What A Load Of Bullshit

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I know that there are a lot of people who watch so called ‘Reality TV’, but for the life of me I can’t understand why. This is not a subject that I would normally even waste my time blogging about except for the fact that my family is addicted to this crap. At the moment it’s all about Big Brother, but they have also watched shit like The Amazing Race, Survivor and Wife Swap.

The thing I don’t understand is that it really isn’t ‘reality TV‘, in fact it is so far from reality it’s farcical. I admit that at first I was one of those wankers sucked into watching Big Brother when it first came on TV, but it was something different, new and was worth checking out. Yeah, it was mildly entertaining and there wasn’t much else on TV anyway, but every other series just weren’t up to scratch. I at least could see it for what it was, boring rehashed crap, so why can’t everyone else see it? Now that I have Foxtel I leave the rest of the family to their folly and watch something more entertaining.

I’m not even going to bother going on about Survivor and all the other Reality TV shows as it would just be a waste of time except to say that every time they show one of these crappy shows it is sucking the mental juices from all those watching them. I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t part of a major conspiracy from some foreign country trying to stupefy the western world, softening us up for the big takeover.

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The International Whaling Commission is holding the International Whaling Commission in Chile. While it is the general consensus that the majority of the world is against killing whales it is obvious that the Japanese don’t give a shit as they threaten to pull out of the commission if a 22 year old ban is not lifted.

They continue to use the bullshit excuse that it is necessary to continue their experiment which involves killing hundreds of whales every year. What I want to know is how far their experimenting has gone and what the results are to date. Perhaps if they could regurgitate the information needed we could understand their stance, but I feel that no such data exist.

Peter Garrets idea that the Japanese should consider whale-watching instead of whale-hunting as way of making money is ludicrous. If they exist on whale hunting they should do it in their own backyard and not infringe in other Nation’s waters. Doesn’t seem too hard to enforce as long as you don’t take into consideration such factors as world trade and shit. I suppose it comes down to what is really important.

I thought that in this world of inconsistencies it would be nice to have something that people can rely on never changing and for this reason I have started a new category called Friday’s Funnies. From today I make the commitment that every Friday I will do a post that I hope will tickle the reader’s funny bone. It may be a joke, a video or even an funny image, but whatever it takes I will endeavor to source something that will make Friday Funnies something that readers will look forward to. As for todays Friday Funnies, this is a joke from way back.

It happened at a convention where in Queensland where a company had employed a motivator to get everyone in the right mood. As motivators do, this bloke tried to get his audience involved and to lightened the mood he asked the following question.

“Hands up everyone who has sex every day?” Out of an audience of a couple of hundred people a handful of smug people put their hands up.

“OK, hands up those who have sex once a week?” Probably a third of the audience raised their hands.

“Yeah, once a week is still pretty good. Now, hands up those who have sex once a month?” The majority of the audience now raised their hands and most people were now wondering where all this was going.

“So, is there anyone out there who has sex once a year?’ Now, almost near the back of the auditorium one lone bloke starts jumping excitedly up and down screaming, “Yes that’s me, I have sex once a year, I do I really have sex once a year!”

Stunned the bloke on the stage asks him, “but if you only have sex once a year why are you so excited?”

To which the man answers “Because tonight it the night!”

You see, like the Sunday roast man has to be able to depend on certain things happening on a regular basis.

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I feel sorry for Ian Usher that his considers his life to be in such a sorry state that his only way out is to sell it on eBay. He looked pretty happy with himself during a TV interview when he though that everything was looking up because bidding had reached over two million dollars. Pretty good when it was all only valued at around $450,000.

Still he has his reasons and once the sale goes through all he will have left will be his wallet and the clothes on his back as even his job will have been sold as part of the ‘life’ package. Too bad that his wallet will not be as full as expected as most of the bids, according to the latest news most of the bids were phony and it’s gone back to the more believable $155,000. Ian, mate, all I can say is I hope it all works out for you.

The pay dispute between doctors, teachers and the State Government has come to a head. The doctors are threatening a mass resignation and the teachers are threatening strike action. I realize the important place in society these two groups of people have but does that give them the right to be unreasonable? So, are they being unreasonable?

Let’s see, is it reasonable for the teachers to ask for a 21% increase? An increase that they must realize the State Government just can not afford, and from what I can gather it a raise that they believe they deserve because it will bring them in line with their interstate counterparts. Like I stated at the beginning I understand the important part they play in teaching our kids but I do not believe that gives them the right to be unreasonable. Whatever happened to the bargaining table? It should involve a give and take from both parties, where they bargain for a price that both parties can live with. It does not mean that you make a demand and then stick by it, hell or high water.

As hard as the teachers have it these days they have it a whole lot easier than when I was a kid. It was not unusual to have class sizes of 40+ kids and yet the teachers managed to pass on the three R’s, something that seems to be missing from some of the young when they leave the education system. Perhaps the Government would better off by giving the teachers a performance base increase, but I know there would be no way they would swallow that bitter pill.

As for the doctors, I understand that the Government has offered a $150,000 a year pay rise for some doctors. That is an increase of up to 76 percent! Shit that is almost three times that most people earn per year. Again I think it is because they, like the teachers have a “What about me?” attitude because they want to have a wage parity like their interstate counterparts. It’s too bad that they do not realize that we should not compare one state with another because different conditions exist. The biggest one being our relative small population compared with Victoria and NSW. The bigger the population the bigger the pot that the State Governments can dip into.

Whatever happened to picking a job because it was your calling, because it was what you wanted and loved to do? I know when it comes to someone teaching my kids or cutting into my gut I want someone who has a passion for it and not someone with dollar signs in front of their eyes. I realize they should be payed well but let’s be reasonable about it. As far as I am concerned the Government, for once, is doing the right thing and cannot afford to lose the big picture and give into these unreasonable demands.