Punch on: Open thread 29/09/2011

nihonin says:

07:08am | 29/09/11

Congrats to both yourself and your wife acotrel, hope there are many more happily married years for you both.

Mahhrat says:

07:45am | 29/09/11

Congratulations Acotrel.  Are you getting up to anything special?

NicoleG says:

07:54am | 29/09/11

Happy Anniversary acotrel. I hope you and your wife have a great day

TChong says:

08:11am | 29/09/11

acotrel
Congrats there ol fella.
(Punch editors for some strange reason didnt put up my post from earlier this am.)

nossy says:

08:22am | 29/09/11

@acotrel well done acotrel - much happiness to you fella!

adam says:

08:29am | 29/09/11

Congratulations to you and your wife acotrel, here’s wishing you both ten more

Generic Political Party Commenter says:

08:38am | 29/09/11

@acotrel - thats all very well but look at the mess Julia and her despicable morons have made with their short sighted carbon tax ....... /* sits back and receives a pat from the Tony himself */

Seanr says:

09:15am | 29/09/11

Happy anniversary acotrel, glad you found happiness and may you have many more years of it.

Aitch B says:

09:32am | 29/09/11

Congrats to you and the missus, Alan.

Babe in the Woods says:

09:34am | 29/09/11

Congratulations and I hope you both have a great day and a fun night.

Ben C says:

10:04am | 29/09/11

Congratulations acotrel, wishing you many more.

Budz says:

10:25am | 29/09/11

Congrats acotrel. What qualities would you say you should look for in a wife to have a happy marriage?
May be you can help all the youngsters out there so they don’t have to go through an unhappy marriage.

Budz says:

10:27am | 29/09/11

I’d also be interested in everyone elses opinions in what makes a happy marriage and what you should look for in a future parter. This is the type of advice/knowledge that can make you truly happy, not stuff about what side of politics is right.

neo says:

11:54am | 29/09/11

Heeey, congrats mate!

The Badger says:

11:55am | 29/09/11

Best wishes Alcotrel
See you down the Island.

Sam Chowder says:

12:20pm | 29/09/11

Best way to keep your wife happy is to never go home.

Philip Crowley says:

12:57pm | 29/09/11

Congratulations acotrel. I wish you and your good wife many more years of marital bliss and great friendship. I hope you both have an awesome day

ausspud says:

01:31pm | 29/09/11

Congrats acotrel.
But for some reason i have an image of your wife holding a gun to your head telling you what you should write

acotrel says:

05:58pm | 29/09/11

@BUdz and the rest of you.
Thanks for your kind thoughts. I didn’t get it right the first time around, but I got my beautiful daughter, and two sons that sort of love me.  If I have advice for young people, I’d tell them that sex before marriage is alright, but it’s important to connect on an intellectual level first, and make sure you are with the right person. You cannot account for factors such as childhood abuse which can affect your partner’s personality in marriage, but you can at least find someone who you can communicate with effectively. I think that the kids these days are much braver than we were, and they need to be to take on married life!

acotrel says:

06:02pm | 29/09/11

I’m sitting here on my computer, with a dinner date at 7 o’clock in the top restaurant in town. I’ve got the best bottle of cab/merlot to take with us.
Hope you all find the same sort of happiness.

stephen says:

06:57pm | 29/09/11

Tell her to let go of your marbles, alcho.

Up on the roof says:

10:03am | 29/09/11

If you are discharging smegma, I suggest you see a doctor immediately.
or perhaps a cheese maker.

Amber says:

11:53am | 29/09/11

Or consult Mrs Smegma in Bill Bryson’s book.

John Smythe says:

10:47am | 29/09/11

battery?
assault?

fairsfair says:

10:55am | 29/09/11

Is it to do with artillery? Is that how the photo links in to the word.

bombardement
torrent?

Those those words are not interchangeable with discharged. Or is it to do with being discharged from the army then?

God, my head hurts. These limited clues are hardskies…

John Smythe says:

11:04am | 29/09/11

fired
let loose
released
set go

nihonin says:

09:04am | 29/09/11

Agree old fart, also it would be nice for her, if all her birthday wishes came to fruition.

Knemon says:

11:06am | 29/09/11

Many happy returns to our PM…she needs them!

adam says:

10:18am | 29/09/11

I wonder nossy, ignoring each indiviuals take on the presence or otherwise of humour, if this show’s reception by the viewing masses suffered because of the attitude toward the PM. I wonder if distance throught the passage of time may alter our thoughts about it.

TimB says:

11:18am | 29/09/11

I want a spinoff with the Rudd character. The true star of last nights ep.

(To Swan): “Fuck off Judas”.

The bitterness of betrayal mixed with the eternal hope of a comeback. Comedy gold.

fairsfair says:

11:31am | 29/09/11

You’re right Nossy. It did grind to a hault and with out much of a storyline really.

I enjoyed it, but I will say I am glad that there was only four eps. I would have preferred it to be less about Tim and just a parliament house series as the funniest bits were the spin man, Swanny’s constant brush off, Rudd is absolutely hilarious and when he asked that question from the audience on Q&A I was laughing out loud. He still had that stupid make up tissue tucked into his collar.

It could have been done much better. All people involved were pretty good with the parodies and the physical comedy.

I am wondering if Julia will call her birthday present from Tim Bill Shorten?

gobsmack says:

11:41am | 29/09/11

Saw it for the first time.  Generally not very funny, but I got a laugh out of “Alan Jones”.  Agree that the Rudd character has more comedic potential (the actor did him well).

nossy says:

11:43am | 29/09/11

@adam you are probably right there adam as there is a bitterness in politics today I have never seen - but the 4 part series may never see the light of day again I suspect.

Dave says:

11:48am | 29/09/11

@TimB - is it really necessary to use the f-word? What kind of an example are you setting?

To the Punch moderators - why do you continually allow people to post this word? Rule # 2 of your own ‘Community Agreement’ at the bottom of this page states “Keep it clean. Anything indecent, vulgar, sexually explicit, blasphemous, racist, generally inappropriate, defamatory, demonstrably wrong or plain bad is not allowed on the site and will be blocked or removed.”.

Is the f-word not considered vulgar? If so, what is?

NicoleG says:

11:55am | 29/09/11

And just who does Tim have to set an example for Dave? Seriously. How about farken? Is that better?

Shenanigans says:

11:55am | 29/09/11

dave he used it in a direct quote,  as far as my knowledge of quotes goes, they are not bound by censorship as they are someone elses words

nossy says:

12:07pm | 29/09/11

@fairsfair yes Bill Shorten the doggie turned out to be a bit of a star didnt he. Anyway if Tones makes it to the PMship hes already asked for Mr Bean to play him but have afeeling Mr Beans fee may be too much for the ABC.  hahha Anyway its all a good laugh and I genuinely wish Ms Gillard a happy 50th birthday.

TimB says:

12:10pm | 29/09/11

Thanks guys

@ Dave Flanders ( I assume this is your last name) , Shen is exactly right. It was a quote as evidenced by these things we call ‘quotation marks’. Perhaps you’ve come across them before. If not, please read up on them.

In the meantime perhaps your self-righteous sense of moral outrage could be directed at more important targets than an untargeted cuss word on a random blog comment.

nihonin says:

10:44am | 29/09/11

FF says ‘The thing I noticed the most though - nobody is fat’.  That’s because everybody was eating what is now considered bad for you and would be be your death.  Guess more physical work helped too, considering most of us now sit at keyboards all day.

John Smythe says:

10:53am | 29/09/11

....The thing I noticed the most though - nobody is fat.

very interesting point. I grew up as a weed of a kid. You could pretty much count the obese kids on one hand at school - and/or secondary.

When I went back a few years ago, I was literally awestruck at how much the polarity had changed. It was spot the skinny time. Everyone from kids through to adults were just plain ugly fat.

We used to head up the Daintree quite often. Remember Dad getting out of the car to wade through the streams/rivers to get an idea on depth. Coral right on the beachside up there.

So much has changed…yet hasn’t about Cairns. Of all the years I have been away, it always made me wonder where I would go should I return…one of my last trips, during the disaster here, made me realise…no place but Cairns for me.

fairsfair says:

11:11am | 29/09/11

indeed nihonin - it seemed like such a simpler time. The son’s mechanic’s uniform, the fact that dad could go catch some yabbies before dropping kids to work and heading to work himself. I looked at the sugar terminal differently when I drove past it last night.

It states at the start of the movie that the pop was 25k. Town appeared so busy. We are now sitting at 5x that population with transient visitors (particularly at the moment) and it doesn’t seem that busy. I know it is a video made to lure people to the area - but it just seems like such a fantastic place in 1964. It was so clean, everyone’s car was clean, perfectly dressed, they all look happy.

My great aunt lived on Lake street down near the Hockey Fields towards the airport - her house is shown at that start and it is amazing to see the beach frontage that it once had.

I still love Cairns, and you’re right John - it is home and always will be.

Seanr says:

11:28am | 29/09/11

Well that was just idyllic, noticed the old Ireland’s garage, Esplanade was certainly not developed, hospital looked similar though.

Re fat people, I think they hid them for them movie, it was for Film Australia afterall.

fairsfair says:

12:10pm | 29/09/11

I noticed Brachs and Rockmans is still in the same spot even though the mall is now closed off from traffic. Rockmans still seems to be selling the same clothes too…

My mum has regailed me with many stories of the Nurses Quarters and apparently dad rolled up in his panel van ala the star of the film. I have heaps of photos of mum in her nurses whites and that was from the early 70s - so I think it was like that for a very long time.

Lol - maybe they just wound the ice-cream van up and set it on couse west the day that the movie was being filmed

John Smythe says:

02:35pm | 29/09/11

Certainly brings back memories…..had to wait for our web server to download the entire thing, then scan it for viruses before playing…..paranoid? us? nooooooo

We used go to Trinity a lot, and take those 4litre ice-cream buckets and fill them up with pipis. Mum used to play vigoro at the hockey fields there. So many good times!

Peter Tibb’s dive school at Tobruk pool there….kinda miss the ol place now….

Shenanigans says:

10:41am | 29/09/11

your fancy words confused me for a second there :p
having fun with the legality of it all :p

nihonin says:

10:49am | 29/09/11

I am of Aboriginal/Maori heritage (weird combo I know but hey, that’s life), I also look very very white.  I’ve got to say that I think the whole thing is a storm in a tea-cup, you can only be offended if you choose to be offended by anything anybody says.  I could go on a bit more, but then I’d probably offend someone who feels the should be offended for me, by comments I make about myself.  Hopefully you’ll publish this comment to realise how ridiculous the whole situation is.

Billy Whizz says:

10:50am | 29/09/11

Punch writers have brains? why has that discovery not have its own article?

nihonin says:

12:43pm | 29/09/11

Daniel, very interesting story The Australian regarding the verdict on the Bolt case and possible implications for all Australians:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/the-andrew-bolt-decision-means-all-of-us-have-a-problem/comments-e6frgd0x-1226150181211

Shenanigans says:

11:04am | 29/09/11

she said something about doing a fairs and having a punch break, re-zen-ify her life or something like that

Elphaba says:

11:29am | 29/09/11

I was here a couple of days ago.  Where were you? 

adam says:

11:46am | 29/09/11

@Elph and Dash

get a room kids

Shenanigans says:

11:53am | 29/09/11

holy crap is Elphaba :p

nossy says:

12:16pm | 29/09/11

@Dash I see you are Shakepeare fan too Dash - one of his many Sonnets.

Elphaba says:

12:33pm | 29/09/11

@adam,

That was unnecessarily snarky.

Cheers.

Dash says:

12:45pm | 29/09/11

Yeah I’ve been checking in but not really inspired. I looked again today but alas could not find you. However, I knew Shakespeare would bring you back - lol

adam says:

12:52pm | 29/09/11

Elph the green eyed monster burns in my chest

Dash says:

12:58pm | 29/09/11

Hi nossy - yeah I love this one.

This guy is telling his girl that she is better than a summers day and that his love will live (as an eternal summer) and never die so long as the human race survives and people can read these words of love that he has written for her.

Call me mushy, but I reckon that’s awesome. We use words everyday, but few of us can use them like this or even pause to contemplate their power!

Elphaba says:

01:00pm | 29/09/11

@Dash, I agree, I’ve been party swamped with work (10 more days until the temp comes and can relieve some pressure), and partly uninspired.

There’s only so many times I can debate the carbon tax/death/religion/how to raise kids etc etc without starting to sound repetitive.

fairsfair says:

01:13pm | 29/09/11

Yep, i’ve fallen back into the old “annoy the crap out of everyone on the open thread” routine. Uninspired is the right word for it, not necessarily due to the content mind you.

Dash says:

01:41pm | 29/09/11

@Adam - Othello! Hooray

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on

Elphaba says:

01:45pm | 29/09/11

@adam

*headswell*

Now now, there’s plenty of me to go around…

ausspud says:

01:46pm | 29/09/11

@Shen
So did elphaba do fairs,Got any pics
@Nossy
Air-drowning any poor little fishies this weekend

Elphaba says:

01:48pm | 29/09/11

@Dash, I wonder who Willie was writing it about?  In his will, he left his wife his ‘second best bed’.

Who got the first?

Dash says:

01:50pm | 29/09/11

@Elph - hey but that’s why the open thread is so great. We can get on here and talk about lots of other things.

I can use the fact that I’ve missed you, to post the words of Shakespreare for example.

Or we can talk about baking, or music, or fashion, or why Facebook has done nothing for me lately. I still don’t get the poke??

Why has the weather turned so cold and miserable in Sydney?

@Fairs - I do not feel annoyed! Give me more esplande reports. How’s the Boot camp going? I’ve been working hard in the gym this week to get rid of the effects of shitloads of beer and pork schnitzel.

Dash says:

02:16pm | 29/09/11

@Elph - who knows. Maybe Willie’s willy was playing hide and seek with the lady up the street??

nossy says:

02:21pm | 29/09/11

@Dash magic Dash and you arnt alone in appeciating Shakespeare. I have a soft spot for his play Romeo and Juliet - just brilliant. That great Baz Luhrmann version out in the mid 90’s was excellent I thought and made many people aware of Shakespeare. DeCaprio carried off the role of Romeo much better than I thought he would.

fairsfair says:

02:27pm | 29/09/11

Dash - the esplanade is on fiyah lately. The weather is spectacular. It is school holidays so the lagoon http://www.cairnsesplanade.com.au/uploads/Cairns Esplanade Nightsmall.jpg is packed. There are people everywhere, so I have been avoiding it. I’m sure the baps are still there though.

We have recently moved into our new office (same building, just out of our temporary digs and into corporate flashness) and my view is now over the art gallery and Outrigger - its quite nice and much better than what I had before which was a billboard of some bikini/billabong model.

Bootcamp is going great guns. I have a boxing session this afternoon adn then only one more week. In between I am going to do a couple of running sessions with the trainer on my own and then one more season before I do my beep test. I am finishing off my police application over the weekend and will post that off next week.

Its all happening! My goal is to also walk to the top of Walshs Pyramid before the end of the year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walshs_Pyramid

adam says:

02:31pm | 29/09/11

@Dash, Elph and Fairs it seems the tide may be turning, today we got almost as many comments on a footy thread as a Carban Tax thread. Perhaps civility will return sooner rather than later

Elphaba says:

03:00pm | 29/09/11

@Dash, Big Day Out announcement is supposed to be tonight.  Rumour mill says Prince.  I would go and see that - but I’d like it much more if there was a sideshow.  There are too many teeny-boppers @ the BDO.

I haven’t checked that FB page in ages.  It’s not my real account!  I will try to get on there and poke you.

My favourite Shakespeare play is Macbeth - just because it’s got a bit of everything in it.  Witchcraft, intrigue, regicide… the lot.  But like Nossy, I do have a soft spot for Romeo and Juliet.

Freakin’ weather.  Last week I went out and bought 4 new pairs of strappy sandals and heels for summer, and the bloody weather is wet and cold again.  Curses!!  I want my summer!!

Dash says:

03:13pm | 29/09/11

@Fairs, that’s really exciting!

I have no bikini model to look at. And no baps staring me in the face. I have an internal office that looks out on to my staff who constantly fight with each other and moan and complain. And I do not want to see any of them in a bikini!!! YUK

Your fitness quest is great! Let us know how you go with the beep test. I bet you smash it up. Boxing is great for fitness. How far do you run?

I have been a little slack during winter and not done as much gym work as usual. And I had two weeks off whilst I was away. I found Fitness First in Cologne but didn’t make it there as every night I was drinking too much beer!

I really hope you get the gig with the police. Gotta love women in uniform!!

Dash says:

04:31pm | 29/09/11

@Elph, I responded about the BDO and you and nossy being romantics but I think Daniel must have censored it or something??? Can’t wait for the Fooeys!!!

Elphaba says:

04:40pm | 29/09/11

Yay Foos!!

Did you see them picketing the Westboro Baptist Church picket line before their concert in Kansas?  Hilarious!

nossy says:

04:42pm | 29/09/11

Fabulous track by Dire Straits as well came out around the time of the Romeo and Juliet movie in the mid 90’s ‘
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ye7ZtiWRsA&feature=related

happy birthday julia gillard says:

12:55pm | 29/09/11

bombastic

John Smythe says:

01:34pm | 29/09/11

Flail
Free
Fire
Forgo

JC says:

01:55pm | 29/09/11

Stop cheating johnny, you can’t just fire of words like a machine gun like that!

John Smythe says:

02:08pm | 29/09/11

Sorry not intentionally cheating.

fairsfair says:

02:10pm | 29/09/11

adam… where is budz and the future partner attribute question?

Other than that, I agree with what you are saying. A partner should compliment you as a person, not command you (unless you are into that lol).

I have finally relinquished for a friend to set me up with a colleague of hers. We are meeting on the weekend. She has been at me for about a year to meet this guys as the thinks we “have a lot in common”. I have seen a picture of him and he is not offensive, but I can’t really see any immediate attraction. It was only one picture mind you. Apparently he has seen heaps of photos of me so the fact he wants to meet me has to be a good sign, right?

I have never been on a blind date before and I am a bit nervous about trying to find things to talk about etc. Has anyone ever been on one?

adam says:

02:23pm | 29/09/11

fairs sorry I broke the reply button there.

Never been on a blind date as I lack the courage to. However if your freind knows you well, and after seeing piccies he’s keen it can’t be a bad sign surely

TimB says:

02:46pm | 29/09/11

Does it still count as a blind date if you’ve seen pics?

Dash says:

02:48pm | 29/09/11

@Fairs - I have been on a blind date. When I was much younger. It was set up by a girl I knew who I really wanted to be with but she had a dicky boyfriend at the time (He had stupid pointy shoes and a stupid blonded fringe). She told me this girl had seen me at uni and really wanted to go out with me.

Anyway, I agreed and then was in a panic all week. Then when the time came, the girl was an absolute glamour!!! I mean, knock out gorgeous. Long fair hair, tall, legs that went forever, great body, and seriously up for it.

I dated her for about three months, but then she started telling me how her hair was her best quality, and how great she looked in her designer jeans and how hot she was and every bloke wanted her etc. She never paid for anything and was constantly checking herself out in the mirror. After taking the “whatever, just come out and meet my mates” approach for as long as I could, it soon turned tiresome and I moved on.

I wen’t to a party a few weeks ago and (having not seen her for many years) she was there. She looked a bloody mess! And she has gone through two husbands. OMG a great lesson for guys to think with the head that has ears - lol

Ben C says:

02:52pm | 29/09/11

@ fairsfair

Been in a relatively similar situation as you, but mine was a girl I met on the Internet. I’m normally a reserved person, but this girl was even more reserved than me. Yet somehow, we got on quite well, and went out for 5 months (which, for a first-time relationship, was absolutely wonderful for me).

My trick was to treat it as making a new friend, I wasn’t setting out to impress her (not that there was - or is - anything to be impressed with). I think expectation ruins the moment - you should just use the blind date as a gauge to determine whether or not you would have this person as a friend before anything else. Don’t be put off if you have disagreements during the date - so long as it is kept friendly and you can have a laugh about it, it could be the answer to your question about topics of conversation.

Good luck with it, let us all know how you get along with this fellow.

PS. If I am correct in working out who you are from Schwarzeneggering: Join the Movement (I’m thinking your name is bookended by the letters K and E), I’d be keen to meet you if I was single and living in Cairns.

PPS. You might find that everything I’ve said above could be thrown out the window when you do meet this fellow. That is just my experience, I could recommend you to a mate who’s started a business setting up blind dates, but he’s down here in Sydney, and time for you might be a bit of a constraint.

Seanr says:

03:04pm | 29/09/11

well ff we know what to talk about next week, your blind date.  Casual drinks at Pier is it.. with friends in tow, just in case you need to ditch him?

Elphaba says:

03:13pm | 29/09/11

@fairs, pick your friends brain for a bit of info on him - hobbies, interests etc, and use them as conversation starters.

“X said you like rockclimbing - how did you get into that?” as an example.

Just remember to breathe!  You never know where this might take you - go with it!

fairsfair says:

03:36pm | 29/09/11

I think so Tim - isn’t it just that you haven’t met them in person before? Ah anyway, it feels a bit weird but I’ll just have to get over that I suppose!

Thanks for the tales boys. I am going into it with an open mind. So I guess we will see what happens. And if I make a new friend out of it - thats a good thing. He is into environmental science etc and is a mad keen fisherman. I have never been fishing so I guess I could show some interest in that - but honestly, I feel a bit indifferent toward getting sunburnt in a tinny for hours on end even though it is something I would be open to doing on a somewhat regular basis. Ah god, I have no idea how to seem interested in that sort of thing without coming off like an idiot. I don’t know why I am worrying about it to tell you the truth as it is a bit silly.

lol Sean - thats nasty! Would never do that to someone. I am not a sharer either (with my friends). I can think of nothing worse than being on a first date (got I hate that word) with your friends hanging around!

The photo I have seen of him he is wearing sunglasses and a is mostly covered by a large barramundi…. I think that might be a bad sign

AdamC says:

03:57pm | 29/09/11

Yeah, I’ve never done a blind date. Surely your friend could have contrived to have you to bump into each other at a function or social event? It is so much easier when you are with other people at a party or something and there is no pressure.

Dash says:

04:05pm | 29/09/11

@fairs - you are great so just be yourself.

fairsfair says:

04:18pm | 29/09/11

She has never been one to “mix” circles of friends. I am the same actually. I see my school friends, my uni friends, work friends and other random friends seperately. I can’t say I have ever promoted “inter-mixing”. That would have been much easier though AdamC…..

Shall do Elph. I’l have to get the goss. No idea what we are doing/where we are going just yet so that will probably make a difference.

Thanks for the pep talk y’all!

Elphaba says:

04:24pm | 29/09/11

@fairs, dont get too much.  You don’t want the questions to sound rehearsed.  Get a few basic answers to some questions to use as conversation openers, ones that you can respond to in kind.

But as Dash said - just be yourself.

fairsfair says:

04:26pm | 29/09/11

Ben, I think you are looking at my sister, though we both have the same initials. My photo is of me confronting my fear! Ooh cryptic - but easily solved given other discussions today

Dash says:

04:38pm | 29/09/11

Fairs - clowns? I gotta get back onto Facebook now!

ausspud says:

01:37pm | 29/09/11

I guess thats a no

fairsfair says:

02:02pm | 29/09/11

Um…. no. Is it about psycho clowns or something? I think I have heard of it. I’m not googling it in case there is some sort of accompanying image.

I’m struggling today Shen. I got no sleep for the second night in a row (off the back of weeks of disrupted sleep due to my neighbours). Tuesday night it was a crying baby. Newborn, I could hardly get the sh*ts with that, but it cried all night. That really sad, needing cry. Last night the baby was quiet but a rogue cricket somehow infiltrated my bedroom…. If i could have found it I would have crushed it with my bare hands and set fire to its remains….

JC says:

02:20pm | 29/09/11

What was the reason behind this question shen?
Lol

NicoleG says:

02:35pm | 29/09/11

@JC, like myself, ff hates clowns! Shen, I’ve seen that movie and it scared the shit outa me. I’ve never, ever, gone near a drain since

Shenanigans says:

02:45pm | 29/09/11

I only asked because I wanted to know if it was the cause of ff’s clown phobia, purely innocent and nothing nasty about my inquisitions.

It about a shapeshifting demon, and I won’t o into details so as not to scare you unintentionally., I’m scared for life after watching it. Never again, never again.

JC says:

02:46pm | 29/09/11

@ NicoleG
ohhhh LOL.

Who thought clowns would ever be funny? I don’t ind them scarey but even as a kid I would look at them and think “bro, WTF you doing you idiot?”

nihonin says:

03:39pm | 29/09/11

The novel, IT by Stephen King is far better, the telemovie is based on the book.  It was the first story I’d read by SK.

adam says:

02:34pm | 29/09/11

fair call Dan, as I’m off tomorrow (4 day weekend yippee!) I say Dave can be crowned the winner

John Smythe says:

02:13pm | 29/09/11

ah darnit I think this is the word!

Knemon says:

03:03pm | 29/09/11

@ loxy - Todays article about The serious art of monkey business by Jason Tin was far from boring!

I’m guessing you’re rather young loxy? The level of industrial action in Australia today pales into insignificance compared to a couple of decades ago. Prior to the Prices and Incomes Accord we had strikes almost on a weekly basis.

John Smythe says:

03:06pm | 29/09/11

I don’t bother any more. I find more logical and well written “opinions” in the comments section than a lot of the articles here.

nossy says:

04:55pm | 29/09/11

@loxy - Daniels column always goes well loxy - and today the Bolt one has fired up comments bigtime. The Punch writers are excellent however I think Fairsfair nailed it quite some time ago when she said we have gone over and over so many issues so many times we are often just repeating ourselves - and of course many of we regulars know what a certain other regular will say in comment. Having new bloggers come in to join with the regulars is the way to go and I think by varying the articles that can be achieved.