tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post4088271678260634957..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: This week, The Magpie introduces a new occasional award, the Pisstake of the Week , with two outstanding contenders vying for the inaugural gong. Both inventive, biting and hilarious.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-47015882056222029482013-12-21T17:22:42.272+10:002013-12-21T17:22:42.272+10:00The mayor could throw a party on her wages. The mayor could throw a party on her wages. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-73259218583267384492013-12-21T15:14:45.711+10:002013-12-21T15:14:45.711+10:00Hey Grumpy, you're the only one I've heard...Hey Grumpy, you're the only one I've heard singing the praises of the Daft City Plan. But they, we must all bow to such a superior intellect, as we are obviously all bogans and lean on shovels. <br />What do you do for a living apart from being Townsville First's spin doctor? Hard workernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-70194740181637959522013-12-21T10:52:31.534+10:002013-12-21T10:52:31.534+10:00Where Have All The Subs Gone, Long Time Passing: E...Where Have All The Subs Gone, Long Time Passing: Episode 829 How Time Flies.<br /><br />In a grammatically challenging on-line story in today's Astonisher, we learn that ...<br /><br />'Terence Gordon Watt, 40, pleaded guilty to stealing, receiving tainted property and eight fraud charges relating to eight separate hotels and motels over a 10 day period in the Townsville Magistrates CourtThe Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-72323376742803422992013-12-20T10:19:48.429+10:002013-12-20T10:19:48.429+10:00Oh, yeah? And to which "real workers" do...Oh, yeah? And to which "real workers" do you refer? The bogan nose-picking shovel-proppers who treat with derision and suspicion anything proposed by someone with an education past Yr 11 on the basis that they don't have any "life experience'? The ones who believe that their 6 straight years of standing around doing as little as possible and stealing as much as possible (Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-16155492190144540012013-12-19T21:49:10.959+10:002013-12-19T21:49:10.959+10:00Staff in all sorts of organisations look forward t...<br />Staff in all sorts of organisations look forward to the annual Christmas party thrown by the boss, right? And if you don't actually feel like attending the knees up for a variety of reasons, you don't have to, do you, right?<br /><br />Well, wrong actually, if you work for the Charters Towers Regional Council.<br /><br />In what appears to be an extraordinary bit of grim payback The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-25294200844123663582013-12-19T17:25:10.048+10:002013-12-19T17:25:10.048+10:00The real workers at the council are calling it the...The real workers at the council are calling it the Daft City Plan.<br />Hard workernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-22810193125708552992013-12-19T14:53:36.066+10:002013-12-19T14:53:36.066+10:00Re sorry Malcolm.
A little further research show...Re sorry Malcolm. <br /><br />A little further research shows the following - and yes, the old bird was a bit harsh and hasty towards His Radiance.<br /><br />The real driver behind saving Jezzine Barracks for the community, the man who kicked it all off was George Roberts, along with, as you say, Fay Barker (who wasn't even a councillor at the time).<br /><br />The story is that George heardThe Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-68900016233276222722013-12-19T10:42:50.263+10:002013-12-19T10:42:50.263+10:00Gee, knowing that Parsnip is looking after local i...Gee, knowing that Parsnip is looking after local interests in respect of the V8 concert is REALLY comforting.<br />Going on his disastrous draft city plan, there is a fir chance the concert will be relocated to the Townsville Hospital car park.parsnips make me pukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-18331426977291072472013-12-19T10:05:56.582+10:002013-12-19T10:05:56.582+10:00Sorry Malcolm, Mooney and Fay Barker lead the char...Sorry Malcolm, Mooney and Fay Barker lead the charge on saving Jezzine Barracks. A petition was run at Castletown Shopping centre for a couple of weeks and councillors collected the signatures. It was for sale like Pallarenda land and Customs House. If you do you research you will find public comment from Back Flip Lindsay saying it would be a great unit development site. Lindsay was done over byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-9012493551811795222013-12-19T01:42:35.168+10:002013-12-19T01:42:35.168+10:00Ahhh..
Merry Christmas Ahhh..<br /><br />Merry Christmas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-43586366644781638182013-12-19T00:27:16.096+10:002013-12-19T00:27:16.096+10:00So Florence of Arabia has carked it, another littl...So Florence of Arabia has carked it, another little nibble at our mortality by the possums of posterity.<br /><br />The 'Pie's most memorablePeter O'Toole line wa from a lesser known film called 'My Favourite Year', where O'Toole, playing an aged matinee idol with a reputation for - ahem - looking after the ladies - was caught short in a TV studio an dashed in to the the The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-19417707315233287142013-12-18T23:05:13.192+10:002013-12-18T23:05:13.192+10:00Now here is some news. This comment just posted on...Now here is some news. This comment just posted on The Magpie blog.<br /><br />Here's some news you won't see in the Townsville Bulletin - yet.<br /><br />The controversial plan to move the V8 Saturday night concert to Strand Park AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. And the Astonisher's ace revealer, Anthony Simpleton, forgot his revelation beanie with the helicopter blades on top when he wrote The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-86541217166410564612013-12-18T22:57:27.885+10:002013-12-18T22:57:27.885+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-62617541931292500512013-12-17T18:25:16.559+10:002013-12-17T18:25:16.559+10:00Yes correct on all counts Pie - so with access to ...Yes correct on all counts Pie - so with access to previous stories on this issue and the history behind it - how does the paper get it so wrong? Frankly I don't think they care which is a sad state of affairs for the paper and our community. Bully Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-82453166816409643032013-12-17T15:40:59.762+10:002013-12-17T15:40:59.762+10:00"i before e, except after c"?
Weird......."i before e, except after c"?<br /><br />Weird.....Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-50466171805985391742013-12-17T12:49:31.596+10:002013-12-17T12:49:31.596+10:00Here's an example of what happens when a commu...Here's an example of what happens when a community paper loses it memory by sacking local staff and being edited by a succession of temporary southern blow-ins who neither know or really care about being a paper of accurate publication of record.<br />This from today's iditorial, which for the most part is, as usual, a lazy and redundant regurgitation of a news story.<br />'The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-812657878013700502013-12-17T12:48:36.140+10:002013-12-17T12:48:36.140+10:00Just sloppy subbing ... the photographer just incl...Just sloppy subbing ... the photographer just included the note to let the subs know he had checked the spelling. Obviously was not supposed to be published. The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-74497241274684162752013-12-17T11:50:38.088+10:002013-12-17T11:50:38.088+10:00super star Zak is on while buggerlugs is on holida...super star Zak is on while buggerlugs is on holidays, as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-30098282792039918452013-12-17T11:12:31.691+10:002013-12-17T11:12:31.691+10:00Got to laugh at this photo caption.
Burdell resi...Got to laugh at this photo caption.<br /><br /> Burdell resident Madeleinne Carmelo was spat on during a road rage incident. (correct spelling). Photo: Zak Simmonds Source: News Limited <br /><br />Why (correct spelling)? I guess we have to double believe the paper.http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/road-rager-spits-on-17-year-old-pregnant-girl-during-dispute/story-fnjfzs4b-1226784616732Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-43127223811175577262013-12-16T19:20:23.240+10:002013-12-16T19:20:23.240+10:00Your blog is like a show bag, jam packed with good...Your blog is like a show bag, jam packed with goodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-82114000364326864702013-12-16T15:12:32.848+10:002013-12-16T15:12:32.848+10:00Who is https://twitter.com/HarryBrumpton Is he new...Who is https://twitter.com/HarryBrumpton Is he new?<br /><br />Boring bits of no news at the Astonisher on Friday. No photographs (tacky) and where's Scott Radford? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-42354811069922301952013-12-16T06:34:56.467+10:002013-12-16T06:34:56.467+10:00Sounds like Clive's stomach. he's got the ...Sounds like Clive's stomach. he's got the clean waters of the sunny coast to play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-64050697278946146872013-12-16T06:32:18.276+10:002013-12-16T06:32:18.276+10:00A good week,pie. Enjoyed the cartoons.A good week,pie. Enjoyed the cartoons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-41629589984020648312013-12-15T16:08:55.425+10:002013-12-15T16:08:55.425+10:00We should be concerned about pond releases - When ...We should be concerned about pond releases - When Yabula's overflowed years ago there were a lot of fishing trawlers making a living off Townsville - there numbers were drastically reduced due to damage caused to fish breeding, etc. Sun Metals tailings dams leak and overflow in severe flooding too. Nothing compared to the impending Abbott Point debacle I suppose. Glad we don't have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-1243476464884239072013-12-15T11:56:39.743+10:002013-12-15T11:56:39.743+10:00Merry Christmas Pie. Thank you for your witty blog...Merry Christmas Pie. Thank you for your witty blog.<br /><br />Sagely merry,<br /><br />Miss LouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com