Public-Private Partnerships: combining the organisational acumen of the public service with the scrupulous honesty and professional integrity of unfettered capitalism, so we can enjoy the worst of both worlds. I was particularly tickled by the job ads placed by NBN contractors for "experienced fibre splicers". Oh, yes. We're all fibre splicers round 'ere. Going back generations, man and boy. Never had a stroke of work, mind you, but finally our patience has paid off!

The most surreal and shambolic is yet to come; soon it will be time to break up, privatise, and deregulate NBN Co. into an oligopoly that pretends to be a market. That's one more public utility to generate cash-in-hand work for Irish backpackers with expired visas going door to door wearing laminated ID cards, insisting they are not selling anything, merely verifying whether we're entitled to a discount on our Internet bill. I wonder if Jodee Rich is still allowed to run a company. It's time to call Lachlan and Jamie and get the old band back together!