http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/rachel-corbett/ Rachel Corbett is currently a co-host on Triple M’s breakfast show, ‘The Grill Team’ and has spent the better part of a decade living the nomadic life of a radio presenter, hosting shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, the Central Coast, the Gold Coast and Sydney. 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-great-ways-to-pick-and-avoid-giant-douche-bags/ I was walking down the street yesterday, minding my own business when a young gentleman passed me wearing a Bintang singlet and a Power Balance bracelet. After I had controlled the urge to run after him and demand that he impregnate me IMMEDIATELY, I got to thinking about those all important visual cues that can help you avoid making contact with a douche bag. Sure it’s shallow and we’re taught as young children that we should never judge a book by it’s cover, but here’s the reality. I do judge a book by its cover. All the time. I do the same with wine. As a result I’m rarely reading Shakespeare or drinking anything that remotely resembles Grange, but when it comes to douche bags I do think there are a few reliable indicators that can help you avoid a potentially underwhelming encounter with an idiot. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-great-ways-to-pick-and-avoid-giant-douche-bags/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-great-ways-to-pick-and-avoid-giant-douche-bags/#item7311 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:50:58 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/all-aboard-the-jeebers-train-again/ End-of-the-world-is-nigher Harold Camping now says May 21 was the ‘invisible Judgement Day’, and that the Earth will in fact be obliterated in October. Here, Rachel Corbett talks us through the comedown. According to the false prophet Harold Camping, we were all supposed to be stepping over fire and brimstone on our way to work this week, but instead we’ve been left oscillating somewhere between confusion and disappointment. To be honest, when I didn’t wake on Sunday morning to discover my backyard engulfed in the flames of hell, I was mildly upset.  I’d really been looking forward to catching a ride to work with one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse but instead I had to go back to killing the planet slowly with my mindless consumption of fossil fuels, and take the car. How boring. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/all-aboard-the-jeebers-train-again/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/all-aboard-the-jeebers-train-again/#item5920 Wed, 25 May 2011 01:00:10 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Im-sure-glad-Im-not-invited-to-the-royal-wedding/ As the Royal Wedding approaches, details are starting to emerge about the rules and regulations that surround an event of this magnitude.  In the past week information has been trickling through about exactly what is required of guests, beyond the traditional RSVP, and you have to wonder if it’s all actually worth it.  Recipients of an invite were greeted with more than just the time, date and dress code thanks to an accompanying 22 page guide detailing exactly how they should behave at a Royal function. What a buzz kill. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Im-sure-glad-Im-not-invited-to-the-royal-wedding/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Im-sure-glad-Im-not-invited-to-the-royal-wedding/#item5665 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:55:39 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-valentines-day-spare-a-thought-for-the-cynical/ Valentine’s Day is upon us again, which means it’s time for Cupid to whip off his romper suit and start flapping about, making life for the cynical a living hell. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a flying baby can stir up such a mighty butterfly effect, but every time Feb 14 rolls around, I find I’m once again shocked to be enveloped by this pink and red parallel universe. As the ‘magical’ day approaches you can feel a change in the air.  Subtle but rampant. There’s an undercurrent of urgency, of desperation. A culture begins to develop where the normally self-possessed among us, lose their collective minds. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-valentines-day-spare-a-thought-for-the-cynical/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-valentines-day-spare-a-thought-for-the-cynical/#item5117 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:48:40 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/attention-breath-in-and-out-while-using-this-escalator/ A wander through Myer at Christmas time, usually reveals nothing more than the depth of human depravity come holiday season.  In years gone by I’ve learnt little apart from the fact that you never get between a middle aged woman and the last set of Sheridan sheets, unless you want to make a beeline for the first aid department afterwards. That is, of course, until now. The other day I discovered that there is something else to be had at a Myer store, apart from the inevitable coronary when you add up your receipts.  An education. In a marriage of technological advancement and the debilitating fear of litigation, Myer has brought us one step closer to no longer having to wipe our own bottoms, with the informative pamphlet: ‘Escalator Safety Information’.  The ‘Genital Herpes Facts Pack’ of the technological world. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/attention-breath-in-and-out-while-using-this-escalator/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/attention-breath-in-and-out-while-using-this-escalator/#item4734 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:45:17 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/your-local-gaming-room-now-a-creche/ Just when you thought that funnelling your hard earned cash into a soulless machine in the darkest reaches of a hotel couldn’t get anymore depressing, it turns out now your kids can watch. Disturbingly, The Pink Hill Hotel in Beaconsfield has been given permission to build a children’s playroom enclosed with soundproof glass so that parents can keep an eye on their children from the gaming room.  Fabulous!  Now the whole family can revel in the joys of daddy getting 3 pyramids in a row on the Queen of the Nile.  feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/your-local-gaming-room-now-a-creche/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/your-local-gaming-room-now-a-creche/#item3659 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:45:36 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Overweight-people-should-get-over-the-criticism/ Why is it that when a health care professional informs a morbidly obese man that he should lose some weight, that mans first reaction is to cry ‘discrimination’?  Where is the prejudice in this situation?  As a society we are practically drowning in information about the inextricable link between being overweight and being unhealthy. If you think three square meals a day can be purchased through a drive-thru window, and that exercise is getting up to change the channel when you’ve lost the remote, then that should remove your right to feel offended when you’re handed an ample helping of the truth.  If someone who has spent the better part of a decade at medical school learning how to piece you back together if you break, tells you to drop a few kgs, they’re doing it for your own good.  feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rachel Corbett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Overweight-people-should-get-over-the-criticism/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Overweight-people-should-get-over-the-criticism/#item3191 Sun, 30 May 2010 19:50:17 +0000 Rachel Corbett | Author bios | The Punch