Few issues divide neighbours like the uncontrolled behaviour of pets particularly when they involve the destruction of our native fauna.
And yet the numbers of moggies on the prowl at night appears to be on the rise, at a time when the number of household occupants, in the form of humans, is clearly heading in the opposite direction.
What is happening?
Anecdotal evidence would suggest that an increasing number of households now have two or three cats and some would suggest it is in fact these surplus animals which are the major offenders.
The thinking here being: surely one cat’s enough for any sensible person. Who needs more than one fussy eater in the house anyway.
Dog lovers may support these mostly unsubstantiated claims as just another reason to promote the superior merits of the canine species as man’s best friend, however there is no doubt that, despite their suspect nocturnal activities, these feline ‘lodgers’ have developed a very special place in the hearts of their long suffering owners.
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Ho hum … how many more sleeps to a new government
Considering the billions being sloshed around, by all parties, the last few days of Australia’s most expensive election ever are becoming a blur to most of us and one suspects all voters who are going to make up their mind in some structured or logical manner have already done so.
Of course there will always be the people who, for a variety of usually suspect reasons, only decide to cast their vote at the polling booth and paradoxically in our democratic system these are the very people who usually vote in or out our political parties.
Swingers is a term usually saved for the matrimonially challenged, however every three years it assumes major importance and becomes the primary focus of the election campaign.
And since the percentage of swingers has risen steadily over the years, and is the major catalyst for landslides and flip-flop elections, it has become the major issue for the contending parties as they vie to turn traditional opposition supporters into swingers.
Most voters automatically vote for the political party their parents supported in their childhood and the decision to change this well established pattern as an adult is similar in magnitude to swapping their religions, i.e. it is a serious issue which usually only occurs after much reflection or sometimes a life changing experience.
The window of opportunity to influence these ‘would be’ swingers has virtually closed so the only change in the now well established pro-ALP voting patterns, in the endless pre-election polling, will be within the usual band of swingers.
This does mean if 100 per cent of the still undecided voters vote for John Howard next Saturday ‘the vampire could in fact still climb out of the coffin’ although it must be said, statistically speaking, this would be virtually unheard of.
But, you know what they say about statistics …
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