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Isaiah Mustafa in the viral video for Old Spice

Obvious social media marketing bait is obvious: no biscuit

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 1 )

I know Old Spice Guy well, Old Spice Guy is a minor joy of mine, you are nothing like Old Spice Guy.

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

Constitution sez “No”

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 2 )

Shorter Antony Green: Nothing that is happening in Parliament right now is capable of providing a constitutional trigger for a double dissolution.

Today in Slices of Awesome: One Man Disney Movie

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 5 )

I’m not sure that one person having this much fun is legal, is it?

A friendly looking anthopomorphised cat of adult size is holding the hand of a small child while they walk together across a pedestrian crossing

I wish to make a deeply heartfelt apology to all motorists

By tigtog on 2011-07-19 • ( 15 )

In the wake of Elevatorgate, I realise that in habitually engaging in threat/risk-assessment vigilance every single time I cross the road, I have actually been doing you all a most grave injustice.

a character from the TinTin books, looking angry and with symbols meant to denote swearing/cursing surrounding him

Sunday Insult Collection

By tigtog on 2011-07-17 • ( 20 )

So, what particularly creative insults have you heard lately?

L-R:Gaye Adegbalola, Andra Faye, Ann Rabson all holding megaphones

Friday Hoydens: Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women

By tigtog on 2011-07-15 • ( 6 )

Saffire was an acoustic trio of uppity blues women who performed together for 25 years from 1984-2009.

More Elevatorgate: cornering, uncongeniality and warning flags

By tigtog on 2011-07-15 • ( 34 )

Ironically, no one hates high pressure sales tactics more than skeptics. We can’t stand it when a sales associate gets in our face and uses cheap psychological tricks to try to make us buy stuff we don’t want. We take it as an insult to our intelligence. We resent it.