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Making news this week (The Glass House 19/4/06)

AWB Howard, Downer and Vaille all say that they didn’t even read the 21 intelligence cables that said AWB was funding Saddam’s regime. As Howard said: “I was far too busy reading the cables about made-up stuff! You know, like WMDs, the links between Saddam and Osama, and African uranium…” As Howard said: “I was […]

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Grump your way to health (The Glass House 19/4/06)

Flight attendants, call centre operators, waiters and other people forced to stay jolly for work are at risk of harming their health due to internalised stress. You might be advised to stick to grumpier professions, like parking inspector, nightclub bouncer or comedy writer. Russell Crowe is set to live forever. Instead of saying “Have a […]

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Who Wants to be a Superhero (The Glass House 19/4/06)

Comic book creator Stan Lee has been auditioning contestants for a new reality show Who Wants to be a Superhero? 120 contestants in their own outfits lined up in a torrential rainstorm to gain selection on the show. Good for Umbrella Man, although Sponge Girl ended up waterlogged. In the TV show, the wannabe superheroes […]

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Swiss living is the best (The Glass House 19/4/06)

A new survey of the world’s best cities has ranked Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva as numbers one and two. The survey ranked cities by a number of different factors, including the quality of their chocolate and the number of holes in their cheese. Switzerland scored well for its strong internal stability and excellent relationships […]

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80 not out, and still not amused (The Glass House 12/4/06)

The Queen turns 80 this week. Of course, we’ve already helped her celebrate at the Commonwealth Games Opening by mangling the first half of “God Save the Queen” and sticking in “Happy Birthday”. Such a touching insult. Prince Phillip’s going to get her a new crown, Princess Anne’s going to reupholster the corgis, and Prince […]

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Too Drunk To See Oolooroooo (The Glass House 12/4/06)

A man was arrested for drunk driving after asking a police officer for directions to Uluru – when he was just 100 metres away, pointing his headlights at it. When the policeman pointed it out, he said “I still can’t see it, there’s a bloody big red rock in the way!” “Not Ayer’s Rock – […]

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Wil’s monologue madness (The Glass House 5/4/06)

DINGO CARTOON An Indonesian cartoon has portrayed Alexander Downer and John Howard as a pair of rutting dingos. What an insult! They’re much more like buggering wombats. The cartoon was much easier to stomach than the previous version. It was pretty much the same, except they weren’t dingos… Howard couldn’t care less, saying he’s never […]

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We’re optimistic – but not as much as Iraqis (The Glass House 5/4/06)

Australians are among the most optimistic nations – 61% of Australians feel their personal financial situation will improve. In other words 39% of Australians feel that this is as good as it gets. And we’re the optimists! 65% of Iraqis felt that their personal situation would improve. And that includes the suicide bombers. 65% of […]

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Ads for the ABC (The Glass House 29/3/06)

With the subject of ABC advertising being raised yet again (remember to sign the petition to increase federal funding to help prevent this becoming neccessary), we were asked to submit a few of the sort of ads the ABC might show. They ended up going with the “Kim Beazley Appeal Appeal” but here are the […]

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Military Mutant Sharks (The Glass House 29/3/06)

The Pentagon has developed electronic implants to enable them to turn sharks into stealth spies. Perfect for catching terrorist pilchards. These mutant sharks will be just what we need to reduce the terrorist threat in Baghdad and disarm Iran! There’ll never be another 9-11 now that we’ve got MIND-CONTROLLED SHARKS! It’s good to know that […]