Sign of the Times - Caltex really are cutting the advertising budget

Following on from an earlier blog posting, it seems that advertisers are getting a whole lot more basic - or is it abstract? Either way, I don't really feel any more inclined to buy petrol. Or 'takeaway'.

Sign of the Times - Finally: a store for when you are, or aren't playing lawnbowls

Sign of the Times - Learning has changed

Quote of the Day

This from Chris Isaak, last Saturday night during his show in Mornington:
"Call home and tell the babysitter you will be home late. Tell them that if the kids won't go to sleep, give them some gin. A little bit of gin is ok for kids. I'm no Doctor, but I do have sequins"

Thought of the Day: Stoners aren't very bright

News from Bangladesh this morning that Bangladeshi cricket fans have reacted to their teams hammering courtesy of the West Indies by stoning the West Indies team bus.

While initial reactions were largely in the "well, its only three thousand poor losers" camp, these reactions quickly changed when the story clarified that the stoners had meant to target the Bangladeshi bus instead.

Now, while this is obviously a pretty stupid thing to do, it really doesn't make one look any better if you can't even pick the right target. I mean, the West Indian team was the one that DID play cricket - well.

You can almost imagine the stoners all lined up alongside the bus, stoning away with great ire, until one of them realises that they are stoning the wrong bus:
"Hang on chaps! It's the wrong bus! I said hang on - Ajmal, stop stoning! Right, that's it! No-one is to stone anyone until, and I want to make this clear, until I blow this whistle!"