Tweet of the Week

🎶"IT MASTIFF BEEN LOVE, BUT IT'S ROVER NOW"🎶 pic.twitter.com/XBeqXb7PUP

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 19, 2024

NIMNMBY
Not ln My Neoclassical McMansion Backyard @theage pic.twitter.com/RFaNBGf9iJ

— MattGolding Cartoons (@GoldingCartoons) October 26, 2024

 

Tweet of the Week

Fun Australian fact for you – An episode of the English show Peppa Pig has twice been pulled off air in Australia after being deemed inappropriate for Aussie children. The episode’s main message... "spiders can’t hurt you" pic.twitter.com/6nP0Ji1jVJ

— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) August 23, 2024

Tweet of the Week : he's simply unelectable

 

Now @TerrySerio started this so credit where credit's due. I just grabbed his idea and developed it.
Spud. He's a dud right? Simply unelectable one might say. And Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" just begged to be parodied so many lines didn't need changing 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/uNmg19ZN3E

— Glenno and Ruben (@mad6duck) February 12, 2024

A Letter to the Editor published four days before a certain coronation day

 

George Brandis' reference to the young Prince Charles' attending Timbertop reminded me of an episode recounted by a Uralla identity, formerly a maths master at Eton College.

Queen Elizabeth came to Eton one day to officially open a new building and our man had a brief chat with her afterwards, as one does. He asked: "Your Majesty, I've always been curious about your sending your son Charles to Timbertop in Australia. Her Maj replied: "Oh, well, we always thought Charles wasn't all that academically inclined." Our man responded: "Oh, don't worry, Your Majesty, we have some very stupid boys here at Eton." Evidently a frost descended as she moved on.

Kent Mayo, Uralla

[The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2023, p.18]

A word about the forthcoming NSW State Election.....

Unfortunately the following newspaper clipping and video are less cynically humorous than they are chillingly close to the truth.

A NSW Upper House mock 'voting guide' to those political parties which might turn up on your 25 March 2023 NSW state election ballot papers:

The Echo, Handy voting guide for the pragmatic progressive

15 March 2023

Click on image to enlarge

 

The NSW Government has made a tourism ad ahead of the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! #NSWVotes

👉 We're on Patreon https://t.co/e6YAu8LFeT pic.twitter.com/GzlUj82cfM

— theJuiceMedia (@thejuicemedia) March 16, 2023

Tweet of the Week

 

Poor little moderate me ... #auspol pic.twitter.com/RnXhXXneZC

— Sammy J (@sammyjcomedian) June 2, 2022

 

Tweet of the Week

 

The Edvard Munsch tree in my neighbourhood- just in case you feel like screaming 😱 - or having a laugh 😆 #Scream #edvardmunch pic.twitter.com/8TF1rsyShP

— 💧Jenny Dowell OAM 🌈 (@JennyRDowell) August 18, 2021

 

Cartoons of the Week

Cathy Wilcox

Glen Le Lievre

David Rowe

David Pope

Banksy during COVID-19 pandemic quarantine in U.K.: "My wife hates it when I work from home"

Collosal, 15 April 2020:

Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist, vandal, political activist, and film director, active since the 1990s.

Tweet of the Week

Many Australians have made brutally clear their disdain in their own Prime Minister. Now they've done something about it.https://t.co/ZHcHsDk2UR

— nzherald (@nzherald) March 30, 2020

Tweet of the Week

Tweet of the Week

THE GRETA THUNBERG HELPLINE:
For adults angry at a child. pic.twitter.com/JAtIKyG4Va

— Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) September 26, 2019

Thought of the Week

If you combine photos of Australian political players Joyce, Abbott, Dutton and McCormack in a soup pan you have the makings of a simple borscht - beetroot, onion, potato and dill. [Anon]

Cartoons of the Week

First Dog on the Moon

Alan Moir

Viral Pic of the Week

Wesh 2 News: A photo of a demolished house with the words “Got the Spider!” painted on the roof has made the rounds on social media after a couple decided to have a little fun. SOURCE: Facebook: Joshua Bohl

Tweets of the Week

I really cannot get to grips with people suggesting that hearing of same sex relationships in school will influence children to 'become' gay.

I've been studying camelid medicine in somewhat intense detail lately and despite being ~quite~ impressionable, I have not become a llama

— Ami Vet (@ami_vet) May 31, 2019

Intergenerational Summer Tweet of the Weekend

Phone call
92 y.o Dad: It's just me checking on an elderly person as emergency services suggest & to remind you to keep hydrated
Me: I was going to ring you later.
Dad: I got in 1st because you're nearly 65 & so are elderly!
Both of us hysterical with laughter #melbweather

— Just Susan (@SusaninRaraLand) January 6, 2018

Tweet of the Week

I've never wanted to be in a gang more than this one. pic.twitter.com/9PiJIc2bOe

— Back To Nature (@backt0nature) December 29, 2017

Joining historic 'medical' research which looked at the incidence of legume anorexia amongst children comes a ground-breaking article 'The science behind "man flu"'

Following on the very successful research behind The Etiology and Treatment of Childhood first published sometime last century comes the British Medical Journal’s release of more recent research articulated in The science behind “man flu” (11 December 2017).

In which women find out that:

The concept of man flu, as commonly defined, is potentially unjust. Men may not be exaggerating symptoms but have weaker immune responses to viral respiratory viruses, leading to greater morbidity and mortality than seen in women. There are benefits to energy conservation when ill. Lying on the couch, not getting out of bed, or receiving assistance with activities of daily living could also be evolutionarily behaviours that protect against predators. Perhaps now is the time for male friendly spaces, equipped with enormous televisions and reclining chairs, to be set up where men can recover from the debilitating effects of man flu in safety and comfort.

Ah, the hardships of the male condition are manifold.

Quote of the Week

"Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book."

[UK comedian Frankie Boyle, 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Festival]

“President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone told TMZ that any politician who votes to impeach Trump “would be endangering their own life.”  “Try to impeach him. Just try it,” Stone said. “You will have a spasm of violence, an insurrection in this country like you have never seen before. Both sides are heavily armed, my friend.” [The Hill, 24 August 2017]