There have always been conspiracy theorists, but I don’t think there was a time before covid when conspiracy theorists grabbed so many headlines, or were the subject of so many water cooler conversations. Covid has certainly brought out the worst of the conspiracy theories. It must be so frustrating for those who have to deal…
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Normal here, but not everywhere
It appears this one has been doing the rounds. The question originally posed was, “What is something that’s normal in your country, but weird for the rest of the world?” It’s a little hard to answer, because how do you know what isn’t normal elsewhere? So I thought I’d put together a few things and…
Aussie lamb ad 2021
Every year the Australian lamb industry drops an ad for Aussies to eat lamb on Australia Day (which is next week). I posted about it last year (and included my favourite from 2016). For your viewing pleasure, here is the 2021 ad, Make lamb, not walls… (A few Aussie explanations first: Aussie state borders have…
At the movies: “2020” (a review)
For over 25 years, film critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz presented At The Movies, discussing films opening in theatres that week. This week they were asked to critique the world’s least-loved year… for your amusement, here’s a review of 2020. I think 2020 is totally deserved of a rotten tomato. What do you think?
Douglas Adams + Australia
I can’t find the original source, but this is reportedly how Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, viewed Australia and Australians: “Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what…