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Good Next Week (Good News Week 27/10/08: closing)

Tues, Oct. 28 Tomorrow, it’s Czech Republic Day. But just to save you the trouble, I have checked, and it is indeed republic day. Tomorrow’s Czech Republic Day. At least, I think it is – I’ll have to Czech… The Future City Transport summit will be held tomorrow. Wow, that is in the future! Tomorrow […]

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Road Rage Rises (Good News Week 20/10/08: monologue)

New research shows Australian drivers are showing all-time high levels of aggression, with acts of revenge increasingly popular. So everyone please, before you go out on the roads, remember to take out your aggression on a family member. Australians are angry drivers. But, to put it into context, that’s only because we’re all pissed. / […]

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Bored (shorts) of budgie smuggling (Good News Week 20/10/08: monologue)

Queensland’s Surf Life Saving association is offering an alternative to budgie smugglers in boardshorts, in order to keep young people in the sport. They’re also emphasising that it’s a sport, rather than boring old saving lives. Lifesavers not wearing budgie smugglers? It’s unAustralian! But now how will we know they’re lifesavers? If they’re wearing board […]

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Happy doing nothing (Good News Week 20/10/08: monologue)

According to the 2008 Happiness Index, the most popular activity to make Australians happy has turned out to be doing nothing. I knew we were all wasting time doing stuff! And even better, doing nothing has zero carbon emissions! (Except maybe the occasional burst of methane.) Hang on a tic… (sit back, look around, twiddle […]

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Superman for President (Good News Week 20/10/08: What’s the Story)

The life stories of John McCain and Barack Obama are being portrayed in comic book form! At last people don’t have to read those stuffy old newspapers to get their politics. / An alternative news source to those who find TV too shallow and newspapers too wordy. / poorly inked. That’s what we need – […]

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Toad legs: delicious (Good News Week 20/10/08: What’s the Story)

An American TV chef has invented a new dish in the Northern Territory: cane toad legs in garlic and white wine sauce. Mmm, toady! Considering how much sugar they eat, they still taste surprisingly toad-like. Cane toad may be the ultimate food animal. Not only does it taste just like chicken, but you’re allowed to […]

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Spybook (Good News Week 20/10/08: 3 1/2 Corners)

The British Secret Service has taken to recruiting spies through Facebook. Unfortunately many of their recruits have taken to updating their status as “Person X is now a SPY!!!” / “Licensed to Kill”. The main problem with recruiting Facebookers as spies, is that they keep writing updates like “…is currently lurking outside the Iranian consulate […]

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My debt’s bigger than yours (Good News Week 20/10/08: 3 1/2 Corners)

Banks are trying to psychologically manipulate people into applying for loans and credit cards they don’t really need. What? Banks being underhanded and cruel? I’ve never heard of such a thing. / What? Banks wanting you to take out a loan that you can’t really afford, just to bleed you dry through interest repayments? Surely […]

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Lips trump air kisses (Good News Week 20/10/08: Blow Up Your Pants)

According to the London Daily Telegraph, the lip-to-lip kiss has now replaced the air-kiss as the new social handshake. And the actual handshake has been replaced with the Dirty Sanchez. / with the “2 in the pink, 1 in the stink”. / with social penetration. London’s Daily Telegraph has reported the results of a study […]

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Penguin Colada (Good News Week 20/10/08: Animal Magnetism)

The latest casualties of climate change are a group of penguins who ended up migrating to Brazil. The unusual detour was primarily caused by warmer-than-normal ocean currents, although many of the penguins also wanted to check out the hot Brazilian chicks. / were hankering for a pina colada. / had their hearts set on dancing […]