Archive for the 'General' Category



Do you remember the world before…

Published on February 13, 2007

I reckon the world has changed a lot since I was born. I’ve been compiling a list of all the things that didn’t exist when I was born – things that have come into existence since the late Sixties (well, in Australia anyway). I think there’s actually an endless number of them, so I’d like […]


Irony

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I reckon Alanis Morissette hasn’t got a clue about the meaning of the word “Ironic”.  Which is ironic, seeing as she wrote a song about it.


You know what I hate?

Published on April 3, 1999

I reckon people who don’t walk down escalators should be taken out and shot. You know, those people who just stand there and let the thing carry them down to the next floor. I don’t like it and I don’t even understand it. If you think about it, it doesn’t make any sense at all. […]


Bloody Insurance Companies

Published on April 2, 1999

I reckon this is a more than a pet hate – more of a huge, wild, ravening, man-eating velociraptor hate: Insurance companies. Most of my friends will have already heard my spiel about why I avoid taking out insurance unless there’s some unusual circumstances, but the rest of you might find it a little bizarre […]