Spinal Tap and Li’l Sandwiches

The Man Cold

The Blue Men

As an old drummer, a fan of techno, performance art and hard rock, I loved this. Hope you do too.

Wednesday’s What’s Worse?

Ok, time to rant and roll…

What’s worse?

1. The smell of old cigarette smoke that’s soaked into upholstery or clothes
2. That first wiff that tells you baby did a whoopsy
3. The aroma of way-too-much perfume or deoderant on the body of a person who lost their sense of smell years ago

The XYZ of Aussie ABCs

Well, I started compiling these over a year ago. And finally we make it to the end of our Australian Dictionary. Any Aussies out there, feel free to add in the comments [but, keep it clean, 'ey, cobber?]

X
XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland

Y
Yabby : inland freshwater crayfish found in Australia (very good eatin’!)
Yakka : work (noun)
Yewy : u-turn in traffic (”chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights”)
Yobbo : an uncouth person

Z
Dazza [this is about the strange Aussie inclination to put "Z" sounds in as many words as we can. Dazza is a name given to someone whose actual name is either Darren or Daryl. Over here, Sharon would be known as Shazza, Barry as Bazza ... etc.]

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Hope you’ve enjoyed this thread of posts. Now for non-Auzzies out there, some of the language from me and my Ocker friends  will be more understandable! To read the post where it all began, go to A is for Aussie…

Wednesday’s What’s Worse?

So what annoys you more?

waiters that put your knapkin on your lap as if you can’t do it for yourself

or

the sound that other people make when they’re eating

Come on people, time to rant and roll!

Someone Else’s Shorts

Ok, so I’m driving home from running training tonight and (in heavy traffic) I’m bored. I happen to glance to my right through the windows of the Op Shop (Thrift Store). There’s a manequin in the window, wearing a bathrobe, a t-shirt and a pair of Homer boxer shorts. All second-hand of course.

Wait a second. They’re selling a pair of used boxer shorts?

Folks, is it just me or is there something just plain ECH! about selling secondhand boxers?

Wednesday’s What’s Worse?

Yeah, it’s petty. Yeah, it’s negative. But heck – we all love to gripe about stuff. And I find plenty to gripe about in my normal life and now that I’ve been sick for going on eleven days, I’m in a particularly negative mood…

So once again, I thought I’d share a couple of my pet peeves and get your thoughts on which (if either) you find worse. So, what’s worse?

• plastic coffee lids that seem tailor-made to dribbling coffee onto your shirt or pants?
• salespeople and cashiers who put the notes in your hand first THEN the coin; or
• getting a phone call right in the middle of your favourite TV show?

[Can I add another one just for me? That moment when the phone HAS rung in the middle of dinner or that favourite TV show, you ask your wife to leave it, she answers it then says "It's for you". . . Ok, ok, I'll take it up with her...]

Human Dominoes

One of my favourite ads set to my favourite tune from the early 80s.

No I don’t have shares in this beer…

What’s this have to do with parenting? Nothing.

Garfield without Garfield?

One of the wonderful things about the internet is that people with way too much time on their hands have a way to share their whacky musings with the rest of us.

I cite a site called garfield minus garfield  where the basic premis is this:

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.

I’m grateful to Logical Emotions for alerting me to this one! There’s something about the allusions to mental illness coupled with the sheer randomness of the results of removing Garfield from the frames that works for me. Maybe that says a lot about my mental state, I dunno…

Here’s a taste…

and my favourite:

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