I’ve finally found the text for the famous “Real Estate” speech by Fred Dagg, aka John Clarke. Lifted from Eric Lindsay’s blog, where it was shameless plagiarised…
Introducing: Nosefrida
Thanks to BoingBoing I can tell you about the Nosefrida… “A suction straw for clearing snot out of your kids’ nostrils. Put the rubber hose up your kid’s nose, then suck on the other end (keep track of which end you use for what). A filter stops the gunk and germs from ending up in your mouth.”
Of course the really, really evil part of me wants to start a competition…
How else could the Nosefrida be used in your life? Or someone else’s life, for that matter.
Please post your suggestions in the comments, and at the end of May I’ll give some sort of lame prize to whomever I judge the winner.
Audi’s dodgy Toronto adverts
Can’t put up billboards in a park? No problem! Just say they’re “set dressing” and you’re making a TV commercial — even if you’re not. That’s precisely what Audi did in Toronto to advertise the new Audi TT.
Audi got permits from the Film and Television Office of Toronto to shoot a commercial that would allow it to place 2-metre high double “T” statues all over the city. Except there was no TV commercial…
Stay in Touch — with last year
Speaking of reporting old news, the dead-tree version of this morning’s Stay in Touch column in the Sydney Morning Herald (though not the online version) reports on the Armor [sic] of God Pyjamas — something I blogged about in August last year.
“First Virtual Land Lawsuit” not so new
When I first saw this month’s post on Futures Blog about a Second Life property lawsuit, I thought I’d be seeing news of cutting-edge jurisprudence. But it turns out the lawsuit was filed back in May 2005, has since been withdrawn, and a second suit filed in October 2006 which is more about fraud than property law. Second Life Insider has the story so far. Futures Blog might best re-name itself Past Blog — or at least link to their sources.
Not all groups are gangs
In the same way that British public servants will stop using the phrase “War on Terror” because it makes terrorists feel part of something bigger, the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales says groups of youths involved anti-social behaviour and petty crime shouldn’t be called gangs.