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First Dog On The Moon

A day in the life of Tony Abbott

I was a Rhesus Monkey...

First Dog On The Moon

Nov 09, 2009

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  • charles darwin
  • Christopher Pyne
  • Joe Hockey
  • Julie Bishop
  • rhesus monkey
  • sydney institute
  • Tony Abbott
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Venise Alstergren
15 years ago

I feel it is very funny but don’t see why you had to dress Tony Abbott as a Rhesus monkey, because already he is one. Bat ears (ping- pong- bat ears) and all.

Where I am confused is with the cigar- smoking, aged gentleman in frame three. It can’t be Moses as that curmudgeon would never be that cool. Charles Darwin-I think he’s wearing a suit. It was then I had my brainwave. I think it is the lady Turnbull’s grand dad! 🙂

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Evan Beaver
15 years ago

Excellent stuff.

You’ll be happy to know that now, from last week, every time I hear Joe Hockey’s name I think of the croquenboch in a can. Great for hiking!

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Ern Malleys cat
15 years ago

Did Julie dress up as God or Santa?
I hope the new shareholders haven’t “trimmed” FDOTM to only four frames as part of the budget cuts.
Could this explain the cruel censoring of our pets’ hilarity?
What next? A rebranding to mDog 1.0!

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Vicki Grieves
15 years ago

Frame two has the expression perfectly – an uncanny resemblance – true genius!

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robbi64
15 years ago

Venise, hi there … I wondered that same question. 🙂

And when I saw the cigar, it struck me that First Dog has depicted Julie as impersonating Sigmund Freud? Now there’s a headscratcher!

Nice to catch up with you again – and speaking of headscratching … I don’t suppose you saw PR on the back of the SMH Saturday edition? There was a fabulous display of toilet seat covers on some of our most respectable sisters. There was even, I kid you not, someone wearing a credible version of a toilet brush craftwork cover! But I will give Jen H a Small Achievement Award for her ability to model a toilet seat cover on her head – and make it look credible. 🙂

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