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St Andrew’s Growing up with No.1, God Sakes and Granny was as entertaining as it was educational and iDad’s influence over his children was profound. As a fledgling golfer I was forever talking to my boys about the three or four good shots I made out of the one hundred and thirty it took me [...]
Cake, Cookie Monster, Gobbellin, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, No.1, Postman Pat, So-See
When you’re finished reading, check out the new trivial posts: More Interesting Trivia and Even More Interesting Trivia. Mum sent me this so it has to be true – right? Here are some ‘facts’ about the 1500s: They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot [...]
bacon, bath, bread, bride, corpse, dead ringer, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water, peas porridge, raining cats and dogs, slippery when wet, tomatoe, whiskey
With thanks to El Presidenté of the BGC. You have to hand it to the British, when it comes to golf…and “rules” German aircraft from Norway would fly on missions to northern England; because of the icy weather conditions, the barrels of their guns had a small dab of wax to protect them. As they [...]
BGC, Golf, sport, War
Actually, iDad has been published a few times in Bare Essentials Magazine now, but I missed the last couple of issues due to personal reasons. When I asked the editor, Inga Yandell, if her readers missed me she said: “Men around the world were left to their own devices with the absence of iDad the [...]
Bare Essentials, iDad, short story
I don’t know who created this but it explains font usage in layman’s terms. Enjoy.
dogs, fonts
The image below is a humorous look at the population of Sydney, through their own eyes. It was created by Tharunka, the UNSW student newspaper, who I worked closely with in the late 80′s providing support for their graphic design department. For the record, I live in the little area that Eastern Suburbs people call [...]
South Sydney, Sydney, Tharunka
Are We Jogging? Or so said the eccentric mystic from the movie ‘Jewel of the Nile’ as he, Joan Wilder and Jack T Colton fled across the desert, pursued by Omar the charming, yet ruthless dictator. I often wonder the same thing in the twilighty minutes before sunrise as I dodge past garbage trucks, lonely [...]
Booralee, fiction, iDad, jogging, short story
Late last year the National Geographic Channel ran a series of fantastic shows on the Great Migrations of the animal world. Monarch butterflies, nomadic elephants and herds of bleating zebras graced our screen and entertained the children. One of my personal favourites was the red crab from Christmas Island. Each mating season millions of these [...]
Barbie, beasts, Christmas, fiction, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, iPod, Nemo, No.1, short story, vomit
Following on from a recent visit to Sydney Children’s Hospital (God Sakes poked a bamboo stake into Granny’s eyeball) and with all the free time I have thanks to my insomnia, I was inspired to write a new iDad story for you. Ladies and gentlemen, for your edification and entertainment, I present iDad Number 5. [...]
beasts, Blue Eyes, dinosaurs, fiction, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, nightmares, No.1, short story
How Sydneysiders See Themselves
Posted by Matt Green in Commentary, Humour, Latest Posts on May 16, 2011
The image below is a humorous look at the population of Sydney, through their own eyes. It was created by Tharunka, the UNSW student newspaper, who I worked closely with in the late 80′s providing support for their graphic design department. For the record, I live in the little area that Eastern Suburbs people call [...]
South Sydney, Sydney, Tharunka
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