Category Archives: Musings

Metro Trains Audio Fail

I noticed a woman press the “Next Train” information button at Newport station this morning, and she had this really strange look on her face as she listened. Curious, I went and pressed the button myself, and I discovered the reason for the bewildered look on her face. Listen to the audio below: Seems the […]

Ya Can Hanna Man A Grander Spanner!

We’ve all heard the slogan for Sidchrome tools, which states “you canna hand a man a grander spanner”. How’s this for a “grander spanner”? Grander.

More Corporate Fail

It must just be my week for encountering pointless corporate behaviour. Hot on the heels of the Hewlett Packard packaging debacle, I received the following statement from GE Finance today: Thank you GE Finance! Thank you for wasting time, money, effort, and paper to send me an account for such an amount!

Chicken What?

I’ve long been a fan of Engrish.com. It is probably somewhat politically incorrect, but it is often so funny, that not laughing is a very difficult task. “Engrish” is the term given to the use of English words and phrases as decorative fare on products and services in non-English speaking countries, in particular in Asian […]

Google Street View Face Recognition Fail

In the wake of claims from Senator Stephen Conroy a little over a year ago about Google committing the biggest privacy breach in history in the midst of collecting updated data for their StreetView service – (which the Privacy Commissioner later basically dismissed as rubbish) – as a goodwill gesture, Google promised to make sure […]

Shitty Facebook Follow

Buying a bag of our usual cat litter this evening, I was somewhat perplexed by the invitation on the outside to follow the brand on Facebook. Really? Do I really want to follow our preferred brand of cat litter on Facebook? So every time one of our cats follows through, I can follow too? Or […]

Best Office Practical Joke Ever!

Well, it’s not really a practical joke, but one could be forgiven for thinking this was. The tenancy across the way from our office is currently being gutted after the vacation of the previous tenant a few weeks ago. Work has been progressing at a fairly rapid rate, but perhaps something was forgotten? What’s that […]

Joan Kirner or Chicken Pox?

Saw this outside my office window on Friday afternoon – and could not help but wonder whether this was former Victorian premier Joan Kirner out for a quick drive in the city, or a bad case of chicken pox? Why would ANYONE do that to their car?

Getting Old, Need Glasses

At my regular annual eye check last week – (pretty much compulsory for a diabetic) – it was suggested that I should probably be getting classes for closeup work – (reading, computer, etc). Ordered Saturday, arrived today. Nice work SpecSavers!

View From Above

When flying, I am always far more comfortable with a window seat as I prefer to be able to see where I am going. I have also developed a habit of taking photos from the plane, and later determining the location of the photos for no other reason than pure curiosity. Some of these photos […]