Stupidity Archives - Page 11 of 14

Eating the egg not thrown – a Tunisian/Australian’s part in the fall of Ben Ali

"With my small pocket camera I managed to film young people protesting against Ben Ali. To be able to photograph such things was impossible in the past. I also had the opportunity to join people calling for Ben Ali's removal. The people's demands were simple. We Australians take a lot of those simple demands for granted - like free elections and freedom of expression. Tunisians have never enjoyed such freedoms and were not used to being in a position to even demand such things."

By Bob Gosford|2011-05-02T11:33:12+09:30May 2nd, 2011|Fun stuff, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Law, Writing and writers|5 Comments

Darwin’s 4th Estate – last drinks on 20 years of “typing to dance to”

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, revolutionary rock journalism act DARWIN'S 4TH ESTATE will be unveiling new songs and old at the Railway Club, Somerville Gardens Rd Parap, from 8pm on Friday April 29. With bass, drums, guitar, sax and ten typewriters driven by some of the city's finest journalists, writers and broadcasters, guest vocalists will include Shellie Morris, Tracey Bunn and Mary Anne Butler. Other special guests will be announced soon.

By Bob Gosford|2017-12-29T17:37:11+09:30April 17th, 2011|Animals, Art, Australian politics, Crime, Fun stuff, Music, Religion, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Arts, The NT Intervention, Writing and writers|1 Comment

An open letter to Andrew Bolt from a “half-caste”, “yella fella”, “half-breed” Kungarakan-Gurindji woman

Andrew Bolt - your anti-Aboriginal stance and arrogant white superiority has no place in today’s Australia. Believe it or not, in Australia at least, that terrifying arrogance and assumption that people like you believe you should determine which people should inhabit this country, and how they should identify, is so passé.

By Bob Gosford|2018-01-14T16:28:31+09:30April 12th, 2011|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Arts, The Law, The Northern Myth, Uncategorized, Writing and writers|8 Comments

Some (unanswered) questions for South Australian Premier Mike Rann

Over the weekend just passed I found this reference to the LIVESTRONG trademark in the Initial Public offering (the IPO) for the US "content farmer" Demand Media that seems to raise yet more questions. “The Lance Armstrong Foundation is a party to a license agreement with us under which the Lance Armstrong Foundation grants us a perpetual, worldwide, exclusive license to use the LIVESTRONG.com brand, trademark and certain website names associated therewith, including LIVESTRONG.com.”

By Bob Gosford|2011-01-24T16:04:53+09:30January 24th, 2011|Australian politics, Cycling, Fun stuff, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Law|5 Comments

Armstrong to quit TdU & leave legacy as “saddest deception in sports history”?

I won’t insult my readers by trawling through the sycophantic puffery that is passed off as serious commentary on Lance Armstrong in the Australia media. You can pick up plenty of that for yourself in the tabloids and on the TV. And the broadsheet coverage isn’t much better. Most of that reporting – and the guff spouted by politicians - treats Armstrong as if he was some God come to earth on two wheels to lead us into some glorious future after the “war” on cancer has been won.

By Bob Gosford|2011-01-20T11:36:01+09:30January 19th, 2011|Crime, Cycling, Photography, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Law|18 Comments

An open letter to Lance Armstrong…

So I'll take a stab in the commercially-confident-and-very-secret-dark and say you'll be pitching for $AU2.5 million for your visit to South Australia this year. Again, if I'm wrong please feel free to correct me - or get someone from Ranny's office to drop me a line.

By Bob Gosford|2011-01-16T08:07:42+09:30January 14th, 2011|Cycling, Fun stuff, Photography, Roadkill, Some places I've been, Stupidity, Writing and writers|31 Comments

Bug of the week: Garden Praying Mantis – Orthodera ministralis

females benefit substantially from consuming their male partners, a job they complete after the lengthy mating has finished. In one of the first studies able to demonstrate this effect, she found the cannibalistic females put on weight and produced more eggs using the extra energy they got from a single meal of male meat. "Sexual cannibalism can boost the reproductive output of the females by up to 40 per cent," Miss Barry said.

By Bob Gosford|2016-02-25T06:47:20+09:30December 8th, 2010|Animals, Some places I've been, Stupidity|7 Comments

An update on Andrew McMillan’s Living Wake – 3 December @ Darwin Railway Club, Parap

Andrew -- a proud sort of bloke -- has always refused to go on the dole, so has scant resources to fall back on. That's why his friends and colleagues are staging a "Living Wake" to raise funds for his needs until he is back on his feet again. The idea of a Living Wake has some appeal to Andrew – he will be around, in the words of Big Bill Neidjie – the Kakadu Man – “to hear the nice things said about me”.

By Bob Gosford|2017-12-30T09:11:40+09:30November 29th, 2010|Art, Australian politics, Fun stuff, Music, Photography, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Arts, Writing and writers|3 Comments

How to eat a Camel – Peter Warburton

Cut off the foot at the hock and scrape and singe as much hair off as time and appetite will allow. Stick the end into glowing coals. Burn it for some considerable time. Then, strike it smartly with a tomahawk when, if charred, the sole will come off. Place the foot in a bucket and keep it steadily boiling for 36 hours. Then your teeth, if good, will enable you to masticate your long deferred dinner.

By Bob Gosford|2010-11-22T09:52:57+09:30November 22nd, 2010|Animals, Fun stuff, Northern development, Some places I've been, Stupidity|6 Comments

“Oh Humpty Doo…” The Swamp Jockeys: live at the Darwin Railway Club

The Swamp Jockeys were (are?) in that great tradition of Australian bands that form and play just for the sheer fun of it - they must have run out of fun after a few years or found something else to do and for most of us have passed slowly into the happier realms of our memories.

By Bob Gosford|2026-08-22T09:35:24+09:30October 31st, 2010|Art, Fun stuff, Music, Photography, Roadkill, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Arts|4 Comments