Never Give Up

Fortune may favour the brave but that's hard to remember when life is kicking you in the nuts.  Here's twenty-one  relentlessly optimistic reasons to remember that when you're at rock bottom, the only way is up.

• In her youth, J.K. Rowling was a Bay City Rollers' fan, proving that early bad taste is no barrier to subsequent success.
• Stephenie Meyer is a bestseller, proving that subsequent bad taste is no barrier to early success.
• It only took one cow to burn Chicago down.
• John Howard became Prime Minister.
• The greatest love songs are inspired by the worst heartbreak.
• Pauline Hanson's parents didn't drown her at birth.

Julia Gillard vs Mike Willesee

Last Sunday 'veteran' journalist Mike Willesee asked Prime Minister Julia Gillard whether she cried much.  I'm soooooo disappointed The Big J didn't grab his scrotum, give it a good squeeze and say, "No.  How about you, Chuckles?  Hey?  How about you?"

A question better suited to Bob Hawke, methinks.

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