{"id":16352,"date":"2010-04-30T08:39:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=16352"},"modified":"2010-04-30T08:39:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:39:54","slug":"20-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=16352","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-social researcher and commentator Slack Bastard was quick off the mark with his answers to newmatilda.com’s 20 Questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr Slack Bastard is a regular commentator on Australian anti-social trends on radio, in print, on television, and online. His most recent book, Eating the Rich: Food and Equality in Australia<\/em> was not published by Black Inc. in 2008, despite many threatening letters and a subsequent court battle. He\u2019s written extensively on Australian eating habits \u2014 but he hasn\u2019t eaten anyone since 1992. He is the Director of Research at Dipsos and has taken over from Engelbert Humperdinck as the author of the Dipsos Humperdinck Report<\/em>. We are reasonably certain he updates his own Facebook page<\/a>, and that the growth in his fanbase will continue to outpace the RSP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. What\u2019s the headline you\u2019d most like to see on the front page of a daily newspaper?<\/em>
\n“Slackbastard cleared on all charges.”<\/p>\n

2. If you could oblige everyone in Australia to click through to one webpage, which one would it be?<\/em>
\nThis one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. What is one thing you\u2019ve always wondered about economics but were too afraid to ask?<\/em>
\nIs that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?<\/p>\n

4. When did you last eat a meat pie?<\/em>
\nRight after my last spam margarita.<\/p>\n

5. What\u2019s the oldest thing in your fridge?<\/em>
\nMy great-grandmother.<\/p>\n

6. Has anyone got a climate change policy you agree with? Who?<\/em>
\nMy cat. B\u00fcbi?<\/a><\/p>\n

7. When was the first time you changed your mind on something important?<\/em>
\nShortly after I took my first breath.<\/p>\n

8. What\u2019s the household chore you relish the most?<\/em>
\nInspecting the maids’ uniforms.<\/p>\n

9. What sort of shoes do you wear to work?<\/em>
\nPlease explain?<\/p>\n

10. What campaigning tactic do you most want to see in this year\u2019s federal election?<\/em>
\nJelly wrestling.<\/p>\n

11. Nominate a new public holiday.<\/em>
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n

12. If you could go tomorrow anywhere in Australia for a holiday, where would you go?<\/em>
\nApril 30, 2110.<\/p>\n

13. What\u2019s your favourite YouTube video?<\/em>
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14. If you were given $5 million, what would you spend it on?<\/em>
\nCommodities, on stolen land, some time prior to WWIII.<\/p>\n

15. Who would you most like to sit next to on a long haul flight?<\/em>
\nThe co-pilot.<\/p>\n

16. What trivia question\/topic will you beat everyone else in the pub to the buzzer on?<\/em>
\nWho’s had too much coffee?<\/p>\n

17. Complete this sentence. I\u2019d like to hear Kevin Rudd say “\u2026”<\/em>
\nWe don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn \/ Burn motherfucker burn.<\/p>\n

18. Name someone in Australian public life who deserves a promotion.<\/em>
\nThere’s life in the Australian public?<\/p>\n

19. In 10 words or less, summarise your food philosophy.<\/em>
\nDiscarded pizza boxes are an inexpensive source of cheese.<\/p>\n

20. What question should we ask our next interviewee?<\/em>
\nListen man, never mind who this is. We’ve got your wife…<\/p>\n

BONUS QUESTION from our last interviewee:
\nIf Jonathan Holmes fell under a bus, who would you like to see hosting Media Watch?<\/em>
\nThe guy who pushed him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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