Unlucky streak
MAYBE he backed the Yes vote and lost a bet, but to the dude going for naked jog in Beerwah on Sunday… geez mate.
Winner winner chicken dinner
THE win to the No side on Saturday was so obvious only the most delusional Yes voter wouldn’t have seen it coming, but still like all election nights you have your true believers.
At least Australia v Solomon Islands was on to offer a break from the ongoing drivel/recriminations/celebrations/commiserations. Let’s move on quickly folks.
Language matters
OF all the rubbish that I sifted through on the Voice, this prevalence of referring to Indigenous people as them or they, ahead of some dumb comment was too much to bear.
‘Us’ and ‘them’ compounds a sense of other, hierarchy and a delusional reason to fear something (but what exactly?).
Surely that’s not complicated or controversial.
On your trike
AS a long-term advocate of destroying all e-scooters you would think I’d be happy that the State Government is ramping up fines for misuse of those two-wheeled killing machines.
But are authorities seriously going to slap a $6000 fine on someone for driving recklessly on footpaths.
If you injure someone there’s a price to pay, but that’s a truly crippling figure given surely most people that use them are younger and have fewer means.
Green shoots of recovery
ENOUGH ranting. There’s something cathartic about the way the environment repairs itself.
Just a fortnight after fires tore through the National Park, there are pockets of green shooting through the still-charred ground. Makes for a striking landscape.