I really like my mobile ringtone, but I’m beginning to realise that it’s causing me problems. It’s the theme song from the Dr Who series [1], and the problem is that there is a definite ‘cool bit’ in the song and there’s no point listening to the intro if you don’t wait for the cool [...]
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Coping with a Prime Minister who keeps his promises
Published by February 16th, 2008 in Pins and Needles. 0 CommentsA problematic politician Simon Webster over at the Sydney Morning Herald is exploring the tricky and frankly unusual situation of what to do about a powerful politician who appears hell bent on keeping his campaign promises now he’s actually in office and traditionally expected to be surprised anyone took him seriously. From the article: …talkback [...]
“Mummy, I wanna take a photo with the two monkeys!” “Keep walking, sweetie, I’m sure I saw the ugly one on CourtTV last night!” At this point I’d like people to understand that the t-shirt I’m wearing [1] is the world famous rhino brand from Ecko Unlimited (emphasis added). We now return you back to [...]
A snapshot for Murray @ Midnight to ponder upon – this is Darren Saturday hard at it during his recent educational visit to Walt Disney World…. actually not long after this shot I found myself purchasing a hand drawing of Lilo smooching Stitch for an obscene amount of moolar…. I put it down to too [...]
Well Met Sir Midnight – for it is I, Lord Darren Saturday, having returned from afar with many a treasure to share with thee… behold! Feast ye eyeballs on the ‘Jack’. It is a charmed amulet that vanquishes those foul Evil Headphone Pixies that be plaguing ye. It has little hands and arms hehehe to [...]
Heya, can you send me the names of the 3 Dandy Warhols songs you said you like? I musta made a mistake, cause I thought you maybe said “Bohemian Like You”, but you can’t have because this song sucks toenails. Mind you, and this could be meaningful, it’s the (and I quote) “black dog litheum [...]
I think I’ve annoyed the Evil Headphone Pixies again. I’m sure the little bastards have been hiding somewhere in my bag, because every time I put my iPod in there, the headphones get knotted into an unholy mess that takes at least 20 minutes to untangle [1]. This happens every. single. time. Even if I [...]
Chief Income Tax Collector And Pro-Circuit Executioner Darren Saturday and I are having a running disagreement (well, more of a debate — he hasn’t tried to drive a number 4 pencil through my face yet, so it probably doesn’t qualify as a disagreement) about the significance of corporate ‘branding’ when it comes to consumer decision [...]
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