November 09 2008
Monday Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 8:22 pm
WTF headline: See, the overseas media are interested in our election.
Fiddy facts about Obama: He only paid off his student loan four years ago and he collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics. There’s two, more here.
Picture this: Birth of a horse (amazing photos from conception to expulsion)
Real real estate: Just go here and click on more images for a the full slideshow of this Australian unique home.
Oxford University has compiled a list of the 10 most irritating expressions… Any they missed?
80s nostalgia: Steven Seagal and his then wife, the uber-lipped Kelly LeBrock, show you how to open a bottle of wine, in this scene from an unknown programme, which look like it was shot on the Days Of Our Lives set.
Video: This is a ripper of an ad for Barclay’s Bank.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Re: Australian Unique Home
OK, so I’m confused – what’s noteworthy about this? Clicked on More Images, looked at all the images… what am I looking for??
November 10th, 2008 at 5:45 am
The Times Online headline is fake! The actual headline read ‘Maoris prepare to wield power after polls close’ – no mention of Australia. The correspondent who wrote the article is actually based in Auckland and got all her facts right – the article is about how many Maori are switching their votes to National after years of voting Labour. Don’t beleive everything you see on the internet!
November 10th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Dourn, I am guessing that one of the homes features is a family, is not norm.
Personally, I would rather have the cars.
November 10th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Dourn, they have ammended their listing, taking off the two rooms with the disco ball and two lone stripper poles. WHat a shame. And Julia…the headline is not a fake. I saw it and took a screen grab. The headline has since been changed, once they realised their mistake. It is no reflection on the writer as the publishing process dictate that sub editors come up with the headlines for the supplied copy.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:32 am
try playing ‘jam as many irrritating expressions into one sentence as you possibly can ‘to be honest,(a top ten expression if ever there was one) parking your ambulance at grass roots level at the bottom of a steep learning curve during a game of two halves is not going to see us moving forward’
November 10th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Re: Australian Unique Home
Hi Dourn, I think that the point of the post is to show that the images are not from the same house. At least the kitchen!! In one picture is this long kitchen and in other is an open plan kitchen!!!.. And I think that even the living rooms are from different houses. It is showing how the pictures from two almost similar houses were mixed up. Some might find it funny !!
November 10th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I guess having stripper poles and a disco ball would explain why the other rooms looked rather ‘un-lived-in’ – being Australia and all.
November 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Here’s the picture removed from the house ad.
November 10th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Ha! What’s funny now is the way they now describe the pole dancing room as a “family room”.
November 10th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
another annoying phrase is
“try and” instead of “try to”. please note media people…
November 10th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Lol I like the S on Maori.
November 10th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Bibi, it’s the same kitchen. The “long kitchen” shot is taken standing in front of the fridge.
What makes me laugh is the fact there are kids safety gates throughout the house everywhere – except in the “pole room”. Speaking of which, do you think if one of the kinds wins a trophy, Dad says “that’s going straight to the pole room”?
“Dad, what’s a dancing pole? A bloke wants $200 for the pair”. “Tell ‘im he’s dreaming son”.
November 11th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I love that bank ad. I wish I had the same at my work.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:54 am
The horse birth! Needs a “don’t watch during lunch” warning.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:56 am
It’s just a beautiful, natural, thing Ming! You might like to follow it with this chicken lays an egg clip.