A one-million year old Queensland pine tree, the so-called “Woonembi Peace Pine”, has been uprooted and mulched to make way for a multi-million dollar monument honoring the history of the same tree.
The Woonembi Peace Pine Memorial, built on the spot of the original, will contain artifacts relating to the tree, it’s effect on the local [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 26, 2009
Prehistoric Tree Removed to Make Way For Monument to Prehistoric Tree
February 25, 2009
Richie Benaud Undergoes Radical Facelift Procedure
Richie Benaud, former Australian Test team captain, and voice of cricket in Australia for nearly 50 years, has undergone a radical facelift procedure in an attempt to fight the ravages of age.
Benaud, 78, says he was compelled to have the surgery because he just “did not feel sexy anymore.”
“Sometimes I woke up in the morning [...]
February 17, 2009
Poodle War 1, a Wikipedia Summary
Poodle War I (abbreviated PWI or PW1; also known as the First Poodle War, the Great Poodle War, and the War to End All Poodle Wars) was a global war fought chiefly in Doggie-Europe from 1914 to 1918.[2]
The scale and intensity of the conflict were unprecedented, with more Poodles fighting and more casualties in action [...]
February 14, 2009
Fidel Castro Announces Plans To Form Run DMC Tribute Group
My Adidas … a “straight-up gangsta” Fidel Castro poses with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
February 5, 2009
Bill Gates Turning Into Evil Villain
Microsoft owner Bill Gates today released a jar full of mosquitoes during a technology and design conference in California, doing nothing to quell recent reports of his gradual transition into a second-rate supervillain.
Gates alledgedly screamed “Not only poor people should experience this!”, before unleashing the swarm on the unsuspecting audience and subsequently disappearing in a [...]
February 5, 2009
NT Town to Experience Phenominal Population Growth
A Northern Territory town is set to claim the highest population growth rate in Australia this year.
The population of Tinea Creek is set to explode by 100% in October 2009, when the isolated township’s only two residents, Les and Marg McGinley are expected to give birth to twin boys, setting an unprecedented population growth record [...]
February 5, 2009
Homeless Man Offers Hero Pilot ‘Double the Pay’ To Work For Him
Crazy homeless man, Fred Grossman, has made an irresistible job offer to the “hero” pilot of a US Airways plane that landed in New York’s Hudson River last month.
Mr Grossman, a hobo who believes himself to be a Richard Branson-esque entrepreneurial airline and record label owner, said he would spare no expense to poach pilot [...]
