Yairs, indeed !!
Sincerity is the secret of success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.......
And H. L. Mencken said about politics what P.T. Barnum said about showbiz - ''you never lose by underestimating the intelligence of the public''.
Ol Rupe Murdoch's waxed fat on both those observations.
But with us all terribly threatened by the ''Bikie Menace'', I'm surprised these Qld and Vic politicians have time between tearing down fortified clubhouses and arresting anyone on two wheels to have time for trivial stuff like trams.
All part of the theatre of the absurd - I've always maintained that the goverments that thump the tub loudest about ''law and order'' are inevitably the most corrupt.
Tony G
On 05/11/2013, at 11:15 AM, prescottt@...> wrote:
> The eyes are the window to the soul. To even an amateur psychologist, a recently departed Transport Head in NSW, when standing behind a Minister at TV press conferences, always appeared as though he would rather be having root canal work at the dentist than be where he was at that moment!
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> The trick is to get a photo, put your hand over the eyes, look at the mouth, then put your hand over the mouth and look at the eyes. Do they express the same emotions?!
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> The smarmiest scene at present is politicians in Victoria and Qld, who philosophically hate trams, fawning over their new trams - inherited from the other political side. At least Gladys in NSW genuinely likes trams, even if she's being comprehensively undermined by her "expert advisers".
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> Tony P
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> Unfortunately, they don’t have to wear the vests to look stupid. They just have to smile all the time, use buzz words and laugh when the top ranking person says something remotely funny. Back slapping and falling on the floor is optional.
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> He/she who laughs last is the first one to be “downsized”.
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> Dick
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> From:TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Ehrlich
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2013 9:46 AM
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> Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: How many Hi Vis vests does it take to launch a tram?
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> My answer: One to drive the tram and the rest to sit there and look stupid.
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