UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

PM Julia Gillard: World is ending or not

|
 
Published: Dec. 8, 2012 at 1:48 AM

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is ready for the end of the world.

Gillard appeared on "The End of the World Show," a spoof commercial for a Triple J radio breakfast show.

"It turns out the Mayan calendar is true," a straight-faced Gillard said, referring to the prediction the world will end Dec. 21.

She said Australia survived the Y2K crisis and a dispute about carbon taxes. But she said the end is now on its way.

"Whether the end comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic hill beasts or the total triumph of K-Pop (Korean popular music), if you know one thing about me it is this: I will always fight for you to the very end," she promised. "And at least I will never have to do Q&A again."

Topics: Julia Gillard
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 16
Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
View Caption
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
fark
Cool: Comedian Doug Stanhope starts an IndieGoGo campaign to raise $50,000 for the woman who said...
Hobby Lobby says it is a ministry and should not have to pay fines under Obamacare
Stookey, lend me your home
Woman holds off cops for hours by refusing to turn over video of beating without a warrant, fearing...
Federal judge Ric Romero finds that Sheriff Joe engaged in racial profiling
Florida driver forgets he's in Florida and pulls a shotgun on another driver, who unfortunately...