Category Archives: Musings

Special Opening Hours For Coles

Our local Coles supermarket is open seven days a week, between 7am and 10pm. Yesterday was Geelong Cup Day, and for most people who work in Geelong, a public holiday. As such, many businesses close for the day, or have reduced operating hours. A responsible business would of course advertise their adjusted operating hours, so […]

Newspaper Fail: Burghers and Frhies

No, the title of this post is not a spelling mistake – well, sort of. Just snapped this image from the front page of The Age newspaper website: Burghers? Sub-editing fail. But do they want frhies with their burgher?

Down Down, Derp Is Not Down

Waiting in line at the checkout at the local Coles store over the weekend, I found they are selling copies of a Status Quo greatest hits album, complete with the Coles version of “Down Down”. Really? They’re celebrating this officially on a Status Quo album? I fear for the future.

What Exactly Are Coles Doing Here?

I found these two apparently identical chickens – (apart from weight) – in my local Coles store on Sunday, and found myself wondering what was going on with the labeling and the pricing: The “extra large” chicken came in at 2.178kg, while the “large” chicken came in at 1.944kg. That’s only 234 grams of “difference” […]

Why The Dangerous Dog Laws Need ‘Fixing’

About a month ago, I was involved in an incident that saw two roaming, uncontrolled ‘pitbull-style’ dogs attacking a tiny little dog being walked by a little girl on a leisurely Sunday morning in my usually quiet street. I wrote about the incident at the time, happy that I was able to help a young […]

Please Secure Your Pets

Yesterday morning, I had the misfortune to having to confront two roaming “pitbull-style” dogs, who attacked a defenseless little dog being walked by a distraught little girl, outside our home. I was in time to save the dog’s life, but only just. A few more seconds, and I’m certain that little Annie would no longer […]

The Reverse Nigerian Scam

I just found the most hilarious piece of spam in my filters. Clearly fed up with their “Nigerian Scams” not working as well as they might, it seems we have something I’ve called the “Reverse Nigerian”: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. Washington DC. Washington d.c room, 7367 J. Edgar hoover fbi building 935 pennsylvania avenue, […]

Pizza Flavour Fail

On behalf of the AFL, the makers of Domino’s pizza in Australia appear to have come up with an all new pizza variety. For dinner at last nights Essendon vs Western Bulldogs game, I grabbed a “Meatosaurus” pizza. The only other option was “Hawaiian”. Or was it? Could that be “Hawaiin”? Might be.

Just In The Nick of Metro Trains Time

Must admit, I had a bit of a chuckle with respect to a sequence and timing of a pair of tweets from Melbourne’s Metro Trains this afternoon. First, a warning of services changes due to an infrastructure fault: “Sydenham/Upfield/Craigieburn customers: some trains may run direct from Flinders St instead of the city loop due to […]

Woolworths Meat Fail

I stumbled across this packet of “Australian Beef Spare Ribs” at Woolworths last night – (click image for larger view): Looks like t-bone steak to me – no? Oops.