Australian PM dodges another sandwich
AUSTRALIA: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced
to dodge a flying sandwich for the second time this month Thursday when
someone’s salami lunch was flung at her during a school visit.
Gillard was greeting children at Lyneham High School in Canberra when
the sandwich narrowly missed her. Photos showed it bypassing her left
arm and lying on the ground in front of her as she shook hands with a
crowd of students.
The incident came after a student earlier this month threw a sandwich
covered with Australia’s favourite yeast-based lunch spread, Vegemite,
at her during another school trip.
Gillard appeared unfazed by the latest prank, commenting afterwards:
“They must have thought I was hungry.”
The student who threw the Vegemite sandwich was suspended from school
for 15 days despite denying he was responsible. There were no immediate
suspects in Thursday’s salami incident.
AFP |