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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-organic-swindle/ If you’re anything like me, then you’re occasionally susceptible to wild fits of buying stuff that has eco-certification logos all over it. Fair Trade, carbon neutral, Flipper-friendly - essentially if it’s round, has an acronym, and is preferably some shade of green, then I’ll buy the item it’s endorsing. (Pictures of stupidly smiling animals on the packet don’t hurt, either.) “Organic” is one such trend I’ve recently been fixated on. It’s a term with an underlying philosophy - products made naturally without the use of modern synthetic inputs - that has been around for quite some time now. The concept has been around since the beginning of time. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-organic-swindle/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-organic-swindle/#item7112 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sticking-it-to-the-other-drivers-on-the-road/ There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sticking-it-to-the-other-drivers-on-the-road/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sticking-it-to-the-other-drivers-on-the-road/#item7022 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fooi-13-young-drinkers-arent-the-only-bingers/ There’s an awful lot of hand-wringing these days over the binge drinking epidemic. Well, here’s a really obvious thought. Maybe all those teenagers and 20-somethings are only living up to the example we’ve set them on all kinds of fronts. Think about it. Society today is full of bingers. We’re all bingers. We consume anything and everything in ever-increasing proportions, usually to the point of excess and often to the point of vulgarity. Forget the obvious cases of food and booze for a minute. Take entertainment. Remember the days when you’d passively sit back and wait for your weekly instalment of TV drama? That is sooo 2005. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fooi-13-young-drinkers-arent-the-only-bingers/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fooi-13-young-drinkers-arent-the-only-bingers/#item6998 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-either-doing-great-or-were-totally-screwed/ You know what? As a society, I reckon we must be doing pretty well. There are still just as many breaking news stories and outpourings of outrage and people walking up and down the street with placards full of puns, and there are still just as many current affairs stories and infomercials identifying new injustices and urgent problems on telly, but it’s the subject matter that’s important. We often forget that there are populations in other countries experiencing war, famine, poverty, deadly epidemics, corrupt despotic dictators and unbelievable levels of government oppression and censorship. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-either-doing-great-or-were-totally-screwed/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Were-either-doing-great-or-were-totally-screwed/#item6514 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-takes-a-man-to-grow-face-mane/ For years, I, and many like me, have suffered in silence - hiding our shame in plain sight. We’ve struggled through life without support groups, online forums and Oprah specials, praying each day that no one notices our humiliating affliction. We are the smooth-cheeked ones who walk among you, we men who cannot grow beards. Much like “Eyes Slightly Too Close Together Syndrome” (ESTCTS), “Chronic Male Beardlessness” (CMB) is a very real condition that affects countless men around the world. I myself have been a victim since birth. During a recent two-week break, I decided to defy the gods and grow a big ol’ beard. Turns out it’s really hard. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-takes-a-man-to-grow-face-mane/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-takes-a-man-to-grow-face-mane/#item6178 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Giving-bith-really-aint-what-it-used-to-be/ As a general rule, men and women know squat about babies. At least until they have to raise one. Then it’s time to knuckle down and survive the crying and vegemite poo, striving for the same primal instinct that enabled our ancestors to find shelter without iPhones and run barefoot across rocky terrain, chasing the evening meal with only a large toothpick and loincloth for protection. Giving birth, so we have been led to believe, was much the same thing. A labour, in all senses of the word, to be endured rather than enjoyed; a period of a couple of hours (if you were lucky) or a couple of days (if you were not) where all you could do was grit your teeth and hope for the best, as nature intended. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Giving-bith-really-aint-what-it-used-to-be/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Giving-bith-really-aint-what-it-used-to-be/#item5996 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/like-i-totally-give-this-name-the-thumbs-up/ The exact time and date of the beginning of the end of civilisation is said to be recorded on the birth certificate of an Israeli baby. Arriving suspiciously close to last week’s planetary alignment, Like Adler wasn’t fooling anyone. While reportedly exceptionally cute and a source of profound joy to her parents - Lior and Vardit - many believe she is also a harbinger of society’s downfall. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/like-i-totally-give-this-name-the-thumbs-up/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/like-i-totally-give-this-name-the-thumbs-up/#item5874 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tights-jeggings-leggings-theyre-all-pants/ Wearing tights as pants is the fashion for women as the winter months approach. Tights should never be used as substitutes for pants. It is not a flattering look. Whenever a female appears wearing tights or leggings as pants this topic is discussed robustly within families and workplaces all over Australia.  The website tightsarenotpants.com has gone as far as publishing a manifesto against tights worn as pants and even offers copyright-free templates of a logo and stickers to be used as protest material. Editor’s note: Aussie readers would be more familiar with the term “leggings” instead of tights. “Jeggings” presumably come under the same category. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tights-jeggings-leggings-theyre-all-pants/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tights-jeggings-leggings-theyre-all-pants/#item5873 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-but-notforgotten-top-ten-food-fads/ Everyone should have a favourite cookbook. Mine are almost entirely from the 1980s (not forgetting the Women’s Weekly birthday cake book), and obviously a reminder of my parents’ flair for entertaining when I was growing up. Epicurean, Vogue Entertaining and the Women’s Weekly dinner party series inspired many nights of cheese soufflé, poached chicken with white sauce and hand-rolled chocolate truffles. All washed down with endless glasses of chardonnay in the 1980s. But cookbooks from the 1970s have an appeal all of their own. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Lightweight http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-but-notforgotten-top-ten-food-fads/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-but-notforgotten-top-ten-food-fads/#item5584 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-list-fashion-items-that-should-never-be-seen-again/ The Punch’s fashion queen and all-round style guru Nedahl Stelio made a shocking announcement this morning.  The clog she tweeted is making a comeback. That’s right ‘clog’. That funny looking shoe made with open backs and closed toes. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-list-fashion-items-that-should-never-be-seen-again/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-list-fashion-items-that-should-never-be-seen-again/#item2262 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are telling you not just about the baby but every other member of the family - including the cat and dog. They’re called My Family stickers and they need to come with a warning: “May Cause Road Rage”. Or “Will Incite Anger”. Because people are going nuts about these little white labels. For every person proudly adding the adhesive version of their dog, cat or sibling to their back windscreen, there’s another one angrily waving their fist in objection. Or joining the Facebook hate page. Yep, those tiny stickers have divided the nation.