Friday 29th of March 2024

salt and pepper octopus for xmas...

octopus

Either a repeat of the kabinet kitchen or a new weirdo episode with senator Xenophon as squeezed by Annabel/Marie-Antoinette. Not one to shy away from pranks, I offer you the image I gleaned from watching a bit over 20 seconds of the show. One could sense the politics "a la plancha" which is a hot barbecued way to grill bull's balls, other bits and seafood in Spain. Xenophon is an old lemon and knows how to stir, even the most twirly-coiffed kitchen-journalist. On tonight's menu he planched an octopus which strangely enough looked like Tony Abbott in my dreams.

be good or else — buy some goodness for xmas...

 

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Thomas Wells teaches ethics and the philosophy of social science at the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University, and at the University of Witten/Herdecke. He blogs at The Philosopher's Beard. An earlier version of this piece appeared on 3 Quarks Daily.

read more: http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/12/16/4374047.htm

 

I hope the religious gonzos at the ABC, saw the amusing satire in this philosophical piece, unless they took it seriously at face value. The philosopher's Beard is defined by a picture of Socrates with the caption: "Believe me, I'm a philosopher. Trust me, I have a beard."