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Admiration & Humour Page

Public People I Admire

Australians

Intellectuals

  • Dr Ian Lowe (public commentator on energy matters)
  • Sir Mark Oliphant
  • Phillip Adams
  • Stuart Littlemore

Politicians

  • Gough Whitlam
  • Bob Hawke (for all his faults)
  • John Howard (grudgingly !)
  • Senator Bob Collins
  • Gareth Evans (for all his mistakes)

Foreign

Intellectuals

  • Noam Chomsky
  • Amery Lovins (US energy commentator)
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Dr Paul Ehrlich
  • Steven Jay Gould
  • J K Galbraith

Politicians

  • Aung San Suu Kyi

In the next world ....

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Jesus (being an atheist does not stop one admiring him as a visionary)


Who makes me laugh

UK

  • Spike Milligan
  • Ben Elton
  • The Two Ronnies
  • Dave Allen

Aus

  • Rod Quantock
  • Senator Bob Collins

US

  • Groucho Marx

Classic Humour

Monty Python

  • All-time favourite : Ministry of Silly Walks
  • Life Of Brian (most of)
  • Argument
  • Holy Grail : Reading from the book of armaments - Bad Zoot/Spank me - Killer Bunny -
  • The Spanish Inquisition
  • Four Yorkshireman (When I was a lad ...)

Yes Minister

  • Sir Humphrey's super-sentences
  • Bernard's explanations to the Minister

Marx Brothers

  • Any sketch from Night At The Opera
  • Most of Animal Crackers
  • The mirror scene from Duck Soup
  • Why a duck ? (from The Cocoanuts)

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