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Time to Take a Break and Have Fun with Us

We'd like to share with you a bit of good-hearted political humour. For our non-Australian visitors, John Howard is the current Prime Minister of Australia and Mark Latham is the Opposition Leader. GST is a tax added much to the confusion of the public and politicians alike.

Let Sleeping Politicians Lie

John Howard and Mark Latham are sitting next to each other on a flight from Sydney to Canberra. Mark leans over to John and asks if he would like to play a fun game. John just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and turns towards the window to catch a few winks.

Mark persists and says that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and visa-versa." Again, John politely declines and tries to get some sleep.

Mark, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $50!"

This catches John's attention. He also knows from his experiences with Mark in Parliament that there will be no end to this torment unless he plays. So John agrees to the game.

Mark asks the first question. "How much is the GST on a loaf of bread?" John doesn't say a word, reaches in to his wallet, pulls out $5 and hands it to Mark.

Now, it's John's turn. He asks Mark, "What hops, carries its young in its pouch and flies?"

Mark looks at John with a puzzled frown. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the Internet and the Commonwealth National Library. Frustrated, he sends emails to all his pals in the Labor party and finally people in the One Nation party. All to no avail.

After over an hour, he wakes up John and hands him $50. John politely takes the $50 and turns away to get back to sleep.

Mark, who is more than a little miffed, wakes John again and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer!" Without a word, John Howard reaches into his wallet, hands Mark Latham $5, and goes back to sleep.