The Best Australian Humorous Writing.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Everyday Life -- Teacherwoman -- Torn between satay skewers and children as an endangered species -- Love is never saying sorry … so there -- Listen up, you selfish and ignorant people. Stop driving 4WDs -- Song of the crestfallen pigeon -- My 2UE producer noticed a tendency for me to nod off during interviews. In my own defence, they lined up some boring farts -- My father sat on Winston Churchill -- Idle hands make for short nails -- My loyal subjects and possums! A seasonal message from President Edna -- Politics -- Phwoarr, check out the policies on Julia Gillard -- The right wing -- The pollies went a little crackers -- All is not lost when you can see success in anything -- Er, thanks for your support. No, don't call us, we'll call you -- Don't worry, just testing -- Society -- Adventures in LA-Land -- Fame -- Seven modern wonders indeed? I think not -- Corporatising culture: Who holds the past in common trust? -- The perfectly bad sentence -- In from a busy day at Barwon jail, Carl asks for a fair go -- Environment, Science and Technology -- On climate change -- Contact -- Planet Earth: Beware of the chimps -- Modern telecoms run rings around me -- Popular Entertainment -- I came, I buzzed, I lost -- You just know it will be deliciously messy -- Madonna's latest offering leaves listener pondering: Just because she can, does it mean she should? -- A time to repent: Big Brother's over -- Lashings of lust curved up by Nigella -- Interview with Ja'mie King -- The Chaser's Logies -- The Arts -- Cook's tour: Peter Cook -- The satire we had to have: Keating -- So Ian McKellen drops his trousers to play King Lear. That sums up the RSC's whole approach -- Group giggles groovy again -- Business -- Packed it in: The demise of the Bulletin -- It's a loathe-hate relationship, but at least I own a slice. Lies, damned lies -- Sport -- Pump more beer, iron out muscle -- Having a ball: How we finally fell in love with the world game -- Lifestyle -- A hookworm's-eye view of the world around us -- The Library hotel, Thailand, and other hip hotels -- Who cares if she can't sing and can't dance? Posh Spice is the Damien Hirst of dress-wearing -- Fashion pinkoes are the fifth columnists of masculinity -- Silence of the lamb -- Telly tubbies -- Rude food -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright.