Candidates toss it around without saying what they want to change to.

Just: we need change!

This brings to mind the following illustration.

Years ago, there was an old tale in the marine corps about a lieutenant who inspected his marines and told the “gunny” how they smelled bad.

The lieutenant suggested they change their underwear.

The gunny responded: “Aye, aye, sir. I’ll see to it immediately, sir.”

He went into the tent and said: “The lieutenant thinks you guys smell bad, and he wants you to change your underwear. Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowskie, Brown, you change with Schultz.

“Change ... now get on with it.”

And the moral is: candidates may promise change in parliament, but the stink will still remain!

Lynn Stanfield

NOOSA