What if you lived in Australia?

[BlueArsedFly]

Workers rights groups have called for a nation-wide day off, after millions of Australians were involuntarily subjected to the mental image of the member for New England having intercourse.

Marianne Nolan from Workers Health Australia said Wednesday was a harrowing day for many Australians, and that they needed time to recover. “There’s been a lot of nausea, a lot of small vomits in the mouth. We need to look after each other today”.

She the timing of the imagery only made things worse. “For most of us, it was over a bowl of cereal that the image of the Deputy Prime Minister naked and sexually active entered our minds. It was totally unexpected and quite gruesome.

“It’s bad enough having to see Barnaby fully clothed. But to think of him working up a sweat in the bedroom … I’m sorry, excuse me, sorry, I think I’m going to be sick”.

[Sir Honkers]

You'd be enjoying beautiful days in the mid 20's Celsius, at least where I live. We've had a few stinkers, but generally this year has been my idea of the perfect summer.

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by effCup

Some Australian wildlife are perfect mimics--they can replicate the sound of chainsaws, camera shutters, etc.

..."and that's the case for the defence m'lud"

[Motorboater]

In another thread. A poster was paraphrasing a story from a French politician who recall how many women would easily make themselves available to the players if the soccer team he was president of. Then noted this level availability was at a much higher level to politicians in France. Oh which, Jacques Chirac seemed to make the most of. I repliedt with a disparaging generalisation of women, in good/bad humour.

My post was deleted. But the following proved my point.

Originally Posted by BlueArsedFly

Workers rights groups have called for a nation-wide day off, after millions of Australians were involuntarily subjected to the mental image of the member for New England having intercourse.

Marianne Nolan from Workers Health Australia said Wednesday was a harrowing day for many Australians, and that they needed time to recover. “There’s been a lot of nausea, a lot of small vomits in the mouth. We need to look after each other today”.

She the timing of the imagery only made things worse. “For most of us, it was over a bowl of cereal that the image of the Deputy Prime Minister naked and sexually active entered our minds. It was totally unexpected and quite gruesome.

“It’s bad enough having to see Barnaby fully clothed. But to think of him working up a sweat in the bedroom … I’m sorry, excuse me, sorry, I think I’m going to be sick”.

You haven't accounted for the possibility that ol' Barnaby could be a charismatic bloke?

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by Motorboater

You haven't accounted for the possibility that ol' Barnaby could be a charismatic bloke?

Word is that Lyndon Baines Johnson, hardly the most handsome of men, was a world class womanizer.

I did many New Age seminars where it became quite clear that men were into love and romance and women were into money and security. Political dominance is a powerful aphrodisiac and is a function of charisma. Also, the percentage of women who had traded sex for money was shockingly (to us men) high.

[effCup]

Originally Posted by Motorboater

possibility that ol' Barnaby could be a charismatic bloke?

Charisma may be difficult to define but is generally thought to be readily recognised/assessed through/from people's public personas--as opposed to their private ones. That is: charisma is not something people disguise or keep secret, for to do so would be much the same as not having any to disguise.

Therein lies the flaw in your above hypothesis regarding BJ. Few people regard BJ as charismatic... or were you thinking of something other than charisma?

[effCup]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

the percentage of women who had traded sex for money was shockingly (to us men) high.

Out of curiosity: what was the proportion of men who had traded money for sex?

[Motorboater]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

Word is that Lyndon Baines Johnson, hardly the most handsome of men, was a world class womanizer.

I did many New Age seminars where it became quite clear that men were into love and romance and women were into money and security. Political dominance is a powerful aphrodisiac and is a function of charisma. Also, the percentage of women who had traded sex for money was shockingly (to us men) high.

Good on him!

My impression is that women are into powerful/money men in the same way guys are into hot chicks. But they're more discreet about it. When do you ever see a loudmouth left winger female who was white hot?

Originally Posted by effCup

Charisma may be difficult to define but is generally thought to be readily recognised/assessed through/from people's public personas--as opposed to their private ones. That is: charisma is not something people disguise or keep secret, for to do so would be much the same as not having any to disguise.

Therein lies the flaw in your above hypothesis regarding BJ. Few people regard BJ as charismatic... or were you thinking of something other than charisma?

Now that I've got your attention effCup. When are new Zealand going to host the winter Olympics l

[effCup]

Originally Posted by Motorboater

When are new Zealand going to host the winter Olympics

if they had any sense, never, but in a world of BJ's & Mickey Mouse Presidents, how likely is that?

[HugoHackenbush]

I believe it was Henry Kissinger who opined that "power is an aphrodisiac". He probably should know, since he was neither good looking, nor physically well maintained.