tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post1763430022867235728..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: It is no contest … this week's Chicken Little The Sky Is Falling Award takes pride of place on Townsville Bulletin's crowded awards mantelpiece.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-31916991443817878952014-02-07T16:01:55.131+10:002014-02-07T16:01:55.131+10:00Grumpy, is it fact ot not? What is distorted about...Grumpy, is it fact ot not? What is distorted about it? And how about the double standartds of Cadbury's getting dough in a marginal electorate and Ardmona, safe in the government's hands doesn't. Don't get The Pie wrong, he believes public money should not have gone to Cadbury's, and he agrees with the economic policy of not supporting Holden and other such global Daddy The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-17617117669319806862014-02-07T15:00:43.782+10:002014-02-07T15:00:43.782+10:00Oh Grumpy, you take yourself far too seriously.
Yo...Oh Grumpy, you take yourself far too seriously.<br />You are, after all, just a grain of sand on the beach - and a pretty average one at that.<br />Salty Seagulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-26355270343923875802014-02-07T12:42:08.193+10:002014-02-07T12:42:08.193+10:00Oh, 'Pie...why repeat this unsubstantiated cro...Oh, 'Pie...why repeat this unsubstantiated crock of prejudiced bullshit? Just more smarty-pants hyperbole from the half-smart Lefties.<br /><br />Look at the Crikey email today - do you see anything that is not distorted through the prism of the left - apart from a half-hearted and bland jibe at the Wiki-Leaks Party. Anti Newscorp, anti Coalition anti Conservative and pro small L liberal. Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-86404353747581071922014-02-07T09:30:26.813+10:002014-02-07T09:30:26.813+10:00Too good not to pass on. Tbis editorial today from...Too good not to pass on. Tbis editorial today from Crikey.com<br /><br />Crikey says: a new age has its limits <br />"The age of entitlement is over, the age of personal responsibility has begun."<br /><br />So said Treasurer Joe Hockey on Monday. Fine sentiments. Hockey is to be congratulated for them, and for being willing to take tough decisions on General Motors and SPC Ardmona to The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-22457194775887158372014-02-06T13:34:17.606+10:002014-02-06T13:34:17.606+10:00Ah, so....
Who says Bully-Tin staff don't rea...Ah, so....<br /><br />Who says Bully-Tin staff don't read The 'Pie's musings?<br /><br />In a weird take on 'Where's Warry?", Rags, obviously smarting from this week's Woo Dat Man musings, has named and shamed a Chinaman this week. Pity that said Oriental has been around here for the last 30-odd years and, whilst hardly a household name, is hardly the secretive type Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-21223864683429679492014-02-06T09:43:46.181+10:002014-02-06T09:43:46.181+10:00In today's TB on page 12 is a report of a Cana...In today's TB on page 12 is a report of a Canadian man being sentenced to 15 years in the slammer for importing drugs into Oz, can we now expect an invasion of the Canadian media to protest his innocence and camp outside the "notorious" prison? <br /><br />Will they rejoice and make tele-movies of this poor misguided arse?<br /><br />What is all of this clamor for about a bloody MartinKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-84988803923049242052014-02-06T09:09:36.524+10:002014-02-06T09:09:36.524+10:00Wendi Deng's love note for Tony Blair publishe...Wendi Deng's love note for Tony Blair published.<br /><br />http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/21294471/wendi-dengs-love-note-for-tony-blair-published/<br /><br />oh dear poor Woopert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-40405906791994004322014-02-06T06:11:27.019+10:002014-02-06T06:11:27.019+10:00Don't read texts to the editor Grumpy - most o...Don't read texts to the editor Grumpy - most of it's not English and just stupid whinging! But thanks for the clarification anyway. Bully Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-22741482689280073112014-02-05T15:33:58.915+10:002014-02-05T15:33:58.915+10:00Looks like Tender Lovin' is knee deep in itLooks like Tender Lovin' is knee deep in itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-48752977777790708082014-02-05T14:13:50.807+10:002014-02-05T14:13:50.807+10:00Just to prove it's not only The Astonisher ......Just to prove it's not only The Astonisher ...<br />Federal Minister for Green Stuff, Greg Hunt is a slight shade of red today, after his office sent out a media release which had the following gem ...<br />'Emissions figures released today show the carbon tax is still inflicting plenty of gain, with no environmental pain.'<br />Errrk!! That had Christine Milne yippee skipping about The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-73772499991380828222014-02-05T13:42:41.518+10:002014-02-05T13:42:41.518+10:00huh?
There must be a crook batch going around...huh?<br /><br />There must be a crook batch going around...Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-70751310733005656282014-02-05T11:04:41.019+10:002014-02-05T11:04:41.019+10:00During cyclone Yasi's clean up in Tully and op...During cyclone Yasi's clean up in Tully and opted to return to Townsville to take her fostered day off.<br /><br />Suzanne Lowe.<br />Photographer.<br /><br />Emily Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-48326396778991599802014-02-05T10:51:16.616+10:002014-02-05T10:51:16.616+10:00Important note - the "Grumpy" who occasi...Important note - the "Grumpy" who occasionally texts the idioter is not me!<br /><br />That should have been obvious to you, BB - I am much better looking and, I would hope, more articulate that that phoney.Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-19724048593695696022014-02-05T10:33:03.484+10:002014-02-05T10:33:03.484+10:00Now, Paul, despite the popular opinion to the cont...Now, Paul, despite the popular opinion to the contrary in the Astonisher newsroom, The 'Pie is not up himself (the blog speaks for itself) but when something appears here, it ain't never gonna get a mention, at least not directly. Certainly not a defensive of something pointed out in the Nest.<br /><br />Lendl Ryan sends in easily recognisable foan-flecked, almost illiterate personal The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-31593893778770625462014-02-05T09:30:37.002+10:002014-02-05T09:30:37.002+10:00A good week Pie.
The Astonisher's report card...A good week Pie.<br /><br />The Astonisher's report card a big FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-44156752129165435012014-02-05T06:44:57.293+10:002014-02-05T06:44:57.293+10:00Another indication of laziness (or worse) is the A...Another indication of laziness (or worse) is the Astonisher's overuse of anonymous quotes. The New York Times they certainly ain't, but they could maybe take a page out of that august paper's style manual that says the practice is to be 'a last resort'. I can dig if someone's saying something that might endanger their own (or someone else's) reputation and needs Paul Anderson of Pimliconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-20860405988591565692014-02-05T06:20:44.471+10:002014-02-05T06:20:44.471+10:00Interesting approach the Astonisher has to its sto...Interesting approach the Astonisher has to its story comments now the "new look" aka standard News Ltd web site is bedded down - well it appears that way. It doesn't matter if you comment on their stories over the weekend - they never appear and then the site is updated with Monday's stories. The only week days the updating of the web site appears to coincide with staff Bully Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8794334761791202342014-02-04T14:24:07.106+10:002014-02-04T14:24:07.106+10:00This may be an appropriate point to tell a tale of...This may be an appropriate point to tell a tale of two cities...<br /><br />Two properties - one in Hyde Park, the other near Hobart. Both the same vintage ('60's). Three-bedroom, one bath, standard workers' cottages, Hyde Park value ~ $320K Tassie~300K<br /> <br />Council rates for Hyde Park are around $3,600 a year. For the Tassie property, $1,040.<br /><br />The difference Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-78558699493989132622014-02-04T13:56:24.745+10:002014-02-04T13:56:24.745+10:00No, no, and no ... in that order.No, no, and no ... in that order.The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-62001692566702115192014-02-04T12:36:04.270+10:002014-02-04T12:36:04.270+10:00I think it's Mr Whippy , He wants to mow your ...I think it's Mr Whippy , He wants to mow your lawn for free (sic)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-33299056221835784162014-02-04T11:13:02.480+10:002014-02-04T11:13:02.480+10:00Is it just me or is the page hit counter permanent...Is it just me or is the page hit counter permanently stuck at 473,642?<br /><br />Do I win a prize now? Is 'where's Wally' also hiding in the magpie cartoons somewhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-54725269241847125562014-02-04T09:28:52.870+10:002014-02-04T09:28:52.870+10:00OK, a bit of an update.
Emily Macdonald is now th...OK, a bit of an update.<br /><br />Emily Macdonald is now the DEPUTY chief of staff, apparently covering mornings. Jess J remains COS, and takes over from midday to take the paper to beddy bys. It hads been decided the demands of the job are too much for one person ... only too true when you're sifting through dredge and bullshit to fill the paper.<br /><br />While even Simpo wasn't The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-29741566630814497102014-02-04T09:06:37.545+10:002014-02-04T09:06:37.545+10:00In today's TB on page 15 there's a cut and...In today's TB on page 15 there's a cut and paste filler entitled "Year of the what? It's a list of "typo's" by BBC, who apparently suffer the same misplaced trust as does the TB in spelling checkers rather than mortal (read salaried) proof readers.<br /><br />The temerity of this tabloid beggars belief; only last week they managed to lose Cluden Racecourse by the Martinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-63598011692069464622014-02-04T08:08:09.035+10:002014-02-04T08:08:09.035+10:00Ooooh, The 'Pie does so love a good conspiracy...Ooooh, The 'Pie does so love a good conspiracy theory. No luck with RP Data?<br /><br />Your impertinent point is? Either way?<br />The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-15983587876443530092014-02-04T04:59:41.965+10:002014-02-04T04:59:41.965+10:00If Emily is crying now....
If Emily is crying now....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com