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• Ben had a Bad Day: Schadenfreude and the Big Brother Australia “Big Sting” farce

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-15 • ( 1 )

  So who caught Big Brother: The Big Sting last night? The show that went to air could have been edited to half the size, but it was still comedy gold for anyone keen on a bit of Ben-and-Rory schadenfreude. For… Read More ›

• The difference between satire and “satire” in political humour

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-15 • ( 7 )

  I’d like to compare and contrast two political images, both of which inspired comment wank. The first is from the Western Suburbs Weekly [1]. The second is a Bush macro from Pundit Kitchen [2]. The Bush macro is is classic… Read More ›

• Target, and Lauredhel’s Toy-Catalogue Annex of the Bechdel Test

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-15 • ( 19 )

  I finally got around to reading the bumper Target Toy Sale catalogue.

  And it’s just as pinkly sickening as you’d expect.

• Office kitchen biohazards: in pictures

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-14 • ( 13 )

  [Inspired by the comments on Etiquette maven misfire: breastmilk is “seriously inappropriate”] Biohazard Not a biohazard

• Vale Olive Riley, the world oldest blogger

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-14 • ( 3 )

  The SMH farewells Olive Riley of Woy Woy, who at 108 was the world’s oldest blogger. Riley was born in Broken Hill before Federation, saw the entire twentieth century, and has lasted a good few years into the twenty-first. She… Read More ›

• Etiquette maven misfire: breastmilk is “seriously inappropriate”

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-13 • ( 69 )

  You know, if the worst thing that’s happening in your life is that you caught a glimpse of someone else’s breastmilk in the work fridge last week, maybe you should thank your lucky stars and go do something useful in… Read More ›

• Four things that caught my eye this week

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-13 • ( 2 )

  The hidden risks of padded bras: A Norwich woman went about half her day without realising there was a bat in her bra. She thought that the “slight vibration” was her mobile phone. ~~~~~ Bush bewilderment

• Otterday: Caption This!

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-12 • ( 5 )

  Today’s otterday caption contest comes courtesy of estherase on flickr.

• BB Friday: Intruder Belinda joins the “but he’s BLIND!!!” game

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-11 • ( 3 )

  Day 35 of Big Brother UK, and everyone is struggling with the Irish Dancing & Drumming task. Click To Play note: This is a five and a half minute video, which I’ve summarised but not transcribed yet – it’s school… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-10 • ( 2 )

  I found myself jammed fast today, unable to choose between the funny and the awwww. So you get a bonus Cheezburger today!