A- "Man, anything but Abbott, anything but Abbott, I'm moving to Canada if he gets in!"
Me- "So where did you vote before work, cos I need to get somewhere in the next hour?"
A-" Uh, I'm not actually on the electoral role. I'm an anarchist, actually. Not many people know that."
2- At 3.45 yesterday after the Independents press conference.
Me- "Did you hear, Labour got back in? Are you excited?"
D-" It doesn't make an iota of difference to me."
Me-" How come? You don't vote?"
D-" No, because, no one can stop the music."
3- Yesterday, during the presser, Windsor has announced and Oakeshott is banging on.
Me-" Eeps, Windsor has announced! We're just waiting for Oakeshott now! "
R- " Wait, which one is Oakeshott? Is he the hotter one?"
Pause.
Me-" Yeah."
Carlton store, 3pm Tuesday, during press conference
ReplyDeleteMe: (frantically tabbing between doesaustraliahaveagovernmentyet.com, twitter #election, abc news site)
K: (watching conference on other computer, which has no sound)
Customers: (hovering around, feeding off our excitement)
K: (getting up close to the screen when the camera pans behind them) I can't read their notes to see what they're saying!
Me: ARGH! All doesaustraliahaveagovernmentyet.com says is "ALMOST".
K: He went Labor!
Me: OH GOD WHAT WILL OAKESHOTT SAY
K: He'll go Labor. He's nice.
B: He is, isn't he.
K: He's just got such an open, friendly face. Kind of trustworthy.
Collectively: *adoring sigh*
Then we set the phones to play the radio so we could hear what was happening.
Oakeshott: So my alliance is with -
*phone rings, cutting him off*
Me: AAAUUGHH