It’s just as well that Thorpie is returning to the pool for sprint events only, because Australian distance swimming has a bright new star . . . Danette the wonder cow. Danette, a Murray Grey, survived an epic 95km swim during the January floods. After being swept away by the torrent that raged through a… [Continue Reading]

My Grandmother could stop a brewery horse dead in its tracks. The havoc this caused is a story for another day, I only mention it because, although Nanna was a fine figure of a woman and red-headed to boot, she had a nasty reptilian look about the eyes. Now my numerous cousins tell me that… [Continue Reading]

I’ve been thinking about the poor soldiers in the impenetrable forests of giant marijuana. No one has told their superiors that marijuana combats Alzheimers disease. The effects are only beneficial for older people, or so I’m told, and that explains the preponderance of smiling old ladies you see around such dense forests. THC, the psychoactive… [Continue Reading]

I’m a bit worried about the soldiers. Apparently Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan have encountered an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants. These forests are used as cover for both sides, soldiers slip in and out and armoured cars are camouflaged with giant plants. They tried burning the foliage… [Continue Reading]