Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Up until this morning I’d never heard of the Cranbourne Cup. But now, thanks to the Midget Cup controversy I have. From that point of view it was a marketing success story. In case you haven’t read the tale, the Midget Cup was run during the Cranbourne Cup, with three little people acting as jockeys, [...]
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Here’s a headline you don’t see in the newspaper every day… “Stiff sentence for man who filmed himself masturbating”. Yes, the actual new story is as bizarre as the headline itself. The court heard that the driver: “had been travelling south along the Stuart Highway, had been smoking cannabis while driving and was filming himself [...]
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
There must be something about Border town’s. You might remember the Mount Gambier woman’s unsuccessful Darwin Awards attempt back in August. Well here’s a letter from the letters to the editor section of Border-Mail (which is a newspaper that originates from the Albury/Wodonga region – on the border between Victoria and New South Wales) on [...]
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
How would you feel if you were mistaken for being a member of the opposite sex? I can’t speak from experience, but I’m sure it not the greatest feeling in the world, furthermore, it’s not exactly the sort of thing I’d want to go to the media to talk about. Britain’s The Sun newspaper are [...]
Monday, August 18th, 2008
If you want to read the story of one woman’s unsuccessful attempt at a 2008 Darwin Award then read on. “A Mount Gambier woman has warned the community against cleaning lawnmowers in bedrooms while smoking.” That’s some pretty solid advice I would have thought. “Ms Goldsworthy said she tipped the lawnmower over to clean it [...]
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Here are a collection of nuggets and assorted side show oddities that have amused me over the last 24 hours, an might just brighten your day as well. As far as attention grabbing introductory sentences for a news story go, the following is going to take a lot of beating (so to speak): A TERRITORY [...]
