"Do you think the reason we've been having so many earthquakes recently is because we've
taken so much oil out of the earth's crust? You know, because oil is a natural lubricant?"
I'm not kidding about this. I tried a few half-hearted rationals, but they're not worth even recording. I mean, where do you start?
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An explanation of The Joy Division Litmus Test
Although it may now be lost in the mysts of thyme, the poll below is still relevant to this blog. In the winter of 2008, Mele and I went to live in Queensland. In order to survive, I bluffed my way into a job at a Coffee Club.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
Put some olive oil on it, fixes everything.
ReplyDeleteI tried that once.
ReplyDeleteGot fired for harassment.
Everytime man commits another atrocity, the earth shudders. Size of the shudder probably equates to the size of the atrocity.
ReplyDeleteWhich sounds more believable than 'natural lubricant'.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you've been talking to the same person I had the misfortune to recently. "Let's allow the boat people to come in because they've already shown that they can save money to pay the people smugglers."
ReplyDeleteIf I'd known earlier, I could have responded with some information about the earth's lubricant and how I hoped they burrow down and find some....
Well everyone's already going on about how we're a nation of slackers. You get you and your entire family most of the way across the planet while dodging gun-fire, well that's the kind of Can-Do attitude we need in Australia!
ReplyDeleteLet them come I say, but build the infrastructure to support them first. There's no point having them if there aren't decent roads, housing , water and upgraded electricity and broadband available.
ReplyDeleteI think this that is a fairly reasonable question. But I'm open to correction if it really is a silly question.
ReplyDeleteYou might be right - it could be a perfectly reasonable question I you didn't know anything about geology or how the Earth was formed or how it works. Plus the 'natural lubricant' bit is not really a geological term - more biology I would guess.
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