This Photo Of Christopher Pyne Sitting All Alone Like A Tiny Schoolboy Is Strangely Wonderful
LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE.
From time to time, Junkee’s exhaustive and rigorous coverage of Education Minister Christopher Pyne has strayed into the personal — mentioning his odd texting habits, his unique Twitter presence, and his vast array of smug facial expressions, for which we are profoundly regretful. Journalism is a serious business, and must never cross the line into personal attacks and childish name-calling.
That said, take a look at this photo of Christopher Pyne sitting in an empty row of chairs:
I can’t even think of any witty rejoinders to stick to this. I’m too full of joy.
LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE. LOOK AT IT. He looks like a four-year-old in a dentist’s waiting room who’s just heard you get a lollipop afterwards if you’re good. He looks like the kid waiting to be announced as Year Six Dux instead of that know-it-all snob Kathy who didn’t even get Miss Green anything for her birthday. He looks like one of the stars of Baby Geniuses.
The photo comes courtesy of Victorian Nationals MP Darren Chester, who snapped it just before an official photoshoot in Parliament House’s Prime Ministerial courtyard this morning. As is to be expected, half the comments are some variation of “Pyne with all his mates haha,” all of which ignore the childlike wonder in Christopher’s smooth, joyous babyface.
He can also change tyres! Besides funding a widely popular education reform his party committed to before the election and sustaining equitable university funding, what can’t this little guy do?
