Obscure Box
An end in sight to Australia's longest battle in Vietnam
Reports today that the man who led the Australian troops in the Battle of Long Tan – Australia’s bloodiest conflict in Vietnam – is to get the medal recognition he deserves. According to “Medals recommended for Long Tan heroes”, Harry Smith is recommended for the Star of Gallantry, Australia’s second highest military honour, according to [...]
What does "sooled" mean?
The Queensland Opposition issued a statement today saying “Bligh sools solicitors onto Gubi Gubi people over Native Title”. I wasn’t sure whether congratulate or condemn the Premier for doing this to the solicitors. After almost a decade in Australia I thought I heard just about all Aussie slang words and phrases. “Bludger” and “wowser” I’d [...]
What regular time?
Channel 7′s promise that the popular award winning drama All Saints will now be at the “regular time” of 8.30pm was – ironically enough – seven minutes late last night. The program continues to suffer at the tail end of talent shows. It used to be Dancing With The Stars that pushed the medical drama [...]
Is Big Brother losing the ratings?
Reports today that Channel 10′s latest outing of Big Brother has been a relative disaster in the ratings. That’s relative. NEWS.com.au in “Who’s watching Big Brother? No one” says last night’s launch ratings were “the worst in its history”. An average of 1.511 million tuned in last night to watch Big Brother’s new hosts, radio [...]
What the Flock?
You can Digg, Kwoff and Reddit, say it’s del.icio.us, add it to MySpace and Facebook, hang it on a Newsvine, StumbleUpon, Fark and even Slashdot it if you want. These are just some of the many websites that allow people to share with others anything interesting they find on the web. You see the icons [...]