Reference :- There is nothing like a rainy day to make a bloke philosophical .

Reference : -  The doctored video of Ms Pelosi that President Trump posted on Facebook sure tickled the fancy of Sky Anchor Paul Murray .  But what to make of it ?

That was an easy story for you today Paul,  well presented with that fake childlike sadness intended to pluck the heartstrings of your handful of followers .  The lads and I have been discussing the ethics of this new zeal for doctoring videos , now that plain lies are old hat .   Stuck at home  in the rain ( and we can't even drive to the pub because the ute is bogged in the backyard  ) we have plenty of time for contemplation .  The lads reckon that while there is the opportunity to check for lies by viewing actual video footage of an event , things have not turned completely totalitarian . But once it is acceptable to alter historic footage for personal gain , we are up that anecdotal stream of effluent paddling with our hands  .

The corrupted  footage to which I refer shows Ms Pelosi tearing up more of Mr Trump's speech each time he hands out an honour .  The actual footage shows that Ms Pelosi didn't do that . In fact she even stood up and applauded at times .

 My son , Ken junior  , realising  that  doctoring historic videos is now socially acceptable has busied himself during the rain by editing the video we took of the last Kooralya School Eisteddfod .   Ken junior's mate , Gabbo  ( the aborigine ) easily won with his traditional /rock fusion  music using didgeridoo and electric guitar at the same time . You should have seen him  . The audience went mad , and the applause nearly brought the hall down .   ( It wouldn't be hard since it's full of borers and the corrugated iron is loose , but you know what I mean ...  A shame we missed out on our grant application .  )

Young Monte (  the motorcyclist )  adapted Banjo Patterson's poem  "  Mulga Bill''s Bicycle "  and called it    " Mulga Bill's 650 Kawasaki "  .    You should have heard everybody  laugh when he described  the throttle sticking at 9000 RPM as "it bolted clean away " .      Monte came second in the contest , but my son ( Ken junior )  didn't do too well . His rendition of the Jimi Hendrix  classic
"Purple Haze "  played on the mouth organ was a total flop .   In fairness , I think the acoustics of the hall were not suited to the piece , which really requires  the intimacy of a high class bordello to be fully appreciated .

 Anyway , Ken junior has doctored the video , so that the awkward silence after his performance appears after Monte's  poem .   The wild laughter that followed Monte's poetry reading  now appears after Gabbo' s fabulous fusion music , making him look foolish .  And the huge applause Gabbo did receive is spliced straight in front of Ken junior on his mouth organ. 

You know ,  I won't tell Ken junior , but I don't think it works .  It makes the whole Eisteddfod look like a farce .

 Rather like the news these days Paul , don't you think ?     

  Your comrade ,  Ken