Damn right we're xenophobic. All these foreigners should go right back where they came from.

And my great grandparents, who migrated here from the UK, well they should have gone right back to the UK.

And their ancestors, who wandered up to Europe from Africa, well they should have gone right back to Africa.

And their ancestors, who evolved into humans from chimps, well they should have stayed bloody chimps.

Grrrr.

@TRO - as for American democracy being "the finest example of a government in the world" due to a peaceful transition of power - there are many countries out there which go through a peaceful transition of power regularly and whose transitional and democratic processes make much more sense than those of the US.

Arrogance.

But this IS a neat post. Just the sense of hope and change out there today is neat, regardless of whether it turns out as well as everyone hopes.

Also, if your planned trip to NZ is more than 6 months away and you have already bought some NZ dollars, its a good idea to change them to Zimbabwean dollars until you leave so you don't lose too much money through inflation.

If you get a dog, make sure you get one with floppy ears.

Its all about the ears.

No way! According to that article the amazing benefits you get as a male from a low digit ratio (ie. long ring finger) are:

- more fertile
- higher lifetime reproductive success
- more aggressive and assertive
- greater proclivity toward homosexuality/bisexuality
- higher musical and sports aptitude
- lower SES

And what if you have a high digit ratio? You get:

- higher risk of early heart disease

Ripped off!

I'm off to get my heart checked.

Damn, someone must have a miserable, boring life to want to piss off other people that much by complaining about a cat in a post office.

Damn, thats awesome. I'm gonna make one and sail it around Sydney Harbour.

bah, get over the "sexist tripe" stuff, this is a funny ad.

yeah maybe the vacuum cleaner present is a bit over the top, but i've definitely been in the doghouse before for other things such as staying at the pub too late, ruining the weekend cos im hung over, etc etc.

Maybe they wanted to see if it would land on its feet?

Damn, that Streetwars game looks CRAZY. I'm def gonna do it if it comes to Sydney.

Fat chance of that though. Maybe I should organise one myself.

I kept waiting for some interesting results to appear at the end, and... they never arrived.

A friend of a friend was once paranoid that is girlfriend was having an affair with someone. He found a website that would track your mobile phone on a map. The only problem was, the owner of the phone needed to give permission to the website to track it before it would work.

So the guy bought a cheap pre-paid mobile phone, signed it up to the tracking service, and hid it in her car.

Not sure what he found out but top marks for thinking I reckon.

Damn, thats awesome.

I want to know how the guy got his hands on a human skull though. A friend of mine enquired to the authorities if she was allowed to give her skull to her nephew after she died and they said she wasn't allowed to! Which I think is ridiculous, if you don't own your own skull, then what do you own?

hehehe thats a classic.

"Oh my God! Pieces of flying metal!"

Perdida Street Station sounds pretty cool, I think I will pick up a copy at lunchtime.

As for you unbelievers who didn't like Dune, fie! Its an amazing novel, I couldn't put it down. As someone else said though, the sequels just got a bit weird and crap.

Has anyone read any novels by that bloke who invented Scientology? He must be pretty clever to create a religion, I wonder if his novels are any good?