Monthly Archives: September 2009

Well, that lasted a long time

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Ian

Kraft proudly launched its new Vegemite variant on Saturday, calling it iSnack 2.0.  This name was decided upon following a national competition to pick a name for the new product, which is a mixture of the traditional Vegemite and cream … Continue reading →

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School fetes – I knew there is a reason why I hate them

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Ian

Violence at a school fete in Papua New Guinea left eight people dead and a severed head hanging from a power pole.  According to local media, an armed gang attacked villagers gathered at the fete in Kainantu district last Friday, … Continue reading →

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Even in the land of litigation, this is crazy

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Ian

  A man called Dalton Chiscolm is apparently unhappy with the service provided by Bank of America.  So what does he do?  Sues them of course – for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars". There are a couple of fundamental problems with … Continue reading →

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Purr, purr, purr ……

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Ian

Woohoo! The Geelong Cats won the AFL grand final, beating St Kilda in a tightly contested game, by 12 points.  Congratulations to the Cats – they have been the champion team of the last 3 seasons.  Last year’s grand final … Continue reading →

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Darling, another glass of wine?

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Ian

A survey has found that women like to have a drink before having sex.   The study found 75 per cent of women liked to drink before getting into bed with their husband or boyfriend, and 6 per cent had never … Continue reading →

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Where was she going? Did she just forget something?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ian

Among the guests at the Australian Football League’s Brownlow Medal presentation last night were medical entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten and his fiance Brynne Gordon.   I saw this picture last night and still can’t decide: was she planning to go to … Continue reading →

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Why bother having them?

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Ian

In this case, children.   Sydney mother-of-two Melissa Blackley is so obsessed with work that she doesn’t know what her children eat for lunch and hasn’t cooked dinner in two years.  Her and her partner, John Anderson, are both high-powered sales … Continue reading →

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Banzai, samurai

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Ian

I’m always amused by stories of criminals getting harmed or killed in odd ways during their crimes, so this one appealed to me. A student in Baltimore, USA, killed a burglar with a samurai sword after spotting the intruder in … Continue reading →

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You need to be smart to get married?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Ian

Many would actually argue quite the opposite in fact. However, a woman in Scotland was banned from getting married due to social workers deciding she was not intelligent enough to get married.  Kerry Robertson, 17, who is five-months pregnant was … Continue reading →

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240,000

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Ian

I noticed my Sitemeter stats clicked over 240,000 while I was away a few days ago, lets call it Sunday for arguments sake.  That makes it about 86 days for the last 10,000, which is slightly less than the previous … Continue reading →

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