You should have just copped the fine, Marcus
Former Federal Court judge, Marcus Einfeld, went to a lot of trouble to get out of paying a $77 speeding ticket. After the various lies about someone other than him driving the car when his car was photographed speeding, and at least a couple of court cases, he’s finally owned up and pleaded guilty to [...]
Someone’s dad is going to be both pissed off and relieved
A YOUNG man wrecked a Ferrari worth a quarter of a million dollars, but escaped serious injury, when he crashed into a pole in Adelaide today. Dad will no doubt have mixed feelings about this: on the one hand, his Ferrari was completely trashed on the other, somehow the driver and passenger walked away from [...]
This chocolate tastes funny
A Sydney family went to the Coogee Bay Hotel recently, to watch the National Rugby League grand final. They evidently had a few problems with seeing the game, and with their meals, and complained to hotel staff a number of times. To compensate for their troubles they were given a complimentary bowl of gelato icecream. [...]
Things you should not do when faking a sickie
Apart from over-exaggerate the supposed illness, that is. Another is do not brag about it on your Facebook page. Kyle Doyle, who works at telco, AAPT, did, and got busted by his boss. He took a sick day after a big night out, and his boss refused to approve his sick leave. Kyle disputed this, [...]
Creative ways to avoid getting busted
This one has to be right up there with the best. A police car had stopped for fuel at a Batemans Bay service station in New South Wales late on Saturday when their car was nearly hit by a woman reversing her vehicle. The police asked her to stop and get out of the car, [...]
Saving money – cheap petrol – crazy behaviour
Two petrol stations in western Sydney dropped their prices today to 94.9 cents per litre, down from the regular price of $1.46. The move caused hour-long traffic queues, with angry drivers shouting and sounding horns as their frustration mounted. They got more angry as the stations put their price up to 139.9 a few hours [...]
Home again
I’ve been a bit scarce here lately, Holidays a couple of weeks ago, then a week travelling for work to Sydney and Melbourne. One thing I did do outside of work in Sydney was go to see The New Pornographers at the Annandale Hotel. Enjoyed it very much, even without Neko Case being with them. [...]
Bogans at play
Its the Bathurst 1000 car racing meeting this weekend. Basically thats a giant boganfest where thousands of yobbos get together to get pissed, fight and watch the Ford vs Holden car racing. A couple of guys got kicked out yesterday: A 22-year-old Moss Vale man was arrested shortly after 10pm (AEDT) yesterday after launching himself [...]
Some sickie!
Ben Lyons worked in the Australian Public Service in Canberra. He had some problems at work and felt like taking a few sickies. Nothing especially unusual about that. But Ben took it further, and forged doctors’ certificates to cover his sick leave. But then he really overdid it, taking time off work and telling his [...]
Back home
Got home from Tasmania last night. Had a nice few days veging out and doing a few fun things with my son while my wife spent her time catching up with friends and relatives. The best thing we did was the Hollybank Treetops Adventure – it was awesome, flying through the trees on flying foxes [...]
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