This short bit of absolutely brilliant satire is simply too good not to share: It was writern by Steve Braunias who has just stopped writing for the Manawatu Standard...and is now employed by the NZ Herald.
“I texted Cameron Slater and he agreed with me” - The secret diary
of ... John Key
By Steve Braunias
5:00 AM Saturday Nov 29, 2014
'Yesterday I misunderstood the question when I was asked
‘What
day it was'
MONDAY
It's not Monday. I've looked into it, and fully examined the situation,
and I think the majority of New Zealanders will agree with me that today's not
Monday.
Yes, it's the start of the week. Yes, it's the day after Sunday. But I
think what we should be focusing on is that Phil Goff broke an embargo
yesterday by leaking the news that today might be Monday.
He was wrong to do that and my understanding is that he should be
jailed for a very long time, as should Labour leader Andrew Little. I don't
like the way he's talking to me. No one talks to me like that. I'm the Prime
Minister, 24/7, including Mondays, which today isn't.
I texted Cameron Slater to check and he agreed with me.
TUESDAY
Yesterday I misunderstood the question when I was asked what day it
was.
I should have said Monday but as usual the media were up to their old
tricks, and twisted my words. What I'd said to them was, "At the end of
the day it's not Monday." This is correct, because at the stroke of
midnight or just after, it’s Tuesday.
In any event I couldn't hear myself think what with the racket going on
in an office down the corridor. It sounded like a mentally unstable person had
got hold of a gun.
In fact it was Judith Collins using her Magnum .44 for target practice,
so no harm done. I passed on a note to ask her to please stop shooting and a
note came back from her saying that I wouldn't hear any more gunfire. And I
haven't heard so much as a peep. She's good like that. Honourable!
Meanwhile, more ridiculous questions in the House today: and more
shouting from Andrew Little. This can't go on. He needs taking down a peg or
two. I wish I knew someone who could get some dirt on him, but unfortunately I
don't have any contact with Cameron Slater.
WEDNESDAY
Andrew Little, shouts at me, "Cut the crap!"
Well, he'll never get anywhere with coarse language like that, and I
think it's revealing that he didn't actually propose what kind of cutting
instrument would do the trick, typical Labour. They forever play fast and loose
with the finer details, and the public see right through them.
Little will never know what it's like to be Prime Minister. I patiently
explained to him that I receive thousands of texts every day and can't possibly
be expected to remember if some of them are from Cameron Slater. Sometimes, he
texts and sometimes I reply but I'm fundamentally not in contact with him
because sometimes he doesn't text. And I only ever reply when it's important.
THURSDAY
Cameron texts: "Yo howzit dawg."
I reply, "All good. Sup?"
He texts, "Plot to kill meHeard a floorboard creakFollowed to the
dairyBought a packet of wine gums."
I reply, "Save me the red ones!"
He texts: "Too late. Soz! Oh no spilled coffee on my shirt. Better
put it in the wash."
I reply, "Hopefully it will all come out in time."
FRIDAY
What a week! It didn't help that I slept badly. I kept waking up to
find I was lying in a painful, twisted heap.
The pain was so bad last night that I got up and went to the office.
It was about 3am and the lights were out.
I heard footsteps in the corridor, and then a strange sort of
whispering noise, and a window smashed right behind me.
I switched on the lights and saw Judith Collins crouching on the
ground, wearing a balaclava and holding her Magnum.
I said, "I thought I told you no more shooting!"
She said, "And I told you that I'd be quiet."
She unscrewed the silencer. There was a strange glint in her eye.
Well I hope like me you feel that this was a great way to review PM John Key's week from hell, you may have noted in the news that he now claims to get over a thousand texts per day...yes per day...so if you will excuse me using a Andrew Little quote..."if you believe that crap...you must live on Plant Key...did you know it would take up to six or seven hours just to read a thousand text messages... Key just keeps crapping his way out of his usual falsehoods... I can't work out which one is the brightest Key or Slater? You decide.
Have a good week...lets hope we get some fine weather...