Scott Morrison Is Paying Tribute To The Wives Of Former PMs By Naming His Chooks After Them

The Morrisons (of Scott Morrison fame) are the latest Aussie family to get backyard chooks. Well not yet at least, but so far they’ve bought the coop.

In a post on Instagram, Morrison tried to show off his aptitude as an all-Aussie handyman – a bloke’s bloke who has no trouble assembling the chicken coop his family bought online.

Jen and the girls have been keen for chickens for some time,” he wrote.

“The other night she finally just decided to order a chicken coop online. It was delivered yesterday and my weekend task today was decided. Next step is to get some chickens.”

As far as chicken coops go, this one is deluxe. No expense spared for the PM’s future chooks, apparently.

He went on to say that the hens would be named after the wives of former Aussie Prime Ministers.

“They’re going to call it Lodge Ladies and name some of their chicks after former PM’s wives who lived at The Lodge [in Canberra],” he added.

It’s unclear if they’re planning to only stick to Liberal Prime Ministers, of if the names will come from both sides of the aisle.

Chickens are beautiful creatures and underrated pets, so it’s nice to finally see some chook representation in the upper echelons of Aussie politics.

However, one can’t help but note notice the attempt to rehabilitate the PM’s image as human at a time when his government is gradually cutting essential payments like JobSeeker and JobKeeper and instead encouraging people to pick fruit or study certain uni courses over others.

The comments section was mixed with people roasting him for the awkward self-promotion and people kissing his ass for having “brains and brawn”.

However on Twitter, things were a little more interesting.

The one silver lining here is that we’re kind of in a good position if the PM’s chicken coop is what we’re all talking about at the moment.

Compare that wholesome activity to what some other world leaders have been up to over the past few days.

All things considered, Scott Morrison’s chickens aren’t cancelled… yet.

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