You know what I hate? When a friggin aggressive brown tree snake coils up on a shelf next to two sleeping kids and has a major hissy fit. Hate that. The two little kids aged 1 and 4 were sleeping peacefully in their Cairns home when the friggin snake writhed onto a book shelf between [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Queensland’
December 16, 2009
Some People Shouldn’t Walk Erect
The life of a RSPCA inspector can be a hoot, especially if you live in Queensland and especially if you have to deal with humans on a daily basis. Take for instance the person who rang to report a neglected animal incident. They told the inspector a cattle dog had been tied up in the [...]
December 14, 2009
To Rip Or Not To Rip?
OK people, it’s official, removing a band-aid fast is less painful. All hail the scientists at James Cook Uni in Queensland. Yes, researcher Dr Carl O’Kane confirms it is more painful to remove a band aid slowly than quickly, though research also concludes it’s mostly likely to be all in your friggin head. Yep,that’s right, [...]
November 11, 2009
Buffed and Polished
OK, here’s the thing naked young men cooling off in a carwash, there are some pretty high pressured cleaners in there! Four young dudes, paid their $17 before stripping off and running around inside a carwash in central Queensland. Their fun came to a grinding halt after cops, cruising the area, spotted them. A service [...]
September 23, 2009
Step Away From The Clubhouse
Yorkeys Knob Boating Club in Queensland has been abandoned for about 15 years and in that time it has become the main hangout for the local pythons. Well anywho, the club is now going to be renovated, so the snakes have to go. Not happy. So far they have managed to remove two of the [...]
August 24, 2009
This Prank Stank!
An elderly man became the unwitting victim of a public toilet prank in Cairns over the weekend. The poor 70 year old had no idea when he sat down on the toilet seat some prankster had placed quick drying glue all over it. When he tried to get up he realized he was stuck well [...]
August 19, 2009
A Tad Insensitive!
The family of a woman who died on the Pacific Motorway, Queensland, in a car accident have received a bill for the guard rail damaged during the fatal accident…. compliments of the Department of Main Roads. Nice one. The letter reads in part “Main Roads has assessed the most economical way of repairing the damage [...]
August 8, 2009
Hair Lice Salon
Now why didn’t anyone else think of that? Judy Butter has just opened a Hair Lice salon in Queensland, which specializes in delousing the head. Remember the days when there was no greater shame than catching head lice. Oh the humiliation of having to be sent home from school and then have every treatment known [...]
July 28, 2009
Better Late Than Never
An elderly woman from Queensland was trapped in her toilet for a week, unable to move. She spent her days calling for help in the vain hope a neighbor would hear her. Luckily Michael Hibberd, who was hanging out the washing, heard her cries for help. Mr Hibberd found the woman on the floor wedged [...]
