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From Lateline:
Ian Harper "wrestled with God" before becoming the head of the Fair Pay Commission, which places him in charge of setting the minimum wage of Australia.

He also boxed with Jesus prior to the decision, as well as played a quick game of backgammon with flying pixies, a Mario Kart session with a rare unicorn with opposing digits, online Sudoku with a three headed monkey, played hide-and-seek with The Jolly Green Giant (won every time), and finished with a bout of fencing with Papa Smurf.

*sob* Oh sweet merciful crap. *sob* The livelyhoods of the lowest paid are in the hands of a man who plays contact sports with imaginary people. It's OK to cry right now, yeah?

Mr Harper also wrote something like "the American economy's success was helped along by the wages not rising in Manhattan sweatshops" in a report a while back. My guess is that crying is fine now.

"As far as I'm concerned, religion is just people having imaginary friends. And I'm fine with that, if that makes them happy, keeps them sane. The problem I have, is when people in power are devoutly religious. 'Should be bomb this country?' 'Just one second..' *pretends to walk away and have conversation with imaginary person*"

Dylan Moran, massively paraphrased. (At 2006 Melbourne Comedy festival.)