For millions of years, John Howard roamed the earth, then, tragically, the times stopped suiting him. Some say it was a small, neat meteorite that finally killed him off, others suggest that after all that time he simply ran out of places to bury his dung, however it is certain that a change in the climate didn’t help.
Early pretenders to his ecological niche were the Sabre-Toothed Latham, which unfortunately kept biting itself in the bum, and the Giant Woolly Beazley which baffles political palaeontologists by popping up in various epochs but finally turned out to be an evolutionary dead end.
The remarkable rise of the quite unremarkable-looking Nerd-Faced Rudd seems to coincide with the decline of the Howardsaur, with fossil records popping up seemingly everywhere in an extremely short time. Some suggest that he was better able to cope with the change in climate due to an ability to regulate his own body temperature, but the jury is still out on whether he was truly warm-blooded.
One group asserts that he may in fact have been a direct evolutionary offshoot from the Howardsaur due to some striking similarities, and other less kind scientists suggest that he was in fact the direct evolutionary precursor to the Drover’s Dog.
While current indicators point to the Rudd being the cause of the Howardsaur’s demise, further study is required. What can be said is that evidence of the Howardsaur’s reign will continue to be turned up for years to come in the form of enormous coprolites buried throughout the political landscape.
Seems like John Howard is going to become extinct if the polls reflect the opinion of the rest of the population.
Bloody great….I just have to trawl through all of this…so much to trawl, so little time…
That’s the key, anonymous; IF the polls reflect voting patterns in 5 months time. Hmmm. Have you supported your view with a sizable wager on Sportsbet; the Labor Party are still favourites but starting to blow (ie lose favour”.
this is the dilemma; bet now while they are hot or get better odds when polling day arrives (ie when they are 100-12 against) and the gloss is gone. Cheers.
I think this is one of the best cartons I have ever seen! When the Insiders showed the cartoon a few weeks ago I had tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks, most probably aided by my perception electoral mood at the moment…
Those little polls are practically useless – we know where a tiny fraction of the votes are going. My money’s on John Howard – that’s because I’m hoping the general population remember the mess the unions made of our country.
Brilliant! Keep taking whatever it is that keeps your satirical knives so sharp.
Brilliant – humungous coprolites littering the political landscape!
@”anonymous” – and I hope they remember the double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and double digit interest rates we had when little johnny was our treasurer. Oh yes, and the lies he is incapable of not telling!
A precise reflection of the man and his policies.
Stop ‘fossil’ John and his Carbon Gang of Jack-Boot wearing thugs…
HILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLARIOUS
BRILLIANT