Labor leader Bill Shorten kicked off a tour through marginal seats yesterday and during an interaction with a shopper asked a very important question.
"What's your favourite lettuce?"
Shorten was touring the Queanbeyan supermarket with the family trying to make a point about the impact of a GST rise on fresh produce.
It was a good question (if not a little awkward) and the woman replied:
"Actually it's iceberg."
A great answer (if not a little ominous).
Triple J reporter Alice Workman pushed the question back on Shorten on Wednesday.
.@billshortenmp is visting "BIG SAM’S MARKET" in Melbourne today. Fingers crossed we find out his favourite lettuce. https://t.co/86CdcT2FGu
Ready for a free kick, Shorten tweeted back two puns, a dank meme and a total political non-answer.
Cos you asked @workmanalice - my favourite lettuce is one that doesn't have a 15 per cent GST on it.
Unbowed Workman tried again, this time with his staff.
.@Shorten_Suite aren't providing any answers on Bill Shorten's cryptic lettuce tweet.
UPDATE 1030AEST: Shorten was asked AGAIN for his lettuce preference at a Wednesday press conference. His answer, "I like all different sorts of lettuce."
Bloody hell. In a country blessed with bountiful fresh produce, several types of excellent local lettuce varieties and a generation of people who have clear lettuce preferences, Bill avoided the question TWICE, trying to score political points.
P.S. the correct answer is iceberg. Iceberg is the superior lettuce.