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Life of Riley: Best of all possible worlds
Best of all possible worlds Bet ya' can't wait to get into the booth and make your mark ... thing. Here we are, almost on the threshold of another century. Behind us stretch years of war and ... take a moment to recall the thrill of it all. You'll be standing at the very pinnacle of human ...
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Life of Riley: The discreet charm of bosses
occasional pangs of anxiety, being a boss is fun. This world was created just for you. Enjoy. Dave Riley ... The discreet charm of bosses How can I put this without giving offence? There are some in our ... society who live off the labour of others. Don't get me wrong. Most of us get along without recourse ...
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Life of Riley: Carnival of the oppressed
hell! Slap a bit of this and that together, and make your own. BY DAVE RILEY ... Carnival of the oppressed Some of us have got together to party. Taking our cue from the S11 ... protests in Melbourne, we now do theatre in the streets. Of course, you need to recognise that there are ...
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Life of Riley: Best of all possible parliamentary worlds
Best of all possible parliamentary worlds Look at that will ya? If you ask me they're a pack ... of vultures going on, baying at the heels of the pollies. — What are you on about? This thing ... their blood. We're a nation of cynics. But tell me, if it wasn't for the politicians, our ...
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Life of Riley: Prayer of the Foetus Worshippers
Prayer of the Foetus Worshippers By Dave Riley Every time I open my wallet an avalanche of ... back room — a whole wall of foeti — and acts as casting agent for Right to Life pictorials. Selections ... fingers every time I do the dishes. Be prepared. That's the point. Dib. Dib. Be a bit of a boy scout. ...
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Life of Riley: The power of one
for it is only made possible by offering due deference to the power of one. Dave Riley December 14, ... The power of one Imagine with thyself, courteous reader, how often I have wished for such a tongue ... of oratory that might enable me to celebrate the praise of my own dear native country in a style ...
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Life of Riley: The importance of being earnest
escape the monotony of their water views of Sydney Harbour", as one of the characters says. ... "Welcome to Williamson's world of wonderfully familiar characters" says the program note. And ... Williamson calls it, has been his most popular play in terms of audience numbers, and this revival at the ...
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Life of Riley: Divided we fall
Life of Riley: Divided we fall If it seems to you that we never had so much, that is only the ... slogan of those who still have more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the ... charge. Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they'll take your job, your house, your life away, ...
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Life of Riley: An excuse for butchery
Life of Riley: An excuse for butchery Do you know what the quintessence of sheephood is? ... our lives for the sake of others. For many, the meaning of our existence is only fulfilled when our ... throat is slit. That's our function: the lot of a sheep is to bleed. We are then disembowelled, ...
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Life of Riley: It was I
Life of Riley: It was I Just the other day I went for a walk. It was my lunchtime. The sun was ... of all the main food groups. After walking some distance, I ate my sandwiches. Then I strode forth, ... of its upward flight. On this wall was a sign which read: Embassy of the United States of America. ...
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Life of Riley: St Patrick and the shamrock
Life of Riley: St Patrick and the shamrock Would that be St Patrick? 'Tis. The patron saint ... of dear old Ireland. 'Tis indeed. What manner of reason brings you to these antipodean shores? ... The Irish. Ah, yes — the Irish. And I was wondering if you could stand me a pint of the black stuff? ...
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Life of Riley: Elian, the boogeyman's here
Life of Riley: Elian, the bogyman's here Elian! Elian! Where is that boy? Elian, you come to ... he's given his dear old uncle no end of trouble. Has no idea what's riding on his arse. Play ... — that's all he can think about. Simply has no idea of the big picture. No sense of it at all. The most ...
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Life of Riley: Stiff bickies
Life of Riley: Stiff bickies The Arnott's extortion attempt has hit the innocent hardest: the ... fault of their own, the livelihood of hard-working individuals are held to ransom. It would be hard to ... imagine a more callous act. But then, extortion of this nature may not be so isolated. Indeed, it has ...
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Life of Riley: Memo — Re: Globalisation
there, or (b) they're not over here. Over here, you can live the life of Riley if you work hard. But ... nothing. Over there, life is cheap. The root problem over there is (a) there's too many of them over ... there gets it tougher than we get it over here. It's relative. That's life. Fortunately's ...
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Life of Riley: The magic carpet
Life of Riley Enterprises are much distressed to hear such talk. Having just designed a range of John ... Life of Riley Enterprises are working non-stop to find a mix to keep Kimbo in one piece. All Kimbo ... cutting edge here at Life of Riley Enterprises. So, if anyone on the inside could let us know what the ...
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Life of Riley: Tea for two
Life of Riley: Tea for two "Come in if you're good looking." "I wish you ... "Of course, love. I wouldn't miss my grand-daughter's... eh... " "Twelfth, ... manage", I said. "You know what your trouble is: you got it too easy. You were too accepting of the ...
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Life of Riley: Tummy trouble
salmonella's going to get you. I am referring of course to LORES — the Life of Riley Enjoyment Service. ... recognition as worthwhile members of society because every tummy upset monitored by the Life of Riley ... Tummy trouble Tummy trouble A lot of letters we receive are from people with tummy trouble. ...
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Life of Riley: Stop the world and get me a newspaper
Life of Riley: Stop the world and get me a newspaper @column intro = I suffer so much from the ... of sun protection factor 15+. Each year the oven door opens above us and we are scorched. Thirsty and ... sweaty, instead of running from its beams we seek a torrid affair with its sultry heat by offering it ...
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Life of Riley: A faux pas
life of Riley. You were taken from harm's way and brought up proper. But you're still black ... a generation. And besides, the systematic removal of indigenous children from their families was very much the ... it OK then. Quid pro quo and all that. We're all equal here. Later on in life someone surely got ...
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Life of Riley: Four years... and then some
Well, it's funny you should ask — you just had it. By Dave Riley [To see a selection of past Life ... of Riley columns, visit the revamped Satire Workshop on the web at ... to flow. You look for the wee small voice. Maybe it's a turn of phrase or an incident; other ...