News to gladden the heart of every Australian: John Howard, former Prime Minister, has missed out on becoming president of the International Cricket Council. Just cacked myself reading the comments on the news item in The Age, including this priceless googly from one Bob Lansdowne:
Best news I’ve heard since Dubya’s Yap Yap got bumrushed out of Bennelong.
Almost as good as the funny Ross Gittins made the other day:
What’s the best thing about having a female Prime Minister? We don’t have to pay her as much.
On to Howard again. At the thought of him missing out on his dearest wish, there’s only one famous quote that’ll do for me:
Though the mills of justice grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.
~ Original by Empiricus, adapted and embroidered through the years by many
And just to make your day, here’s the peerless Kudelka from his blog titled 101 uses for a John Howard:
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I was going to put a comment on one of your posts about this. I haven’t heard the reasons why the other countries didn’t want him around, but it’s nice to think that (for a change) someone is being held accountable for past behaviour.
Amen to that: someone being held accountable. No word on why which is making Johnny expostulate even more wildly. Delicious.