The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

I only know because every time I see my father-in-law this happens:

fil: "have you heard about blah-blah-bad-police-blah-blah"
us: <blank look>
fil: "DON'T YOU REEEEEEAD THE PAPER?!?!?!?!?!!"

(in his world "THE PAPER" = the feral scum and nothing else exists anywhere ever)

(oh and a glimpse of the odd shouty headline in the work kitchen, usually "TOP COP EATS BABIES" or suchlike)

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/oldschool-policeman-takes-on-daunting-job-20110616-1g63h.html

Blurb from the front page:

Union wants local policeman to succeed Overland as chief commissioner, but wary the job is seen as a 'poisoned chalice'.

Like fuck. Union glad it got its way morelike. Watch the murdochs spunk themselves to death on this.

BERT SICK

Didnt know pneumonia was something catching. I thought it was something you got when you had a lung infection for ages.

national treasure alert

Want to make some kind of moonface/eclipse joke but cant think of one.

blood moonface

my life in the bush of mX newspaper

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4758/x26b3fa37.jpg

oh dear lord

Wh1n3y G cold emailing every commuter press in the world?

"While enjoying a quiet drink out over the weekend", bro.

needs to be on "thread of missing"

thread of missing… Dom? Because that's who I'm missing when I see stuff like that.

article ends "You can follow @hipsterpuppies on Twitter" btw

haters gonna hate

http://www.mamamia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Raquel.jpg

heaven needed a sour faced racist ho

loll

it's a good show i reckon*

* i missed it last nite

Ugh anyone read Sheehan's SMH article about this today? Premise seems to be "this show sux u were all manipulated its full of lies BORDER CONTROL NAO"

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/bush-tucker-goes-urban-20110624-1giwr.html

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/44/lalala_I_cant_hear_you.jpg

Wow, that Tony Abbott is a genius. He can cut taxes without COMMUNIST CARBON TAX! And he won't tell you how he can do it until the Liberal Party is elected into government.

He should also claim that he can cure cancer but won't do it until he's PM.

THE BLOCK IS BACK HAVE YOU SEE OURRR RENOVATION PLANS WERE GONNA BE PROPERTY MULTIMILLIONARIES IN NO TIME AND THEN WELL BUY HEAPS OF MOTHER CANS

it's a good show i reckon*

* i missed it last nite

― dancing on the jetty (euphemism) (haitch), Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:33 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just finished this

only real criticism is that the people who could most benefit from seeing it were all listening to "remember when" with bruce & phil

Good of the Masterchef writers to schedule the CONSPIRACY against State of Origin on Wednesday night.

Oh btw:

http://www.pedestrian.tv/_crunk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/winner.jpg

i am a sucker for natalie imbroooolia hair

how did we forget the J3TSTAR URINATOR

never forget

son of the kiwi netball team's coach!!

Mr Ma, who threw out his laptop bag and jacket on arrival in Singapore, said he considered legal action over the "poor" handling of the incident.

zhe ma, go to a dry-cleaner and HTFU

mr horse

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/hinch-gets-liver-transplant-under-way-20110706-1h17b.html

"cancer-stricken broadcaster" derryn hinch in liver transplant emergency

volcanoes - so hot they're hellacool

interested in these 'new dating techniques'

sorry 'latest'

far out

Hahah I love that. "hmm there were some earthquakes recently what else can we do to panic the shit out of people? Oh wait - VOLCANOES!"

it's awfully pop science, "xxx volcanoes have not erupted in otm years therefore they will erupt now"

agh i meant "nnn years" obv

this ain't a volcano eruption xxx

otm years lol

carbon tax? more like carbon tax cuts!!

Tax cuts equals socialism!! Read some Ayn Rand, you commie!!

herald sun front page (i am not kidding btw):

Australia's Muslim leaders demand ...

GIVE
US
OWN
LAWS

complete with hijab-clad mugshot photo

(no mention of phone hacking scandal)

muslim "leaders". Thats like saying "australia's church leaders" when talking about L Ron Hubbard or something.

LOL which reminds me of a classic one I saw in t'Age yesterday. Thus spake the spokeslady for the $cientologists in melb:

Ms Stewart said the church ''shares none of the characteristics of a cult''.

''We do not have a messianic leader, we do not predict the end of the world, our members are urged to think for themselves and are not subject to 'coercive persuasion or mind control'. And we most certainly do not promote suicide or murder as solutions to human unhappiness. Quite the opposite,'' she said.

Laugh? I nearly went to Ethiopia.

phone hacking scandal several murdoch mastheads implicated 10% wiped off local share value BERT'S BACK

good old bart newton

routine phone tapping theft of medical records widespread criminal activity in multiple countries biggest press collapse of the century BOB BROWN'S DOING STUFF

Mr Rabbit’s standing outdoors somewhere, bleating that Gillard hasn’t released her figures and can’t be trusted

every week

forever