Sorry, don’t have a photo, so I’ll just have to tell you about it.
Saw a car this morning, with personalised plates saying RICK.
It had L plates. Can’t wait to see how they handle it when they get their P(rovisional) license!
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After being arrested for possession of the drug, GBH/GHB/fantasy, Todd McKenney (musical theatre actor, and “Dancing With the Stars” judge), told police that he had been at a party, and had danced so much and got too hot, so he took his pants off to cool down so he could continue dancing. While his pants were down, he claims someone else at the party must have put the drug in his pocket.
McKenney was arrested after being found unconscious in a park, and had to be revived by ambulance officers. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge of drug possession. Since his arrest was revealed in April the entertainer and FM radio host, has publicly defended himself, saying that he had been the victim of drink spiking and “tall poppy syndrome” envy by someone who wanted to bring him down.
Everyone repeat after me, Todd, sure we believe you!!!!
Now I’m thinking such a creative defence lends itself to many situations. Lets see:
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Remember The Spin Starts Here - the extremely snarky website that took aim at anything and everything. Often very funny, but also often very nasty and relentless in pursuing targets.
There’s a big shitfight going on as the main authors Caz and The Hack fought to protect their real identities and remove their content from the internet.
Despite these efforts to protect their identity and remove any offensive material, their cover was blown last week. The Hack was revealed as Jamie Duncan, a journalist with Australian Associated Press in Melbourne; Caz was named as his partner, Caroline Hamilton, a media adviser to Parks Victoria.
A website called The Lulz Start Here has been devoted to “outing” them and recalling their most scathing blogs. Read it, its well worthwhile if you enjoy reading stories of vengeance being wreaked. Its also pretty damn funny.
The whole thing serves as a reminder to all of us - anonymity on the internet is nearly always only temporary.
To appreciate the significance of this heading, you’ll need to have seen The Chaser’s Age of Terror Variety Hour. We saw it tonight and its very funny. I hardly stopped laughing the whole way through.
Chas Licciardello’s lesson on internet dating was especially funny, with luckman22 a highlight of it. What a loser!!!
Good work, Port Stephens council! I love their style in this case.
Some people cut down some trees on a nature reserve. Funnily enough these trees seemed to be getting in the way of some residents’ water views. But this council decided not to take this lying down. What did they do?
Stuck 2 big shipping containers stacked on top of each other right where the trees used to be. Sucked in whoever cut down the trees to improve their view. Of course, the locals are angry, calling the green monolith “a monument to stupidity” and complain they are being treated like children. And the council agrees, according to group manager, facilities and services, Mike Trigar.
“Obviously those people who weren’t involved (in chopping down the trees) and now have their views obstructed are not happy, and we appreciate that position,” he said.
“But it’s like if you can’t find the perpetrator in school, so everybody is held back for detention.”
The local residents are seething at being treated as guilty until proven innocent. One said:
“We don’t like being guilty until proven innocent. This is Australia, not Russia or China,”
and another:
“They have no proof that a resident cut those trees. It could have been drunken idiots from somewhere else.”
How convenient, and thoughtful of those drunken idiots to pick on those pesky trees that were blocking the residents’ views of the water. What do they have up in Port Stephens, drunken idiot good samaritans? I’d bet that its about 99% sure that it was one of the residents who did it.
If the others don’t want the containers to stay, simple solution …. dob in the offenders! Of course, when the council gets this information and take the containers away, the offender(s) should get a special treat … I’d say a huge advertising billboard right across their front yard, to stay there until the replanted trees are fully grown.
Four people were taken to hospital after a train rolled over in Sydney at the weekend.
It was the tourist train at the Botanic Gardens.
Not sure how you roll one of these? Hurtling around the park at 5 km/h, doing burnouts, donuts or something I suppose.
Well, India beat Australia in the one day international cricket last night. Congratulations, India, but who really cares? The big news of the night wasn’t cricket but Andrew Symond’s crash tackle on a streaker who invaded the field while Symonds was batting. This has made the news around the world.
Here’s the streaker, one Robert Ogilvie, aged 26 of the Brisbane suburb, Parkridge South, running towards Symonds.
Then Symonds puts the shoulder into him as he runs past, and absolutely decks him.
Ogilvie scored a $1,500 fine today after pleading guilty to charges of interfering with a person engaged in sport and wilful exposure. The court did not enter a conviction after hearing that he took to the field after getting drunk with his friends and that he was now remorseful. Police prosecutor Tina Green told magistrate John Costello that Ogilvie had explained to the arresting officers that “it was just something he had to do”.
My favourite photo of the incident is this one of the police attempting a cover-up.
I had to have a laugh with senior commentator and cricket doyen Richie Benaud when he said when on the wide shot “at the moment we don’t know if it is a boy streaker or a girl streaker”. Ha! Ha! Suck eggs, Robert Ogilvie, goose!
I think this explains it all. I’ve always thought “fuck” is the most versatile word going around.
Warning - don’t listen if you are offended by swearing.
Another illustration of the fact that I am very easily amused. I saw these at one of the shops at Narita airport leaving Tokyo on Saturday night. Naturally, it had to be bought!
Yes, yes, I know I am easily amused!
One of the things I find fascinating about Japan is the amazing toilet technology. I mean, a lot of time and effort has been invested at some stage in getting toilet science to the point it is now.
I don’t know how I’ll cope when I go home without the “warm seat” button, especially when winter comes around in Canberra.
Other interesting functionality includes various spray options … I assume the pink button is for girls, the blue for boys, and “powerful deodoriser”.
