Monday, November 17, 2008

"... meat fall"

There was a headline in one of the papers late last week which caught my eye. The article turned out to be about a compensation settlement in an industrial accident. Nothing special about the article, but the headline's superb:

"Payout in meat fall"

Thursday, November 6, 2008

"..Nation's worst job"

For serious news it's hard to go past The Onion:"Black Man given nation's worst job"

I was at function here in Sydney organised by Democrats Abroad, and during the McCain and Obama speeches I was right at the front, up by the giant video screen. There were photographers there and I'm desperately hoping that in today's paper there'll be a big photo with a caption "Emotional American expats watch acceptance speech" but it'll be me. I was, however, looking American, with a decent haircut and a Brooks Bros shirt. As usual.