Vegemite - 86 years strong!

There would hardly be a household on the NSW North Coast that didn't have a jar of Vegemite tucked away in the pantry cupboard. It's probably been that way since 1922.

Mothers use this brewer's yeast spread as a quick filler of hungry kids, uni students and pensioners use it to eke out the skimpy food budget, and if the global credit crisis continues many more people will be relying on it for a meal.

My boofhead dog loves his Vegemite toast crusts at breakfast and Maud up the Street drinks Vegemite 'tea' when she is feeling a bit off-colour.

Many of us also like teasing overseas visitors with their first experience of this spread and delight in the alarmed expressions when they realise that they are expected to actually eat this strange food.

Along with the first lines of Waltzing Matilda, I bet most Aussies can sing the opening to the Happy Little Vegemites jingle.

At least a billion jars of the old 'axle grease' have now been officially sold.
So here's to Vegemite - a source of both nostalgia and necessity.

Old advertisement found at Kraft website.

Monday's antidote for all the doom and gloom dominating the media

Thanks to a local journo for passing on these classics from A Steroid Hit The Earth: The Catastrophic World Of Misprints by Martin Toseland, published by Portico Books this month.

Misprints:

People in Preston ward are invited to a meeting at 7.15pm tonight in St Mary's Church Hall, Brighton, to meet councillors and beat police officers. (Evening Argus)

The skeleton was believed to be that of a Saxon worrier. (Express and Echo)

The strike leaders had called a meeting that was to have been held in a bra near the factory, but it was too small to hold them all. (South London Press)

One man was admitted to hospital suffering from buns. (Bristol Gazette)

Police in Hawick yesterday called off a search for a 20-year-old man who is believed to have frowned after falling into the swollen River Teviot. (The Scotsman)

The first aid treatment for a broken rib is to apply a tight bandage after you have made your patient expire. (Manchester Evening News)

Corrections:

Error: The Observer wishes to apologise for a typesetting error in our Tots and Toddlers advertising feature last week which led to Binswood Nursery School being described as serving 'children casserole' instead of chicken casserole. (Leamington Spa Observer)

'The name of this column is still Corrections and Clarifications*, although it is not immune from error as the printed title in yesterday's paper demonstrated.' *The column appeared as Corrections and Clairifications. (The Guardian)

Adverts:

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Crematorium assistant required. The Council operates a no-smoking policy. (Sheffield Star)

Sports:

The mystery fan behind the takeover bid for Port Vale today said he will pull out of the deal if his identity is revealed. It is understood Stone-based businessman Peter Jackson wants to remain anonymous until the contract is signed and sealed. (Staffordshire Sentinel)

Pssst! Did you hear the one about the flash cove who?

Did you hear the one about the flash cove who took on the job as mayor of the biggest local government area on the NSW North Coast and within a week was trying to palm off any part of this role which would take him away from his 2GF microphone overnight?
Apparently he thinks that being a DJ is way more important than representing the interests of local communities at conferences, seminars, and regional or state-wide meetings.
Including it seems the valuable face-to-face contact with ministers which often occur in these settings.
Talk about a conflict of interest!

Wall Street the day after..........

Scenes on Wall Street the day after Bush's financial bailout became law.

The bankers

Retirees, small investors and homebuyers

Graphics from Gooogle Images