Talk:Sir Les Patterson

'bots taking things a little bit too seriously

Well, they are, aren't they.
I must admit to sometimes having to do a double-take when I tune in part-way through one of Sir Les's TV presentations. Sometimes it takes me a few seconds to get over the impression that he's a comic construct and instead to recognise him for the serious politician that he is.
Aidan Karley (talk) 08:55, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

I feel the top line is prejudice to Catholics

I feel the top line is prejudice to Catholic

It says everything bad and also that he is Catholic like it's a bad thing

I feel the person who wrote it should change it

Thanks

Patrick Moss Real Estate Agent London

94.197.127.190 (talk) 17:08, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Cultural attaché

I think this needs more prominence; in the UK on telly and stage Sir Les Patterson was always the "Cutural attaché of Australia" (he never said to whom, but in the UK presumably to the UK) i.e. in a double flip he suggested that he had to escape Australia to find some culture but had a sinecure promoting Australia's culture to the UK while secretly (or not so secretly) hating both equally.

Clive James and Germaine Greer similar, and James parodies Humphries in his Unrelaiable memoirs, when they all lived around the same part of London, Earl's Court ("Kangaroo alley") (except Greer who lived and I think still lives in Cambridge)).

I presume Sir Less got his fictional knighthood in London, but Dame Edna must have got hers somewhere else (probably mail order)! If Barry Humprhies hasn't got an honour i bet it is because he refused it and being modest – you're not supposed to say if you turn down an honour. Si Trew (talk) 14:09, 28 April 2016 (UTC)