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Kid has Kid to Kid, or Potentially Other Kid (Good News Week 23/2/09: What’s the Story?)

In Britain, a 13 year old boy and a 15 year old girl have become parents, giving rise to a panic about British morals. That sort of behaviour is only really acceptable by the royal family. A 14 year old and 16 year old boy have also claimed to have had sex with the new […]

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Happycrats (Good News Week 2/3/09: What’s the Story?)

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has spent almost a million dollars for bureaucrats to attend happiness workshops. Because it’s practically a given that if you’re in that department, you’re going to need cheering up. Unfortunately some previously perfectly happy employees felt upset at being sent on the workshop. What were they doing […]

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Turnbull and Costello agree on wording (Good News Week 2/3/09: A Thousand Words)

The Liberal Party continuing to self-immolate. Malcolm Turnbull laid to rest the nature of Peter Costello’s leadership ambition. “Peter and I have discussed it and we agreed that what I would say, and the position would be, literally, that he has made it clear that he was not interested in a frontbench or leadership role… […]

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Little Piggies (Good News Week 2/3/09: Animal Magnetism)

A Scottish zoo has bred four miniature pigs small enough to be household pets. Perfect for rolling around in your indoor puddle. The miniature pigs make perfect pets, and such cute little bacon. Little piggies! The perfect pet for the toeless. The pigs are perfect as companions, pets, and lunch. Not only are the pigs […]

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Just A Love Bite (Good News Week 2/3/09: Animal Magnetism)

Horny male funnel-web spiders are on the prowl, looking for women, and turning up in odd places. One 94-year-old got bitten by a funnel-web in her slipper – he was just trying on some sexy new sleepwear. One 94-year-old woman got bitten by a horny funnel-web in her slipper – he’d promised his girlfriend he […]

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Lipo-diesel (Good News Week 2/3/09: Strange But True)

A former Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is in trouble for fuelling his car with fat sucked from his patients. Or as he calls them, “bowsers”. A former Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is in trouble for fuelling his car with fat sucked from his patients. The strangest thing about the case is that he is actually […]

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Indians are Drinking Cow Urine (Good News Week 2/3/09: Strange But True)

Unfortunately, it’s not as tasty as it sounds. India’s Hindu nationalist movement has created a new soft drink made from cow urine. I doubt it’ll be popular. I know if I drank cow urine, I’d want to get pissed. Unfortunately, the urine does not get you pissed. I mean, who hasn’t wished there was some […]

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Good Next Week (Good News Week 2/3/09: closing)

Tues, March 03 The federal govt. will launch a bus driver recruitment scheme in Melbourne. They’re hoping to distract us from the trains. The New Media Summit in Sydney will take place tomorrow, presented in ice on the back of a beetle. If you can’t make it to Sydney for tomorrow’s New Media Summit, tough. […]