What doesn't kill you isn't worth much money!
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 19:19
- Written by Joe Blogs
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Dear Snarkhunters,
It all started when I was returning from Christchurch a couple of nights ago. At the airport in New Zealand I visited the Duty Free store to purchase my two bottles of Scotch and a carton of “Marlboro Lights” for my room mate.
The entire transaction cost me $80 which at the time I didn’t think much about, however when my room mate told me on my return to Australia that you cannot buy a carton of cigarettes alone in this country for under $80, I had to ask myself, just how much money do the government make from us trying to kill ourselves?
Joe Blogs! Get it?
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- Published on Sunday, 19 April 2009 04:00
- Written by Joe Blogs
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Dear Snarkhunters,
Is it just me? It could be. My point of view on things has always been rather controversial. Even when the topic is pretty straight forward, I tend to call things how I see them and that can make me unpopular. As my work is in the public eye I have learned to filter my thoughts before sharing my opinion. The media would just love to quote me on something contentious. Anonymity when blogging and posting online is a blessing because if my employer thought that my mind worked this way then I wouldn’t just be unemployed, I’d be unemployable.
Do I look like the freaking Statue of Liberty?
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- Published on Friday, 17 April 2009 02:00
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Dear Snarkhunters,
Why do we let boat people (a.k.a. asylum seekers) get so close to Australia in the first place? All we are doing is giving them false hope that they will be welcomed with open arms. We want to discourage illegal refugees, not give blankets and medical care when we pull them out of the water.
When a refugee is pulled from the ocean or hauled from their raft, they are given a comprehensive medical check-up to ensure that they have suffered no ill effects from their journey. A lesser, more cursory medical examination from my G.P. costs me $55 and I can only claim some of that back from Medicare.
