Friday, August 24, 2007

BUT WILL IT BLEND?

This new-fangled iPhone cajigger is being touted as the the next best thing since sliced bread. It sure seems to have a fancy-sounding list of features, but the big question on everyone's lips is this: how well does it blend?

Thursday, July 19, 2007

COUNTER-CURSE URGENTLY REQUIRED

The spam I keep receiving just keeps getting weirder:

From: Noah Adkins

Subject: beecham chirp disseminate

abreast cashew chokeberry circumscription. bookkeep cauchy
barrier caleb decline correlate. creditor benign


archetypical cowhand cricket breakaway aiken digress
appraisal. custodial brennan clare diopter clomp beefsteak
calamitous.


I think she just cast a spell on me. Somebody help!

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

MAN NOT PIRATE

"German was not a pirate of her affections," attorney Enrico Mirabelli said. "Her affections were already adrift."

Monday, June 25, 2007

AUSSIE MUSLIMS UNITE AGAINST EVIL

From today's The Australian:

Australia's Sunni Muslims have pushed aside ideological differences with their Shia counterparts to form a united front against...

Terrorism? Female circumcision? Suicide bombing?


...Israel

Oh.

Friday, June 22, 2007

FEELING OPTIMISTIC?

Sydney’s dam levels have reached the 50% mark, and are now half empty. Uh, I mean, they’re now half full. No wait...

...

Oh to hell with you!

I’m off to the pub to grab a beer and sort this out.

BIG QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Question posed at Fark.com: Do Koalas have talons?

Answer by Somacandra: It's Australia, man. Everything has talons and can kill you. Even the 'creme brulee' has talons.

'Nuff said.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

NOW THAT'S JUST CREEPY

Julia Gillard briefly usurped Kevin Rudd as top dog of the Opposition yesterday...


"Not that Gillard even so much as raised her voice throughout the hour and a half she sat in the chair as acting leader of the Opposition while Rudd was away at the funeral of Tom Burns, a former Queensland ALP leader and deputy premier.

"Instead Gillard fixed the Prime Minister, who was the subject of each one of her questions, with a focused stare that must have been disconcerting if only because she did not appear to blink."





I'm not going to accuse the deputy Opposition Leader of being possessed by the Devil, but, well, just try to spot her pupils in that photo and I'll let you draw your own conclusions.




UPDATE!!!!

Take a closer look at that photo. You'll notice that's Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan in the background, with his hand down his pants. The plot thickens by the minute.

YOU WANT UPDATES? YOU MAKE EM

Haven't updated my blog lately, I can't be arsed.

You may send any complaints to the usual address.

Friday, April 20, 2007

HOLIDAY: TERROR ON THE HIGH SEAS

Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I've been on holiday. And also lazy, incredibly lazy.

Here's a rundown of what happened, just in case you're interested (N.B. for theatrical reasons some aspects of this story may have been slightly exaggerated):

Day One: We're driving to Brisbane. Stopped over for the night in Armidale. It's a desolate, uninhabitable wasteland showing few signs of life.

Day Two: We've stopped in Brisbane. It's a desolate, uninhabitable wasteland showing few signs of life. This is compounded by the fact my relatives from New Zealand are here, and that I have to talk to them. Why don't they sod off?

Day Three: We went to Dreamworld today, although a more accurate name would be The World of Un-Ending Nightmares. The log ride was good though.

Day Four: We've hired a couple of houseboats, with my immediate family in one and my relatives in the other. I was hoping our boat would have a name that would strike fear into the hearts of men. Instead we got "Rainbow Goddess".

Day Five: I've gone over to join my relatives on the other houseboat. Suddenly I found myself surrounded by children. Just what is it about children that makes them gravitate towards me, and injure me?


Day Six: A freak tidal wave has swept our GPS and all our maps overboard. We're lost.

Day Seven: One of my relatives has come over to our houseboat. I consider resorting to cannibalism, even though we're not short of food. It is my hope his death will serve as a warning to the rest of my relatives not to come over.

Day Eight: We seem to be wandering in the general direction of civilisation, although I can't be sure of that. I weigh up the pros and cons of pushing my Dad overboard and taking command of the boat. Someone responsible will have to take charge, if we're all going to survive.

On that note, I considered pushing the rest of my family overboard as well. You know, just for laughs.


Day Nine: We've spotted land. Safety at last! We then raced towards land, plowed into the dock, abandoned our sinking vessel, dove into a taxi and jumped onto the first plane to anywhere. As we left Brisbane airport I cursed the very ground the city was built on and vowed never to return.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to my next holiday. I'll keep you posted if any plans are made.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

THE END IS NIGH

Labor was returned to power at yesterday's State election, in spite of their deliberate attempts to wreck up the State's roads and public transport. We can now look forward to four more years of this:


The Pacific Highway

Thursday, March 22, 2007

TOO MUCH CAFFEINE IS BARELY ENOUGH

Headline: Starbucks to open 10,000 new stores in four years.

Thank Christ for that. Before now if I wanted a coffee I'd have to go all the way across the street, but soon I won't even have to leave the building!

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

WHERE'S ME PINT'S POPULARITY SOARS

A second person I don't know left a comment on my blog the other day. That brings my total number of confirmed readers (who aren't friends of mine I've coerced into reading) up from zero to two.

Ceeelebrate good times, come on!

MAY THE RAGE BE WITH YOU

Overheard from co-workers:

Co-worker one: Good luck with your Touch Footy game tonight.
Co-worker two: I don't need luck, I've got rage.

Which reminded me of another quote:


The key to the game of football, and life, is to
annihilate everything in a blind rage.

Wise words all round.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IS TO PANIC

From today's MX (not available online):

TODDLER RUNS CAR INTO MUM

A Melbourne woman is in hospital after her toddler son hopped into the driver's seat of her car, started the engine and then accidentally pinned her beween the car and a brick wall.
The woman was taken to Dandenong Hospital suffering from a possible broken hip and pevlic injuries.
Her 18-month-old son was not injured.
Investigations are under way.


The Police have yet to confirm that the child is the son of Lucifer, but that much should be pretty obvious by now.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

300: A BALANCED LOOK

A reviewer gives his mild opinion of the new movie 300:


I can’t spoil the plot because THANK GOD THERE ISN’T ONE. Just ass kicking that kicks ass that, while said ass is getting kicked, is kicking yet more ass that’s hitting someone’s balls with a hammer made of ice but the ice is frozen whiskey.

On the other hand, these Iranians are against it. I'll leave it up to you to decide which review is more persuasive.



UPDATE!!!

The results are in! Records smashed, etc.



That's 300 Director Zac Snyder, having just murdered the directors of several lesser films immediately after 300 failed to secure an award at the 2007 Oscars. The film was released too late to be nominated.