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Google “ebola joke” and watch in shock and awe as 46,400,000 results come up in 0.25 seconds.
“ISIS jokes” recorded 26,300,000 results in 0.24 seconds.
Which means? Ebola is twice as funny as ISIS?
Double meaning
We noticed this on-line ad this week:
“Rort iron wine wrack. Highly sort after …”
We’re wracked with the idea this might be a rort, sort of.
Time travel
History’s not what it used to be.
We were reading some background stuff on Bendigo’s Red Ribbon Rebellion this week on a terrific website, eurekapedia.org, looking up some details of the Diggers’ Flag, a very busy design which includes a pick, shovel, gold cradle, a bundle of Roman sticks (an ancient symbol for unity) a kangaroo, an
emu and a set of gold scales. (We suspect the designer was paid by the hour.)
Then there was this very surprising sentence.
“The 160th anniversary of the Red Ribbon Rebellion was held at Bendigo's at Rosalind Park in August 2103. The Golden City Pipe Band led the revolt, piping loudly through Rosalind Park. St Kilian's Primary School, Camp Hill Primary School and Girton Grammar students donned the red ribbon, marching as disgruntled miners.”
And marching 89 years into the future.
Bendigo history buff Jim Evans has always argued that the Bendigo miners – unlike their more volatile Ballarat cousins – were well ahead of their time.
Tasting can wait
Agriculture can be such fun.
From 10am to 3pm tomorrow at Bridgewater-on-Loddon there’s a beaut thing called the Wool, Wheat and Wine festival.
The official program alerts us to the following fascinating activities: “the fastest farmer competition, speed sheering, sheep toss, sheep races, wine tasting …”
And it would possibly be advisable to have them in precisely that order.
Finding Timmy
Kids are welcome at Bridgewater, but DTM urges people to keep a close eye on them.
This is a true story (not that all the rest aren’t); DTM was working on a kids entertainment area at Lake Weeroona a while back when one very distraught woman came up, begging for help in finding little Timmy.
What’s he look like?
“About four years old, this high, blond hair and wearing camouflage patterned T-shirt.”
It took some self- control, but eventually we found little Timmy.
Some of our mates spent ages (later) walking around waving their arms in front of them, muttering: “Timmy? Timmy? You there?”
Staying local
No names, no pack drill, but there’s one rural
retail chain which advertises prominently on TV about how it’s your “local” store, with local people, serving local needs.
And there’s one right there in “Ky-ne-ton”.