Saturday, October 18th, 2014 |
And it seems that The ‘Pie’s effort at a meaningful television commercial promoting Townsville might be paying off, with the strong chance that our favourite son, Thursto, could become the official Face of Townsville. So who will be Lozza Lancini’s new mystery ‘national retailer’ tenant in his soon to be renovated Flinders/Sturt Street property? A… View full story »
Thursday, October 16th, 2014 |
Twin sisters in a Newfoundland Nursing Home were turning one hundred years old. The editor of the local newspaper sent a photographer to take pictures of the 100 year old twins. One of the twins was hard of hearing and the other could hear quite well. On arrival the photographer asked the sisters to sit on the sofa. The deaf sister… View full story »
Saturday, October 11th, 2014 |
And The Magpie scoops The Astonisher again – iditor Lachy Heywood has been on holidays, and The ‘Pie has an exclusive pic of our pioneering iditor at play. On the political front, is Dale Last eyeing off the state seat of Burdekin? And is the age of entitlement really over? Not for Mayor Mullet, who… View full story »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 |
Once in a while , a story comes along that defies journalists to even try to embellish it … and such a story came when a rather unpleasant chap, who purported to be a chef but was actually an international male prostitute, killed his Asian transvestite ‘wife’, cooked up ‘some parts of her ‘ and… View full story »
Saturday, October 4th, 2014 |
BUT FIRST, AN IMPORTANT BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. THE WORDPRESS PEOPLE WHO HOST THIS BLOG, ARE DOING SOME WORLDWIDE SWISHO UPGRADING FROM AROUND 8PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY OCT 6) NIGHT. THIS COULD TAKE FROM A COUPLE OF HOURS TO 24 HOURS, SO IF YOU ARE DELAYING THE DELIGHT OF YOUR WEEKLY READ, PLEASE DON’T THINK THE PIE… View full story »
Saturday, September 27th, 2014 |
Either way, they get this month’s Janus Two-Faced BUMM Chalice for Barefaced UnMitigated Mendacity. And that makes the Astonisher a triple award winner this week, also taking out the IronyMan Award for HIV (Hypocritical Ironic Verbiage), decrying on-line ‘haters’ while harboring one of their own – a Townsville Bulletin reporter. The paper also gets the… View full story »
Saturday, September 20th, 2014 |
Fevered whispers about a new face could be fronting up for the Townsville Council race in 2016, and perhaps even have a tilt at the mayoralty; The ‘Pie investigates the Brady Hunch. Also, Steggles Egg On Face Award goes to the Astonisher’s front-page fib fest during the week; and you asked for it … The… View full story »
Saturday, September 13th, 2014 |
Yup, it’s the talk of the town, but is it possible? Or desirable? The ‘Pie prognosticates. Also, how much do we really fork out from public coffers for the V8s in the ‘Ville? You’ll be surprised. News Corpse wrestle with maths continues apace … and The Astonisher with words. Also, have we found the… View full story »
Saturday, September 6th, 2014 |
Will David Kippin’s chair suddenly be vacant down at Wishing Well House? The ‘Pie examines the plight of the chief of the Dudley Do Nothings. Also. he Iditor of the Daily Astonisher, aka the Townsville Bulletin, is honored with a new nickname … and while resident ‘toonist Bentley is still playing sailboats before his return next… View full story »
Saturday, August 30th, 2014 |
Lots of entries for the Quote of the Week, but you’ll have trouble believing the winner – yes, she actually said it. The perils of trying to check out that latest charitable pastime, the Ice Bucket Challenge … and Typo Gleeson signs on the dotted line … well sort of. Plus Larry Pickering makes an… View full story »