What popular culture teaches us

Like many of my generation, much of my learning was done at the feet foot of the Television. Now, of course, televisions don't have feet foots, but there's still much to be learnt from the flickering images.

What follows is a photo-essay-homage-thingee with a moral lesson for us, our children and the whole blinkin' world.

EXTERMINATE!!! EXTERMINATE!!!

COFA & UNSW's trucks will exterminate any vestiges of good will in the local community as they ram their trucks through the residential streets.

UNSW response to our questions

Our community group posed several questions to UNSW Vice Chancellor, Fred Hilmer. Below in italic are the university's responses.

Great conga lines in history

Mention conga lines and most Australians recall fallen Labour leader Mark Latham’s gritty Liberal perjorative, a conga line of suckholes. For others, it may instead bring to mind the modern day tragedy that is the drunken wedding conga line, rendered doubly wretched if led by a cake-soaked and inebriated bride.

Here are a few lesser-known conga line facts: