‘Things You Should Know’ Archives
Aussies have bums, fair dinkum
If you wanted to upset my old man (that's Australian for father) you just had to refer to people as guys. "Australians don't have guys we have blokes or fella or sheilas," he'd growl. The older I get the more I think I'm turning into him. Takes [...]
These are a few of my tackiest things
I have a tacky list. Things I would never do because they're well...tacky. Things like double denim. Fashion experts can tell me all they like that double denim is back but it won't change my mind. If it's tacky when Justin Timberlake does it, it's [...]
Family stickers suck
Have you seen those family stickers that people are now decorating their cars with? They've replaced the frangipani but not the private school sticker that says I'm a (insert overpriced private school of choice here) rowing/tennis/tuckshop [...]
It’s my big arse that makes me forget things
I'm a pear. Pear shaped. Peary. I don't like pears. I want to be an apple. Empire lined dresses were invented for apples. I love empire lined dresses. What do we pear shapes get? Bootleg jeans!--which are just plain wrong in a sea of skinny [...]
Are you a scruncher or a folder? Well this could rock your world.
My husband spends hours in the toilet. Apparently this is a common trait of most men. Now we women are far too evolved to actually expend too many brain cells on wondering what they do in there (apart from the obvious), but in the interests of [...]
Beefed up batteries
I swear the electrical appliance in my household eat AA batteries for breakfast. The energiser bunny would last two seconds on his mountain climb if he was relying on my supply of batteries. So you can imagine my relief when I came across this [...]
Crimes against Champagne–how to open a bottle without killing it
It should sound like a nun's fart.That's what the waiter said as he opened the bottle of Moet that I'd ordered. Hah. He didn't have Sister Joseph Mary as a teacher. That nun's fart sounded more like a trumpet solo in a jazz band and trust me she let [...]
Who knew you could do this with a cucumber?
This information was in The New York Times a while ago. You have to wonder who goes to the trouble of checking these things out, but to that person--thank you! 1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day. Just one cucumber [...]
Unanswerable questions
I love questions. Love Millionaire Hotseat, love Jeopardy, love quizzes in the Sunday newspaper. But occasionally you get one of those emails where there are questions that you just can't answer. Here's a few. Why doesn't Tarzan have a [...]
Hair down there
Found a marvellous blog the other day. It's called Middle Agelessand is written by the eternally lovely Rosine. It deals with all those pressing needs for "anyone who's reached 40 and wants to stay there". So here a few Q and A's lifted from the [...]
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