It?s perfectly true......high inflation is all the fault of...

It?s perfectly true......high inflation is all the fault of Wayne the Banana, Swan.

He?s got a little less brains than a banana.
He?s as crooked as a banana.
He?s as yellow (coward) as a banana.
He?s got a thick skin but mushy on the inside.......like a banana.
He?s as slippery as a squashed banana.

So yes, it?s safe to say the economy has tanked because of a Banana named Swan!

Treasurer Wayne Swan blamed banana prices for the CPI figures, suggesting the 27 per cent increase in fruit prices had added 0.4 per cent to the overall inflation rate ?

However, the Treasurer?s comments come in direct contrast to the ones he made as shadow treasurer in 2006.

Speaking after Cyclone Larry destroyed almost 80 per cent of the nation?s banana crop and led to the nation?s CPI rising by 3.9 per cent for the September quarter, Mr Swan slammed then treasurer Peter Costello for ?attempting to use bananas as a shield?.