Obscure Box
What’s wrong with the front page?
I’m trying to read today’s Australian newspaper and I’m getting lost.
The main story on the front page is about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the ACCC fuel advice. All very interesting stuff.
But the story continues on page 6 and that’s a long way through the newspaper so I started to read another front page story [...]
Fascinating piece of stupid information
A PR company is trying to tell me the wonders of a particular spa resort facility.
In Thailand, destination spas contain 9.4 treatment rooms on average
What does that mean?
If I go, I bet I get the 0.4 of a treatment room.
The PR fluff continues to delight.
Lemongrass tea is the most common complimentary food or beverage item [...]
Someone should tell the CMC that Gordon Ramsay’s coming to Queensland!
Ever wondered why celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay gets away with swearing so much on TV?
Well a report by the University of Queensland’s legal academic Dr Tamara Walsh to the Crime and Misconduct Commission review into the state’s Public Nuisance Offence has some interesting reading.
In “NO OFFENCE: The enforcement of offensive language and offensive behaviour offences [...]