Once I mentioned that Fraser was famous for that line, we all started to wonder why he'd said it. Naturally, I decided it must have been a result of the infamous Memphis Trousers Incident.
Well, once you start down a line of speculation like that, it's hard to stop. In short order, we began to discuss what other Australian Prime Ministers might have said, found in the foyer of a seedy hotel in Memphis without either trousers or explanation.
Paul Keating: "When I find the *&@!!$ who @$8@&@ my *&@## trousers I'm %#&$ gonna pretend I'm f^&&#$ Julian O'Neill and his (#@#$ head is one of Schlossie's shoes!"
Kevin Rudd: "Oh no! Someone arrest me before I see my own dick!"
John Howard: "Terrorists threw my trousers overboard!"
Bob Hawke: "Strewth. Wish I could remember the rest of the night. Looks like I had a good time!"
Harold Holt: "No worries. I was just about to take a swim anyway."
....and for the Americans, one of the young ladies offered:
Bill Clinton: "...Monica?"
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ReplyDelete"Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child, but take courage: it can be delightful!"
ReplyDeleteGeorge Bernard Shaw, who big Mal was referencing.
I think he thought we Arsetrailyerns, being a widely read and cultured mob, would get it.
Quokka
Learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteI always qualify the phrase when it appears with "But it wasn't meant to be Frelling impossible either".
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant. As a Souths fan one particularly appreciates the nod to history from PJK...
ReplyDeleteI always thought that he had said it to a bunch of newly unemployed loggers up in Ravenshoe but obviously I am wrong.
ReplyDeleteSome background here:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/01/1093938983711.html
"Men in trousers of Australia"
ReplyDeleteGough Whitlam
From the East Side of the Tasman:
ReplyDeleteHelen Clark "Well? Do I get the part in the remake of "The Crying Game" or not?"