The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them.
ADAMS, PHILLIP
Humour
ADAMS, PHILLIP
This nation was built on a cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie-down.
ADAMS, PHILLIP
ADAMS, PHILLIP
Supermarkets stand condemned as symbols of man’s inhumanity to women.
ADAMS, PHILLIP
ADAMS, PHILLIP – Dog is love
It’s not for nothing that dog is god backwards. Perhaps He put them on Earth to keep an eye on us, to appeal to the better angels of our being. Perhaps they are angels, wingless and furry ones. With fleas.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - Dog is love
ADAMS, PHILLIP – Dog is love
I regard dogs and trees as superior beings to humans. Trees are reliable and beautiful. They give us shade, timber and oxygen – and the paper on which our books and this journal are published. And, unless set ablaze by terrorist arsonists with WMD’s that come in a matchbox, they also store carbon. Give trees citizenship, I say. Give ’em the vote. Governments of oaks, elms and eucalypts would be a huge improvement.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - Dog is love
ADAMS, PHILLIP – Dog is love
It is greatly to Australia’s credit that we are a mongrel nation. None of that Aryan or ethnic purity for us. We benefit from hybrid vigour. Every race and religion – as mixed up as the flora in our multi-horticultural society.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - Dog is love
ADAMS, PHILLIP – proposed words for an Australian national anthem, the Australian 7 July 1973
I love this ripper country
Of funnel-webs and sharks,
With blowies big as eagles,
Where your car gets booked by narks,
Where your team gets trounced each Saturday,
And the pubs run out of beer,
Where there's redbacks on the toilet seat
And you're nagged by Germaine Greer.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - proposed words for an Australian national anthem, the Australian 7 July 1973
ADAMS, PHILLIP – The Unspeakable Adams
This nation was built on a cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie-down.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - The Unspeakable Adams
ADAMS, PHILLIP – Trees of life
Trees are very good friends. Firm friends. My five year old’s tree could be relied upon to be there next day, uncritical and protective. And think of trees’ contribution to our lives. They provide boats, buildings, paper, furniture and, for clog-wearers, footwear. As well as contributing toothpicks and chopsticks they give little birdies somewhere comfy to sit. Best of all, they help produce breathable air and lock up that naughty carbon. Why is why I am talking to the Greens about giving trees the vote.
ADAMS, PHILLIP - Trees of life
ANON, ANON
A Platypus is a duck designed by a committee.
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