BIG STEAMING HEAPS

Not only does shit happen but it usually happens in great big steaming heaps. The "gotcha" story is yet further proof that channel seven's Mark Riley can't be described as a "journalist" he's more of a grub but if Tony Abbot imagines that he's going to be PM one day  he's really going to have to start acting more like a Menzies and less like a yobbo. I can't imagine any of our previous leaders, including the notorious Hawke using language like that anywhere outside the absolute privacy of their office.
Bob Carr in his blog reports that a former Sydney factory owner commented that if a manager in his factory had commented after an industrial accident that "shit happens" he'd have been not long remaining in the job. That about sums it up.
But Abbot's reaction to being sprung by the moronic journalist was not inappropriate. His silence may have sprung from the sage advice that when you are at the bottom of a hole it's wise to stop digging.