Big it up for the remarkable Paul Keating (on abc world today), who never fails to produce a juicy metaphor. To him, the Ruddslide wasn’t something to be happy about .. rather a source of immense relief! He compared the election result to being hosed down after working in a toxic environment. Yes that describes exactly how i felt too. Thank you Paul.

(audio from abc, also available at their site)

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Other people enjoyed the wit of Keating:

• Not a Hedgehog also appreciated PJK’s commentary. Thanks for the direct link.
• Guido at Rank and Vile links to a celebratory Crikey article by Mungo McCallum, who quotes the final line of Dante’s Inferno: “E quindi uscimmo a reverder le stelle“: “.. and thence we emerged to see the stars again”.

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hey guess what, handing in thesis right now!!

yes i feel very amazing, totally thrilled and completely happy. Oh the relief. Now i can go out dancing every night for a week.

it was a chilly wednesday morning when i finally had the whole thing printed off and bound. Had to print several pages double sided with colour vs b/w. Hours at the office after work. Drove to Footscray, returned half a million library books, and handed over the two-inch thick volume. “Well that must be a relief,” said the head of department. Yeah. i’ll be feeling that relief for months!