ripper

[admiral_t]

"Crikey! I carked* it."

*carkverb 1. to die. --phrase 2. cark it, a. to collapse; die. b. (of a machine) to fail; break down. Also, kark. [? shortened form of carcass body of a slaughtered animal]
(Macquarie Book of Slang 'cark')

If Don Chipp got a state funeral surely the PM would offer...

Comments

[forgottenechoes]

It wouldn't surprise me if 'crikey' was indeed one of his last words.

Sounds like a painful way to go too...

[burninggirl]

Well, John Howard didn't offer, but Peter Beattie did. Who would have thought?