It’s unbelievable that Australians can ever get something executed. If the headlines are something to go by, the nation is in a perpetual state of shock. And simply because it completes the exhausting work of restoration from this shock, it’s, out of nowhere, shocked.
The proliferation of occasions which might be in a position to trigger shock or trigger one to be shocked is a part of the fascinating patois solely spoken by journalists. Just as no-one outdoors a newspaper has even precipitated a “furore”, been “embroiled” in something — not to mention an “imbroglio” — or dedicated a “gaffe”, we’re unsure the next occasions trigger fairly the extent of upheaval and astonishment the publications would have you ever consider.
