Seeking ugly women for Outbacks lonely hearts

[theloadroom]

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer
Mon Aug 18, 4:14 AM ET



SYDNEY, Australia - Life can get a little lonely for bachelors in the Australian Outback mining town of Mount Isa. So the mayor has offered up a solution: recruit ugly women.

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Mayor John Molony found himself under attack Monday over comments he made to a local newspaper that read: "May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa."

The mayor added that many women who already live in the remote Queensland state town seem quite happy.

"Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face," he continued. "Whether it is recollection of something previous or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness."

The quotes, published Saturday in the Townsville Bulletin, sparked outrage among the town's female population, led to furious online debates and drew criticism from the local chamber of commerce.

"There's a lot of anger circulating among the community at the moment — a lot of passionate anger," Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce manager Patricia O'Callaghan said Monday. "There's a lot of women voicing their opinions."

Molony declined to elaborate on his comments Monday except to say they were "twisted and warped" by the newspaper.

"I've been shredded," he added, before hanging up the phone.

The situation may not be quite as dire as Molony noted. According to the 2006 census, males made up 52.6 percent of the town's population of nearly 20,000.

And several local women said there aren't a lot of gems to be found among Mount Isa's men, either.

"We've got a saying up here that the odds are good, but the goods are odd," 27-year-old Anna Warrick told The Brisbane Times.

[jimb]

Interesting! But big problem, there are NO ugly women in Australia!

[theloadroom]

Interesting! But big problem, there are NO ugly women in Australia!

didn't necessarily state Aussies, lol
"May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa."

[teejay7]

like the song says "ive never been to bed with an ugly woman but i sure woke up with a few" terry

[Casull]

Hey, ugly women need love too.

[truckinbutch]

Nanny McPhee:The more attention you give them,the more beautiful they become.
Must be some real wankers in that district to keep ladies from evening the balance in a country that has been topheavey on females since Austrailia's manpower sacrifices in two world wars.
Just my take on it.....

[warsawdaddy]

The news told of one about 6mo ago.It seems she was not allowed in the bar because she was too ugly.She sued them and had a jury trial,you guessed it,the jury thought she was too ugly also to go into a bar!Sure glad they didn't show a picture of her.Think it was in china or somewhere over there.But she's probably looking for a new start somewhere.

[Casull]

I believe Hillary is free now.

[foot69]

Bloody Media want to castrate the poor bugger. He was politically correct and said Beauty disadvantaged and he gets abused for calling women Ugly.
All he was doing was trying to help out the Blokes Mt Isa and the single women in the rest of the country..

2 faced tarts in the media..

[Yarrum]

Nothing in Mt Isa cept mines, flies and stinkin' heat.

[TheHarleyMan2]

Whether beautiful or ulgy, every women deserves at least 1 turn, just some women get more turns than others!

[Planet1mars]

its a true saying "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life. make a Ugly woman your wife"

[mrs.oroblanco]

Here is an oldie, but goody song:







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[theloadroom]

[Paul Joesph]

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer
Mon Aug 18, 4:14 AM ET



SYDNEY, Australia - Life can get a little lonely for bachelors in the Australian Outback mining town of Mount Isa. So the mayor has offered up a solution: recruit ugly women.

ADVERTISEMENT

Mayor John Molony found himself under attack Monday over comments he made to a local newspaper that read: "May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa."

The mayor added that many women who already live in the remote Queensland state town seem quite happy.

"Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face," he continued. "Whether it is recollection of something previous or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness."

The quotes, published Saturday in the Townsville Bulletin, sparked outrage among the town's female population, led to furious online debates and drew criticism from the local chamber of commerce.

"There's a lot of anger circulating among the community at the moment — a lot of passionate anger," Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce manager Patricia O'Callaghan said Monday. "There's a lot of women voicing their opinions."

Molony declined to elaborate on his comments Monday except to say they were "twisted and warped" by the newspaper.

"I've been shredded," he added, before hanging up the phone.

The situation may not be quite as dire as Molony noted. According to the 2006 census, males made up 52.6 percent of the town's population of nearly 20,000.

And several local women said there aren't a lot of gems to be found among Mount Isa's men, either.

"We've got a saying up here that the odds are good, but the goods are odd," 27-year-old Anna Warrick told The Brisbane Times.

there is no ugly lady's any were ,God made as all for some one
And love is in the arms of the beholder
Paul Joesph