May 26, 2012

Election night drinking game

This is a funny post by Dave from Albury. I won’t repeat it here, so follow the link if you’re interested. I won’t be playing the game. I have to work next Sunday, and with my political journalist away it will fall to me to report the election. Saturday night will be fairly relaxed, but [...]

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Dildos in the news

We had dildos in the paper today; the word “dildos” that is. Our reporter attended a public meeting on Tuesday night, called to discuss issues of concern regarding the Kalgoorlie Hospital. A local doctor said the hospital was “overrun by administrative dildos”. This prompted some discussion on the subs desk about how to spell the [...]

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Giving a sperm sample

Sperm sample

I don’t know what prompted me to think of this subject today. Probably it was a repressed memory which must have been triggered by something. Certainly it was a memory I had banished from my conscious mind. After Michael was born in 1996 Juliet decided to have no more children. It wasn’t something I agreed [...]

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Lamb by Christopher Moore

I’m currently reading Lamb by Christopher Moore. It’s the fictional (obviously) story of Biff, Christ’s childhood friend, and it describes the first 30 years of Jesus’ life. It’s very funny and the story, although possibly blasphemous in a literal sense, isn’t offensive in my view. The pair travels the world seeking out the Three Wise [...]

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Gullible information

The last few posts have been on the serious side, so here is some light relief. Unsurprisingly (because the web is all encompassing) there’s a web site devoted to discussion about rumours and so-called facts. It’s called Gullible.info. There’s a Fact Check Forum to discuss which are true or otherwise. I’ve extracted a few discussion [...]

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