Compare and Contrast:
1. Gob from the hit DVD show ‘Arrested Development’ decides to become the centre of attention and breaks into jail and gets locked up then let out. Gains notoriety by featuring on the cover of coveted magic magazine “Poof”. Everyone laughs.
2. ‘Captain Bathune’ formerly of the decapitated ‘Ady Gill’ decides to become the centre of attention and breaks into the Japo whaling ship to perform a ‘Citizens Arrest’ on the Caption of the ship. Gains no notoriety, no front page, is a prisoner for the at least the next 2 months with no soap-on-a-rope. Everyone laughs.
Being a topical debator who can weigh up the twos and fros of port and starboard in both sides in a debate I would like to ask some pertinant questions in the ionosphere of the Internet. One being who gives a flying fuck about the Ady Gill dickhead? Two being did he watch the famed Police Academy movie “Citizens on Patrol” too many times? And more importantly, where are the David Hicks fan club and Get Up when he needs them?
Now, this whaling business is all over the news channels. And the Japs are being harpooned in our media for killing a fish. So? When Wayne and I did a tour of Werribee zoo when we were kids we hadn’t been fed by Wayne’s step mum for a few days. We saw an antelope walking around with a wound in it’s side and a bit of blood. Wayne and I were following that antelope around with our tongues hanging out waiting for it to drop dead so we could bring something home to eat. Did Africa try to put a citizens arrest on us? But I digress sort of.
Now I’m glad this hilarious tale of Captain Buffoon hasn’t been followed too much in the media and the David Hicks fan club haven’t rallied demanding Buffoon’s release. I hope those Japs are serving threee square meals of rare endangered whale for breakfast, lunch and tea. Maybe he will be released looking as fat as David Hicks. Further in the excellent Herald Sun article it’s investigative journalist also notes that Captain Buffoon handed the Japo Captain a bill for a cool 3 million. Is this where I insert the imaginary typewriter joke? LOL.
To sum up this debate I will like to end with a quote from the article in question:
As the internets would say; Sea Shepherd FAIL, Captain Buffoon FAIL, Ady Gill FAIL, Debt Collection FAIL and Whaling WIN!
This is Trevor signing off.
Trevor.

#1 by Rox on 17 February 2010 - 5:30 pm
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Is this supposed to be funny? Ye Grods!
#2 by Trevor McDonald on 17 February 2010 - 5:53 pm
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The thing about being funny is that most people don’t understand how humour works.
#3 by Mac Yourselfathome on 17 February 2010 - 6:01 pm
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What I don’t get is that Bathune wanted to present the Japanese crew with a bill. What did he expect to happen afterwards? “Oh Sorry about the boat Ex-Captain Bathune. I’ll write you out a cheque now. Lets put all this ugliness behind us. Oh, and can we give you a lift home perhaps?”
#4 by Rox on 17 February 2010 - 6:14 pm
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His name is BETHUNE. Illiteracy isn’t especially funny.
#5 by Raymond Bukk on 17 February 2010 - 9:22 pm
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Ah, Got you Trev, you Devil!!! Now you maybe a topical debator of some renoun, but you do’nt bloody well know eveything now do you,
“And the Japs are being harpooned in our media for killing a fish.”
A whale if Not a fish, it is in actual fact a Marsupial.
#6 by Don on 17 February 2010 - 10:00 pm
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As those wonderful poets, Derek and Clive said, what do the whales do other than swim around sucking fucking plankton down all day. Or words to that effect.
I still don’t think we should shoot them.
#7 by Trevor McDonald on 18 February 2010 - 12:40 pm
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ROX
You raise an interesting topical debate about the illiteracy. I had a full rounded techinical school education that was topped off by me matriculating at Turana home for boys so illiteracy is not one of my bug bears. I’m glad you liked my column.
MAC
There is footage of Captain Buffoon serving his ‘papers’ on a site called youtube.com. I could imagine the dialouge you wrote coming of their mouths (except it would have to be in the Japanese language). But what the hell did Buffoon expect?
RAYMOND
How are you old mate? FYI (that’s short for for your information) marsupials have fur and are native animals like a roo.
DON
Derek and Clive once got lost in Joan Crawfords vagina. which is similar to being plankton in a whale’s mouth.
I respect your side of my topical debate about not shooting them (we’d need some pretty big shotties!)