Quote of the day:

“Snitchy piece in OZ re PM’s earlobes. Written by ‘award winning’ journalist Kate Legge. She demeans herself and women with this stuff.” — @PremierMikeRann

The South Australian Premier takes a swipe at Legge’s piece in The Australian today, entitled: ‘The ears have it, in a deluge of distraction from campaign themes’.

Yes, it’s an entire article devoted to Julia Gillard’s large ear lobes, with lines like “…she’ll soon start to resemble Star Trek’s Dr Spock”; “disbelief that such ‘epic’ pounces of skin have gone unnoticed till now”; and our favourite “like it or lobe it”. (Actually, we’ll pay that one.)