Listening to the one o'clock ABC news:
Penny Wong promises water.
Tony Abbott promises about the same.
An Adelaide bishop weighs in on politics (Since when was this okay?!?) (Obviously no link = no relevance)
An Adelaide school student found with wondering the corridors with a samurai sword ...
... after being suspended for threatening to shoot people.
A(nother) house shot at this morning.
A woman faces court for breaking into her ex-boyfriend's house with cable ties, a knife and syringe of insulin. (I wish I could find a link for this one)
Me: That's the news around here these days: national story, national story, fifteen minutes of the Hourly Psycho Roundup!
Mele: They're not psychos. They just don't get along in a very Adelaide way.
Well said, my darling.
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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.
Do you want me to reach over and hit the radio producer on the head...?
ReplyDeleteAmazing how they've all suddenly discovered the Murray is in dire straits and something must be done. I'll be watching AFTER the election to see if anything come of these promises.
ReplyDeleteMoifey - Careful, buddy. We are in Adelaide after all. It might be your last conscious act on this earth.
ReplyDeleteRiver - I'm not even sure the promises are worth that much NOW. Everyone seems slightly relieved that the Murray IS so screwed because they don't have to do anything about it, not really. It's all about 'saving' and 'fixing', rather than 'returning to its former glory'.
Mele seems like a very wise and very perceptive woman.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of a chat on 'Gruen' last night where the Kevin07 guy sent a minion out to chat to locals about dental plans and mortgages, only to see the promo van get egged and have the SMS say: "The people out here don't have mortgages. Or teeth."
Was that student wandering while he was wondering ?? - or was he just standing there whilst wondering - as you do
ReplyDeleteAnd Franzy's dad bait scores another strike!
ReplyDeleteAren't you bored of getting hooked into the grammar boat again?
Bored with.
ReplyDeleteNot bored of.....
And Franzy lands another fish in the grammar boat!
ReplyDeleteWho are you calling a dead beat? You wanna step overboard and say that?
ReplyDelete*snigger*
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't know ...