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# HEY JOE, WHAT TO DO WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE GAGA.

Posted on July 4, 2024 8 Comments

In happier times, as one of our papers would say

Dear Mr President, I am slightly younger than you but still get unkind people saying I am too old to do the job of running Fiji. I am sorry that you are coming under pressure not to stand again in the November election. I saw you debate Donald Trump and I know the Fijian people would prefer a geriatric to a liar any day. Or some days anyway.

What you need to do is persuade the American people that even if your mind isn’t what it was, your body is still OK. So I am sending you some exercises that might help. I do these frequently in front of the media and they dutifully publish the photos. So no-one in Fiji says “this guy has lost it”. They say “wow, look at his muscles. Who cares if he is only 50 cents to the saqamoli!” ( that’s our dollar)

Why didn’t I think of that?

This PR masterstroke is keeping me in the job far longer than I deserve because frankly I have no idea what is going on around me. But as long as I look as if I am in control, the Fijian people think I AM in control, which is the only thing that matters. I am even a sex symbol to some of my ministers who are still interested in bonking like me. Aren’t those little blue pills fantastic?

Just one last tip. Maybe master the exercises before you call in the cameras. I wouldn’t want your new exercise regime to backfire. And make sure there is always someone there to hold you to the ground when you do your sit-ups and catch you if something goes wrong.

All the best from Fiji.

Your friend,

Siti

And apart from the exercise, make sure you’re getting plenty of this. Well not this but you get my drift. Remember, you are only as old as the woman you feel. Please say hello to Jill.

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  1. Fjord Sailor says

    July 4, 2024 at 3:11 pm

    I dont think anyone wants any of “that”, particularly from THAT woman. Shes like Central Station – trains come and go while some just break down there for a while due to trackwork…

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  2. Lorraine says

    July 4, 2024 at 5:03 pm

    Geez, Rabuka has really lost it. Why doesn’t he just go quietly into a nursing home, and get someone to wipe the spittle from his mouth. A truly pitiful sight

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  3. Whoa! says

    July 4, 2024 at 5:53 pm

    Hahahaha I needed this laugh!

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  4. Yes that is right says

    July 4, 2024 at 8:24 pm

    If anyone did not know, Rabuka is God’s gift to the people of Fiji. Just ask him.

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  5. Ravneel Reddy says

    July 4, 2024 at 8:44 pm

    Rabukas 10 seconds pressups than back to the deflator , huff puff

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  6. Bibbawarra Boy says

    July 5, 2024 at 1:30 am

    Oops…A Hawk Tuah moment

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  7. LMAO says

    July 5, 2024 at 5:41 am

    Hilarious!
    From picking coconuts and bottles one day to “one day in life of PM”.. boy this old man’s really gone nuts.
    The power’s really gotten to his head and he now feels he is “invincible” lol…
    Surely no way for a PM to behave in doing his own self-promotion to show he’s “all that”!
    What is he still trying to prove … “I’m still a HOPA” or “I still got what it takes to be in the lead, never mind my age and senile state of mind” hahahaha!
    What a joke…
    And that Queen of Tarts …she’s just on the supreme level of craziness.
    Folks here are your anointed leaders …coming into power courtesy of you and doing self-promotion courtesy of themselves

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  8. What a shame says

    July 9, 2024 at 10:51 am

    Well well well…what a real schmozle this government is. But, the Law of the lid in leadership is that you can never progress past what your leader is all about. I for one thought that Rabuka would steer Fiji back into clear waters in a totally honest and transparent process. Yes I know, I was only dreaming. Thanks Rabuka, there’s an election coming soon. Enjoy the ride while you can.

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Graham Davis
Grubsheet Feejee is the blogsite of Graham Davis, an award-winning journalist turned communications consultant who was the Fijian Government’s principal communications advisor for six years from 2012 to 2018 and continued to work on Fiji’s global climate and oceans campaign up until the end of the decade.

 

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