‘What We're Watching’ Archives
This is why teachers made you read aloud
Remember reading groups at primary school? You sat in a group of same talented readers and read aloud to the group with the teacher listening. Really good readers hogged their go, reading beyond their allocated paragraph or page, especially if [...]
Ned Kelly, Ben Cousins, drugs and life
So what did you think of the Ben Cousins' Such is Life doco? Just for a bit of background the title came from the large tattoo that Cousins has tattooed across his stomach and ironically were the last words spoken by bushranger Ned Kelly. Now [...]
Not so much fun when the shoe’s on the other foot, is it Brendan?
I think this season of Dancing with the Starswill be remembered for the one fingered salute that Tamara Jaber and Alex Fevola each gave to their erring husbands. Point one to Tamara. Firstly she married that awful Kyle Sandilands and then she was [...]
Hung, drawn and slaughtered
I'll bet all those people who followed that idiot Mark Latham's suggestion to vote informally are feeling pretty stupid right now. Because in the closest federal election I have experienced in my life time, never has a vote been more important. I [...]
Pillow fights on a plane
Who would have thought those staid old Germans could stage a full on pillow fight on a plane? This footage from a Lufthansa flight give a whole new meaning to fun in economy--words you never thought you'd see in the same sentence. Bet those [...]
A ninja took my bride
OK, when I first saw this video it took me a while to realise it wasn't for real. Or was it? I'm a bit confused. Is the bride's hair real or not? But anyway I digress. I remember when my husband and I did our bridal waltz at our wedding to who [...]
Does you man smell like this? Or even look like this?
I've got a bit of confession. I tape Masterchef so I can fast forward through the ads, except for the cheese ads. I love the cheese ads. That man making comments delivered such as "I weep" and "I love listening to stories about your [...]
Come out, come out wherever you are
So we've got an election coming up on 21 August. Great, everyone says. Now we've got to go and bloody vote. That will me and you, but there are 1/2 million eligible people who will not be voting because they can't be bothered. Poor pets. Too busy [...]
Did you know that Twilight can kill you?
OK, I'll admit it. I'm one of the few women in this world who have not jumped on to the Twilight bandwagon. I actually feel a bit left out, but I only have myself to blame. I tried, I really did. I read the first book and got half way through [...]
Much easier than Vajazzling
Vajazzle, bedazzle, shemazzle. Out with the old and in with the new. Watch the following clip and learn all about clitter. Who knew that female genitalia was such big business. Image
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