New Pane In The House!

Its only AFL round 3 and the clicking required to get over to the NTC site to find that I STILL suck at tipping winners is too much for my lazy butt.

We've made a quick reference pane which we'll update when the scores are officially released on the NTC site. This should make your lives easier and add another (as if you needed any more) reason to come to squidring.com - Win Win

If you would like another tipster added to the list please let me know and I'll get on it.

Currently as you can see Wal, Shorey and Guhl are joint leaders, the 'Coins' (Kylie and Pat n Meelz) are bringing up the rear and the rest of us are in Middle Earth.....for now.

As usual any changes, get in touch.

Ciao Banana Benders

What kind of rabbit gives you an egg?

Unless I missed something dramatic in Biology class, the last time i checked 'figuratively speaking' bunnys come out looking like bunnys not Mork.

Obviously I COULD look it up on the net to find out where we went wrong with this clear oversight but instead I chose to guess:

10. Middle eastern rabbits lay eggs.
9. An egg saw 10 rabbits walking backwards and said "Hey, Its a Receding Hareline!".
8. All living things must devour eggs as an annual formal protest to NOT create ConeHeads 2 and ruin Dan Aykroyds career....again.
7. A chicken grabbed the rabbits eggs and walked HIM over the road.
6. Rabbits are evil nest ravagers and despise chickens.
5. Sick of the soft cuddly pansy stereotypes, all bunnys are to carry eggs for 4 straight days to PROVE there is something more boring and dull than they are.
4. The hare was was associated with the Pagan celebration of the goddess Eostre, from whom the word Easter is derived. Eostre was associated with fertility, so was connected to both hares and eggs as symbols.
3. The rabbit just heard that once you go white, everythings alright! Cmon he just wanted cream in his coffee!
2. A chicken was responsible for the destruction of Sky-Net in the year 2029 so a lone naked rabbit cyborg was send back to destroy all eggs in the grim hope that one was the chicken - John Connor.
1. All bunnys are actually batteries plugged into an electronic simulation world where they have to harvest eggs for sport in a kind of sadistic ritual known as Easter.

Happy Easter Y'all!
Phil 'The Egg' Dawson

Thanks But Get Packing

For those readers in Western Australia you will be well aware of BankWest's recent decision to axe 400 staff due to the 'financial crisis'. A decision that was made no more than 2 months after promising that the recent merger with CBA would NOT result in any redundancies.

Obviously something dramatic happened between then and now although I think everything is as good or bad as it was so clearly shareholders pockets need filling and the crisis is a terrfic excuse to axe the soldier ants that DO the work they're plastering all over the TV in AD campaigns.

Everyone here in our office has been totally shocked and have sat, head down - bum up, since the announcement either to show they're busy or just hide and hope for the best. I've been perched relatively blazay about the whole thing, not because I felt safe but because I just couldnt be bothered worrying about it...... ces't la vie, life goes on!

The reason for the post today is there was an internal announcement here and it seems the clouds have passed our building and moved on. A few people here have now come forward to say that, Yes, they were made redundant and it really crushes you to hear about their concerns and fears on their financial future, whether they are justified or not. Hearing, "She'll be right" doesnt seem to cut it.

My contract was extended 2 weeks ago for another 3 months so I'm in the clear for now but have no doubt that I'll be sent packing after that. Im not saying that in a bitter tone, it's just the life of a contractor really and that's the deal, like it or loathe it.

Hope you are all ready and raring for a full filled Easter break, here in the West we have some awesome weather to soak up before temps turn southward for the Winter. Last one to the beach is a rotten egg!..........eww

Planet of the Apes is nigh...

A monkey who tired of being forced to climb trees to pick coconuts killed his owner with a well-aimed coconut.

The owner died immediately from the monkey's throw from the top of a tree in the Thai Province of Nakorn Sri Thammarat, according to the Samui Express newspaper.

The newspaper said that Leilit Janchoom, 48, had beaten the monkey whenever he showed any hesitance to climb a tree.

The owner was insistent because he got the equivalent of 4p for every coconut picked.

But the monkey - it is claimed - apparently found the work boring, strenuous and unrewarding.

Beware of spanking your monkey!

Its a LOCAL town for LOCAL people

A small village in Buckinghamshire has turned its back on world technology and refused to allow Google to catalog its streets.

Broughton, north of London has recently endured an escalation in crime so when Google came-a knockin', the townsfolk formed a human barricade across the street and stopped them in their tracks.

The villagers called the police and verbally slammed the driver, accusing him of invasion of privacy. A local resident was quoted "My immediate reaction was anger, how dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?"

Of course Google played their 'its public property card' followed by 'what law did we break'. They also reminded the public that anyone can remove their house from the service and they blur faces/vehicle number plates for privacy reasons.

So what has this town got to hide? How can NOT showing itself on Google Street assist in their dilemma? I agree that people can NOT want themselves, their family or family home to be photographed and I really don't think they need to justify their reasoning but to claim all this privacy garbage on behalf of the whole town and call the police etc seems way over the line.

Ironically as this has made worldwide news, they will probably get a massive influx of people into the town taking photos and blowing their 'privacy' out of the water. Haven't they heard the expression "Don't hate the player, hate the game!"

Shoe-merang

Throwing shoes as a protest is all the rage these days, but who wants to lose a loafer in these tough economic times? Don't despair, we're here to help.

Introducing the Shoe-merang — a stylish classic brown oxford that returns to you when you throw it! Developed by an Australian cobbler, you just tuck the wooden extension on the back of the shoe neatly up your pant leg. Then, when someone says something you disagree with in a public place, you simply remove your shoe and throw.

It's much simpler than communicating a rational response in a constructive way and a whole lot faster. Also, this shoe has no metal parts, so it will easily pass through security.

Perfect for PTA Meetings, Courtrooms, Parliament Hour, Getting Fathers4Justice off a building and the G20 conference.

Who is smarter : Phil or a coin??

thats right folks after footy tipping round 1 the coin is up on Phil

Scoreboard reads as follows
Phil - 4
Kylie (aided by a coin) - 5
Patch & Meelz (aided by a coin) - 6
Warren - 7

COINS 2
PHIL 0

Stool Sample

An eye-witness account was presented to Police when an Ohio man, Kile Wygle was nabbed drunk driving on his way home from the local watering hole. The report shows that the offender was driving in an erratic manner uncommon with the usual driving practices on the street..................OH and the other small point that the vehicle was a lawn mower/bar stool hybrid!

I say he was nabbed but in actual fact he was so intoxicated officers found Wygle on the ground with his wrecked bar stool nearby. I can't understand why, I mean, it sounds safe enough - get an old Briggs + Stratton mower, rig it to power the wheels instead of the rotor, whack some steering on it, steal a bar stool and bob's yar aunty.

Although when you test drove it and realised it can go 40mph (~65kph) the alarm bells might start ringing. That could have been one of the things that flashed through his mind when he called 911 on HIMSELF due to his injuries while only going 20mph.

He was charged with a DUI and driving with a suspended license. His bar stool was not impounded.

O' Richmond, Where 'art Thou

With one foul swoop my hopes, dreams and ambitions of winning this years footy tipping comp were dashed!

Last night, opening game of the AFL season, Carlton v Richmond, 85000+ people in attendance (which is the largest crowd ever for these teams playing each other) and what happens? Richmond doesn't turn up! Sure there were players on-field wearing the yellow and black however it was confusing who they were playing for as most of the time they kicked the ball to Carlton, who then dropped it through the Britney's.

I thought with all the hype and media cods-whallup surrounding them, they'd last longer than 10 mins out there. It begs the question "Are Richmond actually any good or was it all phooey?". I sincerely hope it was an off night but with Geelong next week and the Doggies the week after, they're gunna need more than a pep talk to get the moral back up.

I did watch the whole game and did see Cuz go down like a Brazilian footballer which was a real shame. He took a few VERY interesting knocks off the ball, one in particular by Fev which was totally disgraceful and was worthy of a report in my view. Still, I hope he is back in action sooner rather than later, lord knows they need him to keep the team alive.

Advertising on Police Cars

one of the things that divides opinions is advertising, and its never simply black or white. We need advertising so that we know what is out there in the big wide world. Of course there is the overkill side by where giant billboards rule the sides of road, TV ads are louder then shows and every square inch of space on anything has been covered in someones product

Advertising can be clever and interesting, even bordering on being artistic. I actually commend those advertisers who come up with innovative and interesting work that gains attention thru subtlety. Take this advert as an example Nokia Adit has nothing to do with phones but its a good ad.

As a small business owner i need to advertise to compete, however i always question how much is too much? (of course how much is not enough and just a waste of money). The rule of thumb that i have heard is that a potential client needs to see an ad 4 times before they become interested. Unfortunately from my perspective if someone put something in my face 4 times over a short period of time i'd be more inclined to not go with it.

About 2 weeks ago i was watching some late nite TV show and this ad came on for some karate/kung fu place in the same suburb i work in (essentially a competitor for me on some level). Nothing overly exciting about the ad but for the fact that they are doing it and i am not. Unfortunately for this business the ad came on every single ad break so by the end of the show i was watching i just wanted to karate chop the crap out of the advert.

So the question i ponder is, what is good advertising and what isn't...you out there are the target audience what floats your boat?

PS. Watch "the Gruen transfer" on ABC1 when u have the chance