Thursday, May 01, 2008

A new term: "chair-sniffing scandal"

Just in case you haven't taken the time to go to the link susieq provided in the comments below, here is the story. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"A WEST Australian Liberal MP is likely to call for a vote on the party leadership today following the chair-sniffing scandal involving Opposition Leader Troy Buswell.

Mr Buswell has been under intense pressure after admitting to sniffing the chair of a woman Liberal staffer in a Parliament House office in October 2005.

The staffer at the centre of the sniffing incident, who has asked not be named, said Mr Buswell, then deputy to former Liberal leader Matt Birney, lifted the chair and sniffed it in front of her and other people "to get a laugh".

I don't know if this could happen in Parliament here, but it could definitely happen at my workplace.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It would have been tremendously talented if tacky Troy was able to tell those at the table what the Aussie senorita had swallowed for supper simply by sniffing the seat she had sat on.

JAW fan

Nanuk of the North, older but no wiser said...

May is a long month, you know.

I'm kinda sad that this story did not get posted during NaPoMo.

Anonymous said...

Apparently this guy has been involved in other 'unfortunate' incidents as well, of which this appears to be the creepiest. Apparently he's a bit of a bra-strap snapper as well... charming bloke.