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I really enjoy the Insanity Streak cartoons by Tony Lopes. Every day he cracks me up with some cutting description of everyday life or a fictional world. The characters change every day, but often feature animals or cave dwellers. Today he portrayed two birds in the “Old Pigeons Home” reminiscing…
March 3 2010, 1:01am | Comments »
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Quotable quotes from the office
I caught up with a friend and former colleague via Facebook recently. Let’s call her JL. JL is one of those people you love to be working with. She brings out the best in people, professionally and socially. Beneath her laconic exterior lurks a cutting wit. JL was the keeper…
December 9 2009, 5:21pm | Comments »
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I received a bunch of bananas at the office this week from an anonymous admirer. The dozen bananas came in a box that was labelled with a copy of last week’s footy tipping panel selections. The Kalangadoo victory was highlighted in the selections by myself and Marvin the Monkey. The…
July 30 2009, 5:48am | Comments »
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The Chaser team loses the plot
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. I say “attention” instead of “laughs” because I fail to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing. In it, a child dying of cancer who wants to…
June 3 2009, 8:54pm | Comments »
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After dining at a Nepalese restaurant in Lygon Street tonight we attended a couple of shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Trades Hall. The first was with British celebrity comedian Deborah Frances-White (pictured). She’ll like me calling her a celebrity, because her show was about how to become one.…
April 5 2009, 8:01am | Comments »
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There was an advertisement in The Border Watch recently for a doctor who performs circumcisions. Surprised by this, a reporter spoke to him and it turns out he gets lots of enquiries from country people since the South Australian Government banned circumcisions in public hospitals. I wasn’t aware of the…
March 19 2009, 6:37am | Comments »
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