OT: Aussies it's census night. Don't forget!

[wingman]

Just a reminder to fill it in and avoid a fine. I did mine online and it took about 20 minutes for my house.

[BigKriss]

Oh no - we missed him!

[Ausmpower]

Dont forget......

JEDI KNIGHT

As your religion!

[pundit]

"Mother, should I run for president?"
"Mother, should I trust the government?"
"Mother, will they put me in the firing line?"
"Ooooowaa is it just a waste of time?"

[genphreak]

Just a reminder to fill it in and avoid a fine. I did mine online and it took about 20 minutes for my house.

First they come for affirmation.
Then they come for votes.
Trying hard to collect your thoughts; using them to gain support

Others take your money.
We are told; to help solve the problems
but the messages are controlled: it is not 'our fault'
it is those 'others' that 'cause the problems'

Always the hidden chorus sings;
'we are only supplying consumer demand'
Spend more; buy more, continue to use.

Of Green tendancies they have found out,
They now come with a loud shout;
'buy our product as it will help'!
A nice shade of green, it shows a fish
Even oil is going green.
At the bowser they painted up so swish
Using energy is smart it seems.

They say they need your money
But what they want is to Command.
So now we pay for education. Is it something we really need?
For they want us stupid, they want us lazy.
So they can go on whilst we watch telly!
Hiding the truth, working to decieve
Removing accountability at every step;
our boredom is being used
our apathy nicely presuaded
let's destroy what is now left of this Democracy
of freedom, of future, of global co-operation
Let's go full circle
and replace it with TV, comsumerism and pollution

Still they need more money
War is not Enterprise enough
Oil, weapons, poverty, commodities- these only spread the dollars to a few
Again they come for 'information'
To see what they can do

So they say they won't tell
they say they won't store.
our faceless bueraucrats will take good care
but we all know that one day their friends will come
the ones who have been trawling through all that information
stored so neatly for them
within a few relational databases

They will know what to say.
They will know how make us feel.
A little better about the way it's all gone
so we don't have to make an effort
get off our couches and cause a stink
we can somehow ignore their poisonous, seething swamp as and how it sticks
as it comes to smother all
so don't despair
or feel its unfair
so long as we can continue to pay, we'll be able to continue to ignore
we can keep on denying our disgrace
this mess that has 'somehow' been wrought,
leave all the polluted leftovers behind
for others to absorb

Happy Census night everyone!
Nick

[pundit]

Just a reminder to fill it in and avoid a fine. I did mine online and it took about 20 minutes for my house.

I tried to do mine online last night.
Impossible... website was either down or overloaded.
Tried on and off for 1.5 hrs and then gave up and bought an EML 'drive by wire' traction control system off Ebay!

[angrypancake]

when they asked what my race was, I said "200 backstroke." i mean, technically, it's true. my dad on the other hand, put "Martian." which, I guess is true as well, he's a weirdo....

[mattyb]

lmao

[mamilapon]

I'll fill it out while on the crapper later on.

[genphreak]

I'll fill it out while on the crapper later on.

ROFL. I don't know if it would make good toilet paper, but it's worth a go...