Secret Squirrel, and other animal 'acts'...

The people of Hougang have decided who they want as their MP for the next four to five years: Mr Png Eng Huat of the Workers' Party. I think both Mr Png and his PAP opponent, Mr Desmond Choo, put up a clean fight. Well done.

Looking back, among the husting's revelations was the possible existence of a "mole" in the WP camp. That "political animal's" moniker? Secret Squirrel. There was quite a buzz over who this character was. I shall call it the Secret Squeal-rel.

So, was it quite apt? Well, Secret Squirrel was a TV cartoon character from the 1960s! Here's its opening song's lyrics (first stanza), and the YouTube clip...

What an agent, what a squirrel
He's got the country in a whirl.
What's his name?
Shhh...Secret Squirrel.
He's got tricks, up his sleeve,
Most bad guys, won't believe.
A bullet proof coat, a cannon hat,
A machine gun cane with a rat tat tat tat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2a20_ELqW4

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Meanwhile, we were at a restaurant when we noticed another strange "animal". Actually, we saw this huge ceiling fan first:

Then, my sharp-eyed daughter saw the name of the fans (there must have been two of them) at the control boxes near the payment counter:

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Finally, back to politics and a different kind of ass (party animal)...

The most famous political animal symbols are, arguably, American: the donkey logo of the Democratic Party and the elephant logo of the Republican Party (aka "Grand Old Party", or GOP). Here's a website that offers a brief explanation of their origins, "The Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant":

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881985.html

Democratic Party's Donkey

GOP's Elephant