Some people really do need to get a life
How’s this for obsessive fandom? It is claimed that at least a dozen people have committed suicide over the death of Michael Jackson. London man Gary Taylor, who owns the biggest Michael Jackson online fan club, said he was aware of about 12 suicides following the performer’s death. In Australia, Lifeline CEO Dawn O’Neil said [...]
Yes, Michael Jackson is dead
So I believe from the news yesterday and today. There has just been a little bit of coverage of his death. Now I will admit to being no fan of Michael Jackson. Indeed I hated his music and mocked him as a freak and a paedophile. (Indeed for years I had my wife convinced that [...]
Child starved to death – eat Subway
Remember the little girl at Hawk’s Nest in NSW who died of starvation. Her parents were charged with various things including murder. Well, mum got convicted for her murder, and dad for manslaughter. Sad, pathetic, evil swine and all that, but thats not really what I wanted to post about. Its this interesting ad placement: [...]
The fun of travelling
I went to Sydney for a couple of days for work Monday and Tuesday. Getting there, absolutely regulation – takes about 45 minutes flight time, about 3 hours from home to office. Sydney was good too. The Shangri-La Hotel in The Rocks is very nice, and the pizza at the Australian Hotel just down the [...]
Cheater undone by GFC
Brian Myerson was caught out when his wife discovered he was leading a double life – with a mistress installed around the corner from the couple’s London home. Not surprisingly they got divorced. He took his share of his $53m fortune in the form of shares in his investment fund, Principle Capital Investment Trust. She [...]
Get a grip, PETA
Animal rights group, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is upset at US President Barack Obama because he swatted a fly during a TV interview. They are sending him a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside. For fucks sake, [...]
Attractive, eh?
Hands up who finds this attractive? Her name is Kimberley Vlaeminck, an 18 year old Belgian who is suing a tattoo artist, claiming he gave her 56 stars on her face when she only asked for 3. She claims the Romanian tattoo artist misunderstood her French and English. She claims she fell asleep while he [...]
Dammit, how many times do I have to tell you “no pickles”?
A man walked into a McDonalds in Port Macquarie, NSW this morning, pulled out a pistol and fired a number of shots in the air. There were 20 to 30 people in the restaurant when the armed man first entered the building. It seems most if not all of them escaped quickly, but the man [...]
Yeah, sure, completely innocent, right?
A 58 year old man found lying naked on top of a 5 year old girl has claimed that he was just trying to keep her warm The Supreme Court in Hobart heard today the man was hosting a family of five when the incident occurred on February 5 this year. The 3 kids went [...]
Fate
Johanna Ganthaler, on holiday in Brazil, turned up late for her flight home from Rio de Janeiro on May 31. Turns out that this was good for her, as the flight she missed was Air France flight 447, which crashed and killed everyone on board. This week, she was killed in a car accident, in [...]
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