More bad shit . . .

August 29. Remember that date, people. Coz that's the day when grabbing a chilled, happy hour draught beer after a hard day's work at yer local watering hole will be a thing of the past. Or sharing a bottle of good scotch with yer mates on the weekend watching footie at the pub will also soon be a luxury few can fooking afford.

Why? Coz on Aug 29, our dozy fooking PM will be tabling the BUDGET. And rumour has it that we will soon be above Norway in terms of alcohol tax. Yup, we'll be number one at something. So all ye boozers & kudikarans out there, best get acquainted with Tuan Sahip & the good Capt Morgan soon . . . fer that's all most ordinary folk will be able to fooking afford. (*hic*)

ps: And oh yeah . . . the Avril Lavigne gig on that date has also been cancelled. Please note that while PAS may have been making the usual noises, it was the Barisan Najis regime that pulled the plug. Reason? Not appropriate in conjunction with our 51st Merdeka celebrations, they said. So ye teenyboppers will have to make do with more "conservative" Malaysian fare - Saiful, Sodomy & C fooking 4!

ps: Fer Fook's Sake urges you to drink as much as possible between now & Aug 29 . . . y'know like the way crazed motorists jam petrol stations before a price hike. (*buuuuuuuuurp!*)

More sin taxes?

Today, old sleepy headed lover from Australia will announce the nation's budget. Look around you - has anyone been holding their breath fer an injection of life into a comatose economy?

Wanna bet it'll be the same old tactic of shocking hikes fer alcohol & tobacco which will hog the headlines? Like I said, I used to run a pub & Badawi's taxes on both those items made business fooking unfeasible.

The strange thing is that with these fookin ridiculous hikes, you can get contraband virtually anywhere now. Smuggling has become a very lucrative trade. Even the small sundry shops near me house has an ample supply of beer & liquor (everything from Chivas to Bombay Sapphire) at duty-free prices. Hooo-fookin-ray!

While at the Indonesian-run shop, you can buy various brands of kretek at a fraction of the list price. Great innit. The higher the taxes, the cheaper things become in some places . . . while the real issue of a nation's economy remains stuck in a rut.