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That was Harold Holt. When President Johnson visited Australia Holt famously said that Australia would “go all the way with LBJ.”In respect to the Vietnam War. Stand up comics with dirty minds had a field day with that quote. He drowned trying to impress a new girlfriend with his athletic prowess on Portsea Beach. With all respect to dead a useless Prime Minister.

The title of the biography is The Triumph of Nancy Reagan. That title is an oxymoron, more moron than oxy.

I wonder if this biography makes reference to the fact she slept with a gun under her pillow and always consulted her astrologists before making an important decision.

He’s sensational looking.

Thank you. I found it.

What happened to Literature on Comedy and Tragedy?

That is very good. I always admire people who can come up with witty one liners off the top of their head. My all time political hero, former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam was a master of the art. Gough was a known agnostic and was asked by interviewer if he died and found himself in heaven face to face with God what would he say to Him? Gough’s response? “Nice to meet an equal.”

She would have consulted one of her astrologists first.

“A man can be ruined in one of three ways. Wine, women and farming. Of the three my father chose the most boring.” Pope John XX111

I think it’s hard for non Australians to understand that we have opted for a policy of elimination not containment in respect to the virus. Being an island continent, and a high, but not perfect, agreement between the federal and state governments on strategy has been a success. Our contact tracing has been exemplary. I don’t think the Australian government will put our current situation at risk with opening of the borders in the foreseeable future. I’m a very frustrated traveller but I do see their point. I do wish they would get their act together on the vaccine rollout.

What does a doctor say to God when he meets Him face to face in heaven? Nice to meet an equal.

What’s the difference between God and a doctor? God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.

Welcome! A real cutie!

“If I had my life over again I’d make the same mistakes only sooner.” -Tallulah Bankhead

Oh Brazil, how I miss you!

And no tattoos!

A general observation. This has been a brilliant thread.

Oh, yes. 1000 out of 10. Beautiful. Just in case you missed the point I think he’s gorgeous.

Beautiful

I have one super rich friend, and I mean super rich. All I’ll say is this. He does use escorts and with everything else in his life would not pay one cent more than he thought was reasonable. I think there is a mistaken notion about very rich people, that they throw their money around like pretzels at a party. My friend can smell a mile off anyone after his money.

Thank you! Brings back memories. I recall him in the movie Trapeze. The sequence where is standing waiting to receive the trapeze rope, biceps bulging is permanently etched in my memory. I lost count of the number of times I saw that movie.

Thank you! Brings back memories. I recall him in the movie Trapeze. The sequence where is standing waiting to receive the trapeze rope, biceps bulging is permanently etched in my memory. I lost count of the number of times I saw that movie.

My first big crush (I was about 12 years old) was the actor Tony Curtis. I don’t have any photos to share but I have seen photos of him from that era and it made me realise what I saw in him.

My first big crush (I was about 12 years old) was the actor Tony Curtis. I don’t have any photos to share but I have seen photos of him from that era and it made me realise what I saw in him.

I have had countless taxi drivers in Bangkok who have needed an introduction to bath soap and more urgently a toothbrush and toothpaste. Mexico is the place where drivers have wanted to take me to places where I can meet “nice clean Mexican girls.”