With the awful inevitability of a dog chasing deer into oncoming traffic in Richmond Park, I present to you Trenton Oldfield (Hell’s bells, the names even rhyme), Australia’s shame. Yesterday, Trenton Oldfield did this at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race: First, Sir Matthew Pinsent, the former Olympic rower, thought he saw debris in the water. Then, [...]
By skepticlawyer
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Also posted in Academia, Australia, Britain, England, Events, Fark!, Funnies, Popular culture, The Left
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Tagged Cambridge, Contemporary Urbanism, Emily Davison, Fenton, London School of Economics, LSE, OUBC, Oxford, Sir Matthew Pinsent, The Offspring, This is Not a Gateway, Trenton Oldfield, University Boat Race, Will Zeng, Zoe de Toledo
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February 23, 2012 – 11:39 pm
Photographer Mark Tipple uses an underwater camera to capture the “battle” between man and the power of ocean waves in Australia. His book, called the Underwater Project, shows surfers, bodyboarders and swimmers diving below the surf to avoid being pounded. The Telegraph has two galleries of Mark Tipple’s work, or you can go to THE [...]
January 5, 2012 – 12:23 am
In November 2009, Paul Kent wrote this (among other nastiness) about Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke: His problem is a little more delicate. Michael Clarke is a tosser. Or, to give him an out clause, he appears to be a tosser. He might actually be an OK bloke, but how are we to ever know when all [...]
October 5, 2011 – 3:15 am
INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie and independent senator Nick Xenophon have welcomed the media regulator’s investigation into whether the Nine Network breached its licence conditions after its rugby league commentators attacked proposed poker machine reforms during a broadcast. The Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation comes amid growing evidence that the supposedly off-the-cuff comments were planned, [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Australia, Media
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Tagged ACMA, andrew wilkie, australian communications and media authority, channel 9, clubs australia, nick xenophon, Nine Network, NRL, phil gould, prostate cancer, prostate cancer foundation of australia, ray warren
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August 3, 2011 – 12:53 am
Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said. Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine. She was reporting to a parliamentary hearing on [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Animals, Australia, Drugs, Environment, Funnies, Law
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Tagged crop circles, lara giddings, poppy farming, rugby union, skippy the bush kangaroo, tasmania, wallabies
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A 15-year-old girl denied a horse from her parents has turned to a cow to fulfill her riding dreams. Hours of training, cajoling and tons of treats have resulted in Luna the cow able to jump over makeshift hurdles of beer crates and painted logs. “She thinks she’s a horse,” said Regina Mayer, from Laufen, [...]
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed Iran’s claims that the logo for the London 2012 Games is “racist”. Iran could boycott the event after claiming the emblem resembles the word “Zion” – a biblical term for Jerusalem. Iranian officials wrote to the IOC to highlight the perceived link. Rogge told BBC Sport: “No, [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Britain, Fark!, Funnies, Middle east, Politics, Racism, Religion, Skeptics
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Tagged boris johnson, Iran, Israel, Jacques Rogge, london 2012 olympics, london mayor, olympic games, olympic logo, racist logo, zion
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January 13, 2011 – 9:05 pm
Among the startling images emerging from Queensland’s south-east, the sight of the iconic Suncorp Stadium ground covered by murky flood water was just another reason for heads to shake in wonder. Its freshly laid turf, completed after concerts by U2 and Bon Jovi last month, is ruined. Of course, that damage pales into insignificance when [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Australia, Economics, Environment, Fark!, Funnies, Personal, Religion
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Tagged cane toads, cockroaches, emperor of lang park, king wally, maroons, queensland rugby, rugby league, state of origin, wally lewis
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December 30, 2010 – 11:03 pm
Eye-candy du jour… A competitor in the 66th Sydney to Hobart yacht race heads towards a storm cloud. This year’s ocean race has been hit by thunderstorms and hail, but only one boat has withdrawn. Photo by Carlo Borlenghi, as seen in The Guardian
