tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post2873667516540133228..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: Transit Townsville: some hitherto unreported - and surprising - comings and goings – and one notable leapfrogging of the ‘Ville.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-89664512970717981962013-10-26T11:23:59.421+10:002013-10-26T11:23:59.421+10:00The situation inside is toxic. We all know it. No ...The situation inside is toxic. We all know it. No one can cure them. It should be dismantled. All of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-73095345556019925642013-10-26T09:59:50.427+10:002013-10-26T09:59:50.427+10:00The point is Typo would have known about this situ...The point is Typo would have known about this situation. He knew about the asbestos in ville, he'd know everything and shouldn't play dumb dumb. I hope you post this article on the main page pie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-7240717177521472172013-10-25T10:02:42.146+10:002013-10-25T10:02:42.146+10:00They have been able to keep their names out of the...They have been able to keep their names out of the Gold Cost Bulletin newspaper until now as Nyst was a columnist for the paper and Murakami was a former journalist with the paper...but now there is a new editor there all will soon be revealed...<br /><br />AHHHHHH!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-16984706472268443772013-10-25T10:00:31.383+10:002013-10-25T10:00:31.383+10:00Pie, we can only hope for some justice. As a forme...Pie, we can only hope for some justice. As a former worker, I can't wait for that day. Not that I will. As for Ms Wobber, she's a rough nut dressed as a sydney trend setter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-59359349368158978052013-10-25T09:05:04.120+10:002013-10-25T09:05:04.120+10:00Pie,
Just a heads up on circulation figures possi...Pie,<br /><br />Just a heads up on circulation figures possibly for the Daily Terrorgraph, They are matching dollar for dollar if you buy their paper for the bush fire appeal.<br />The Tele are only doing this to boost figures.<br /><br /><br />FYI, just donate at Woolworths as you don't have to buy anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-86360147101345162802013-10-24T12:47:05.725+10:002013-10-24T12:47:05.725+10:00Very enjoyable to read.Very enjoyable to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-77415410652080248372013-10-23T12:43:10.132+10:002013-10-23T12:43:10.132+10:00I stand corrected and humbled your eminence, .... ...I stand corrected and humbled your eminence, .... 'though you have to admit he's tempting the Fates with a sobriquet aka Gallo's just needs a W and let it all hang out!!!!Martinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-75147654880880399192013-10-23T09:18:59.205+10:002013-10-23T09:18:59.205+10:00Disagree, Martink - thought it was very Magpie-ish...Disagree, Martink - thought it was very Magpie-ish. Didn't enter it in the Tuggers and Touchers Trophy because the essential tongue-in-cheek element was a spoof person.<br /><br />Maybe the paper should listen to him and stop those unquestioning Moyle articles that add nothing to informed community debate. Indeed, they hamper and confuse any such debate.The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-4639457681015747162013-10-23T08:48:28.712+10:002013-10-23T08:48:28.712+10:00Can it get any more puerile than the infantile &qu...Can it get any more puerile than the infantile "column" of Galloway today? Pity we can't utilise a device similar to his pen name and put us all out of our misery. Or would that be stretching "things" a bit too far?Martinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-16756120445705049662013-10-23T08:08:47.823+10:002013-10-23T08:08:47.823+10:00It was an "i" at the end and he has lost...It was an "i" at the end and he has lost his mandolin<br /><br />Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-89419702887301470202013-10-23T00:37:48.313+10:002013-10-23T00:37:48.313+10:00Precisely my raison d'etre, Bullyboy. Until no...Precisely my raison d'etre, Bullyboy. Until now, there's been no one to examine the - ahem - examiners. And it pisses them off no end that the their examiner is someone who resigned from the paper in disgust.<br /><br />And who knows where the bodies are buried. The Daily Astonisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622681633684238305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-51803830750706523932013-10-22T17:33:13.670+10:002013-10-22T17:33:13.670+10:00What a great site,a bloody good read and comments ...What a great site,a bloody good read and comments that crack me up. Your on a winner I reckon pie.woodducknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-10340934585004499272013-10-22T17:19:04.892+10:002013-10-22T17:19:04.892+10:00Yes but what I don't get is how it is allowed ...Yes but what I don't get is how it is allowed to go into print? Doesn't the Editor or even Chief of Staff give approval for the column idea and when written, final approval to appear? It's all kiddie drivel and an embarrassment to the paper - well it would be if I was the Ed as it reflects on the paper and my professionalism and judgment. Professionalism was considered important lastBully Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-32995453367445422302013-10-22T16:48:58.424+10:002013-10-22T16:48:58.424+10:00What the ...?
Weird statement of the day goes to E...What the ...?<br />Weird statement of the day goes to Emily Macdonald's mysterious effort 'A Townsville fire season makes me realise how women go back and have more children after the agony of childbirth'. <br />This inexplicable drivel (and she doesn't explain what she actually meant) puts me in mind of the age old and pointless question, 'which is more painful - childbirth Clovis Sangrailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-6171697775077421212013-10-22T12:00:21.247+10:002013-10-22T12:00:21.247+10:00Yippee!!!
We have a new record holder for the Tug...Yippee!!!<br /><br />We have a new record holder for the Tuggers and Touchers Trophy, for the Astonisher kiddie columnist who manages the most first person personal pronouns in a single column. Kate' I Can'T Believe I'm Not Married' Higgins has valiantly held the trophy for weeks now, with her brilliant 27 self-mentions. Challengers have come and gone, and that David bloody The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-62225835013455971382013-10-22T11:02:49.354+10:002013-10-22T11:02:49.354+10:00Working on it, and definitely will publish the rep...Working on it, and definitely will publish the report and Mike Shearer's analysis ASAP. Will advise subscribers by email.The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-61002940055701772952013-10-22T10:22:31.326+10:002013-10-22T10:22:31.326+10:00There is a whole valley of villages out there look...There is a whole valley of villages out there looking for their idiots...although probably not looking too hard<br /><br />The sign on the far left...WTF is that supposed to mean?<br /><br />Puffed up, vain, little popinjay - a more punchable man you are never likely to meet. Get a job, you loser.<br /><br />Aarrgghh....Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-10454914496361047692013-10-22T09:49:55.666+10:002013-10-22T09:49:55.666+10:00On the front page of today's TB is a picture o...On the front page of today's TB is a picture of a US Sailor with a caption giving his surname as Corello! But the name embroidered on his shirt is Corella. Usual sloppy work TB.<br />They're only here for 4 days so will miss out on the Friday ritual swill along Via Vomitoria ...shame to miss out on such a cultural highlight eh? Coincidence ??????Martinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-89335121801300021372013-10-21T20:52:58.926+10:002013-10-21T20:52:58.926+10:00Was amazed re Dave South's experience with Bul...Was amazed re Dave South's experience with Bully article in GC edition.<br />A further comment on the Bulletin's demise into the depths of obscurity - I use the Bulletin website to check out the 'Sun' material; a site often used by David Moyle and his band of merry men.<br /><br />If anyone can demonstrate how I can access this, please advise. <br /><br />We live in the largest Tom Darlingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-34392063062480302312013-10-21T18:15:53.554+10:002013-10-21T18:15:53.554+10:00'Pie...the Bull-Tin is using "iconic"...'Pie...the Bull-Tin is using "iconic" so frequently and inappropriately lately that I am beginning to suspect that they may be taking the piss.<br /><br />To follow through with your mathematics exercise...$200K per day is a $500 per day per sailor for full complement of 400 out on the town, or $1,000 per day if half of the lads are in the naughty corner. Way nearer the mark. Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-73232362566677351252013-10-21T14:18:24.768+10:002013-10-21T14:18:24.768+10:00Fed Up Idalia Read comment previous weeks re Fth...Fed Up Idalia Read comment previous weeks re Fth Lancini 's support for the proposal John nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-89129989586111142272013-10-21T09:16:31.140+10:002013-10-21T09:16:31.140+10:00Certainly should be, 'honing' is to sharpe...Certainly should be, 'honing' is to sharpen - the word comes from Old English for stone. The mix-up is ubiquitous, and has even been heard on the ABC (gasp!)<br />And while we're with Icon Watch, The 'Pie notes that not only is the brand spanking new Navy terminal in Townsville instantly 'iconic' - a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something - the The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-72884919442126152452013-10-21T09:12:01.997+10:002013-10-21T09:12:01.997+10:00'Laos crash probe hones in on black box'
I...'Laos crash probe hones in on black box'<br />In another version the Australian states that they are 'honing in' [sic}. Surely this should he homing and home???<br /><br />Martin Kellawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-10322203247706607252013-10-21T08:56:49.477+10:002013-10-21T08:56:49.477+10:00Ah ha!
The Magpie's assistance to the Bulleti...Ah ha!<br /><br />The Magpie's assistance to the Bulletin in matters of maths has obviously been gratefully received. <br /><br />In a previous comment, The "Pie pointed out that a story dripping with financial drooling claimed that the 400 US sailors heading to town for four days shore leave from today 'will inject $200,000 into the local economy' with their average spend of $The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-10687155747953242032013-10-21T05:53:25.178+10:002013-10-21T05:53:25.178+10:00Dave you finally made the Bulletin 21/10 Correctn...Dave you finally made the Bulletin 21/10 Correctness gone mad..John Nnoreply@blogger.com