Archive for Humour
I know it is just a game, and I know I have more important things to do than post this blog entry. But, I can’t help wondering what it is that I am missing about the ginormous kerfuffle encompassing Victoria and the NRL.
According to the official Storm website there are 36 players on the NRL squad. In the absence of any better information I will assume that this number is not unusual. So, what is the magnitude and significance of the overpayments?
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It’s about 7pm on New Year’s Eve so we have just 5 hours or so of 2009 left.
But, Dylan Welch at the Sydney Morning Herald isn’t letting a small fact like that stop him from reporting that the Victorian Police will be making an arrest tomorrow. That does, of course, presume that the fugitive in question doesn’t read the “Early Edition” and change his plans.
The following started as a short Facebook update after I satisfied myself that most tweets about Mary MacKillop were negative. But, it kept on growing so it’s ended up here…
is pleased to report that a totally informal check of today’s tweets on MacKillop’s sainthood shows close to 100% comment on the irrelevancy and pure stupidity of an institution that would have us believe that they have proof that an unidentified woman was cured of lung cancer as a result of her prayers to a dead nun.
Frankly, it is embarrassing to just repeat their claim … one can only assume that everyone involved in this crap, from the Pope down, are required to check-in their brains when they pick up their robes.
Importantly, the scorn and derision is aimed at the institution, not the person. I suspect that Mary MacKillop would be as embarrassed by the todo and the sycophantic “reporting” as the authors of todays tweets.
And another thing… Should it concern us that the one man whose decisions will affect us more than any other actually aligns himself with the morons who accepted this “proof”. To make matters worse, Rudd is perfectly comfortable with taking advantage of the “saint’s” profile for his crass personal gain.
I’m pleased to report that a totally informal check of today’s tweets on MacKillop’s sainthood shows close to 100% comment on the irrelevancy and pure stupidity of an institution that would have us believe that they have proof that an unidentified woman was cured of lung cancer as a result of her prayers to a dead nun.
Frankly, it is embarrassing to just repeat their claim … one can only assume that everyone involved in this crap, from the Pope down, are required to check-in their brains when they pick up their robes.
Importantly, the scorn and derision on Twitter is aimed at the institution, not the person. I suspect that Mary MacKillop would be as embarrassed by the todo and the related sycophantic “reporting” as the authors of todays tweets.
And another thing… Should it concern us that the one man whose decisions will affect us more than any other actually
aligns himself with the morons who accepted this “proof”. And, to make matters worse, Kevin Rudd is perfectly comfortable with taking advantage of the “saint’s” profile for his crass
personal gain.
Here’s another in my occasional series of humourous signs. This one was found on an advertising board at Arthur’s Seat in Victoria, Australia.
It’s a pity they didn’t include a photo of the tree bearing bottled cherry port!
I think Greg deliberately searches http://xkcd.com for jokes to send to me!
This is his latest.
If you’re following BestMacTools … sorry about the double post!
Having moved to my new MacBook Pro, I’ve been re-organising my photo library to take advantage of the power of the Mac. And having a great deal of fun doing it!
Anyway, I came across this gem which I photographed a few years ago in Hardware Lane, Melbourne. It remains one of my favourites from my humorous signs collection. Luckily, I resisted the temptation to go inside and ask what were the factors which resulted in a higher cost waxing.
Not sure what this says about my sense of humour though.
Enjoy!
Having moved to my new MacBook Pro, I’ve been re-organising my photo library to take advantage of the power of the Mac. And having a great deal of fun doing it!
