Kill the Bats.

"The LNP's primary industries spokesman Ray Hopper put a motion in parliament on Wednesday to better protect people and the viability of farms, saying farmers should be able to shoot flying foxes." The driver for this call " to the gun" and to do the proper aussie thing and start shooting things dead was the recent sad death of another Vet from the Hendra virus which is transmitted , or can be transmitted from bats to horses and then from horses to humans. At last count 3 people in 10 years have died from Hendra virus in Qld. Based on this logic not only would all the snakes in the fair state of Queensland be round up and shot ( on average 3 people a year die from snake bite that makes 30 dead people in 10 years), all the drivers of cars would need to be shot as well given that nearly 300 people died on the roads last year. And how would we deal with the suicide rate ( currently about 300 people a year in QLD) - SHOULD WE ROUND THEM UP AND SHOOT THEM TOO!

Don't you love living in a country where our politicians' solution to complex problem is just "shoot the bastards" !!

An ode to Octavalent

An ode to Octavalent

Every night from now aloud I pray
"God bless my mother
God bless my father"
and especially the one to whom their is no equivalent,
may god doubly bless - the great Octavalent.

My you keep him running
and keep him far from harm
And let me know if he saddled and ready to stride out
Be it Caulfield or Flemington or Sandown
or even Warwick Farm.

May This fine beast,
to relieve me when I am stressed
keep running at odds
be it on the green grass in the east
or the dust bowls of the west.

Though the experts will most likely disagree
Octavalent truly fits all my criteria
"as horse of the yearier"
Along with Vim and his Brother
and at 70-1 who can forget
the that mighty mare Brackenette

And as we get older and we walk
through the Moonee Valley of Death
And as we are about to be heaven sent
Lord please give me another winner
that pays as much as -
the great - Octavalent

Lads hope you enjoy lunch I am off to cash a ticket
For your information as I walk out the door
It wasn't on the nose, quinella or even each way.
I've got 20 percent of a FIRST FOUR!!