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#94: Tugboat

All this talk of preambles to the Constitution takes me back to the heady days of 1999 when the Battlers of Australia voted against elitism by retaining the, er… British Monarchy. It’s no secret that Little Johnny’s a big fan of HRH and it is one of the great cruelties of male pattern baldness that [...]

The book!

The book will be available for purchase on Monday 12th of November by Paypal on this site. Please don’t attempt to buy it until I announce it’s ready as I’m still ironing out the shopping cart! If you’ve got any questions, contact me.
Until then, enjoy the website.
Jon

#93: Boomerang

What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back?
John Howard.
Sure, when it comes to pretty much any topic, a sudden reversal of direction wouldn’t cause a single eyelid to bat, but on the subject of indigenous reconciliation, you’d have to say that until quite recently, John Howard had all the direction-changing power of a [...]

#92: Elect vessel

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but for a sect of religious homophobes, the Exclusive Brethren have what could only be described as an extremely gay name, evoking images of rugby change-room frolics, dressing up in women’s clothing and free entry to the best gay nightclubs.
Fortunately, we at 101 Uses For A John Howard [...]

#91: Lert

A lert is a small, furry marsupial endemic to the urban areas of Australia. It is considered to be endangered, but zoologists suspect it is just extremely shy, spending most of its time hiding under rocks dialling the emergency terrorist hotline.
Contrary to popular belief, the lert has very few predators in Australia and the most [...]

The book of the blog…

It’s true, the book that we said was never ever going to be published is coming soon.
The hard-working True Austrayans at 101 Johnny Central have been swayed by the dodgy polls and have been blessed with historically high 100% 24 hour a day employment, battling away getting the book of the blog ready before the [...]

#90: Sanction resistant wheat

We Australians love our wheat. Without wheat there would be no breakfast of champions, without wheat there would be no bread to wrap your sausage in at a barbecue, without wheat there would be no Australian Wheat Board.
The trouble with wheat is its vulnerability to various environmental factors. Australian Scientists have led the world on [...]

#89: Government information hotline

Apologies for the erroneous posting earlier in the day. Madness has ensued, and production of the book of the blog is underway and the wrong button got pressed. Anyway, please enjoy use number 89…
Personally, I can’t get enough information from the government. As I’m flicking the junk mail into the recycling, changing the channel on [...]

#88: Balloon twister

It’s a bugger, the economy. The couches of Australia are pointing emptily at brand spanking new 50″ plasma TVs, cushions bulging with spare change while everyone’s at work desperately trying to keep up with the repayments. We’ve never had it so good, it’s eco-bloody-nomic Nirvana, whack another shrimp on the barbie and crack open that [...]

#87: Twelfth man

Eighty seven: the Devil’s number of Australian cricket, the score all batsmen fear, and if the footage of John bowling in Kashmir in 2005 is any indication of his prowess with the ball, the only chance he would ever have of taking a wicket, although he would also need to be bowling to a batsman [...]