snarkiness — it’ll take a lot for someone to surpass his level of sarcasm.
All that said, calling JWH a “little desiccated coconut” is playing the man and not the ball — an _ad hominem_ argument — which is intellectually dishonest. And yet that’s what we remember. Ah, human nature…!
27 March 2007 at 9:12 pm
James
Red Symons presents the Breakfast Show on ABC Radio in Melbourne, not Brisbane.
27 March 2007 at 11:21 pm
Stilgherrian
James, you’re quite right. I was suffering brain-fade. Melbourne it is.
15 April 2007 at 9:24 am
da_green_phoenix
Brillant … have started passing on this link to all my friends