Political Caption Competition

Confused elderly resident Muriel Grim angrily mutters, “I never liked Laila Harre”.

Confused elderly resident Muriel Grim angrily mutters, “I never liked Laila Harre”.

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“Smile you old bitch or Auntie Paula’s gonna leak your pension details!”
Simonm, this is disrespectful to this old lady. Her picture should not be posted here without her consent – unless it’s from a photo file and even then this is not the way she should be treated, and may cause distress to her whanau, or to her.
I hope that when Martyn and you reach old manhood, that there’s no-one around behaving thoughtlessly like this towards you.
How do you know I haven’t already reached “old manhood” Christine? That’s pretty ageist of you I must say.
OMG Am I ageist ? Do I have to add that to all the other labels like feminist, Greenie, Socialist, leftie etc ? Oh no. Oh no.
Well Simon, if you’re at old manhood , well done, and here’s hoping that you don’t run into anyone who makes you a public figure of fun.
Please do not use this poor elderly lady to help make Bennett a figure of fun; Bennett does this well all by herself anyway.
Who is this smart cynical ‘grinning like a cheshire cat’ sitting here demanding me as an eldely person to say this awful stuff about Laila Harre”.?