The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

oh wow Toby Arnott telling female journo from The Grauniad to "settle down" at a pie factory

said piemakers put peas in their so-called 'pasties', fucking 'ell

Does anyone know why Australian journos are so cagey about the sexuality of politicians? Not that I'm asking for a series of "X is gay" stories, but there are a number of MPs/Senators/former PMs/etc that are widely known to be gay, though married with kids, but nobody ever says anything about it. Is being labelled gay something you can sue over in this country? It all seems weird. Even Alan Jones had to be outed by Chopper Reed.

is there a single age comment thread that doesn't have "sarajane" commenting on it

lol I noticed that as well. there's a few regulars but she's like a rash. her and that irritating feller from america whos handle i forget right now. something NY?

that J bloke I were seeing previously used to do Age commentz on occasion when it was about education stuff cuz of his work (union)

lol I noticed that as well. there's a few regulars but she's like a rash. her and that irritating feller from america whos handle i forget right now. something NY?

― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Friday, 19 July 2013 01:02 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Alex in NYC now comment spams theage.com.au!?

robble

Speaking of that stinkrag, so much for their paywall, all you have to do to disable it is go into private browsing mode in FF and it works again, heh. Not that its worth bothering anymore tbqf

Believe it or not, I have better things to do (although not much better, obvs).

Australia, I am officially moving in. 29th of August. What should I know? (other than The Age is Terrible)

Where in Australia? It is a bit large.

'The Australian' newspaper is available over the whole country. It, too, is terrible.

welcome, ed

the courier-mail of brisbane is also terrible and the gold coast bulletin is ridiculous.

Ed! Nice to welcome you to our boundless plains. Or eff off, we're full. Its one of those.

welcome to papua new guinea, ed

nah mate he's cool he's white

you're going to be in melbs (Melbourne), iirc?

Yeah, Preston/Thornbury borders to be precise (Or Port Moresby)

good area

I'm thinking of moving to that area myself! I'm often around there cos my band live in the area. We'll have to catch up for a pint.

we're working out where to move too

lol how funny would it be if we both moved and STILL ended up 2 streets away from each other (and still never bumped into each other haha)

haha yes

I look forward to it. Specifically the corner of High and Dundas although we'll move at some point because of the mongrels in the apartment building who can't seem to get their trash through the door of the trash room and into the bins. If wee do move it will be somewhere along the high street corridor most likely, because it's nice and still seems to be relatively inexpensive whilst not being that far from everything.

Hi Strines! For the record...

http://www.okmagazine.com.au/assets/images/article/insider/14729/kyly_boldy_michael_clarke_married_main.jpg

^never gets old

never before in history did a man have to do something slight embarrassing to keep his new wife happy

"operation wotevz

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morrison's visit was in tents

it seems to have taken its toll

it's hard to gauge the in tent city from here

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQZw37hCcAA1MKp.jpg

Fucking Scott Morrison. I wish there was a deed poll thing where you could change OTHER people's names. He's fucking it up for every other Morrison everywhere.

Australia Votes 2013 is basically this, tagline included:
http://jaypgreene.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/alien_vs_predator_quad_movie_poster_l.jpg

Only without the redeeming presence of Lance Henriksen

scott morrison is absolute human waste

just wanna sew him to corky bernardi in a sort of human centipede moebius strip arrangement

he is the perfect example of a person whose general demeanour is burned into their face. meanest, most impatient, most hateful creature in politics atm.

i.e. you just know he has spent his entire life just scowling at things

guys guys guys let's focus on the bigger political news story of the day: http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/afl-star-and-political-wannabe-warwick-capper-says-swanny8217s-8220old-news8221-and-krudd8217s-as-82168217ugly-as-a-dirt-road82178217/story-fni9r0hy-1226686498874

meanest, most impatient, most hateful creature in politics atm

tough call in a world which also contains sophie mirabella

don't start me on ms i-hate-everyone-but-stop-picking-on-greeks

Australia Votes 2013 is basically this, tagline included:

― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:51 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's been done (sadly only reference I can find), I remember seeing this particular one. http://vdeepakis.blogspot.com.au/2004/10/alien-vs-predator-i-am-not-fan-of-sci.html

still the best mirabella takedown: http://andrewelder.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/passion-of-sophie-mirabella.html

I'm finding that blog hard to read, his thoughts are all over the place.

Australia's Rice Paper Queen versus George Calloumbariss (sic): http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/food-news/miss-chu-scorches-souvlaki-king-george-calombaris-20130830-2sv43.html?rand=1377834165658

they do a fukkn good souv I'll tell u dat

Is this because she painted something on a wall and he also painted something on a wall?
Baz Location Deagon Date and time August 30, 2013, 3:19PM

you know who else paints things on a wall?

every other fucken restaurant in australia