“The player in distinctive costume at the front of the (street) car controls a crank, by means of which he is able to bring the car to a sudden stop or cause it to plunge violently forward. His aim in so doing is to cause all...
Category - Sport
According to experts, “the human race has peaked and could soon start moving backwards in terms of height, lifespan and physical performance”. Here’s the hard evidence: the average height of NFL football players in the US...
Racqueteering Inquisitive interviewer Shorten Humourless chats to innovative inventor Simon Sideways about his latest research projects. SH: So, Simon, you’re known as the clever clogs of lateral thinking and...
“Shorten” said my GP Dr Vigor, “there’s no way around it. You’ll just have to do more exercise”. “But I loathe exercise, I detest it” I said, trying to drive the point home so forcefully that he...
A Shorten Humorless lunchtime interview with Mr Cryptic, a well known business tycoon famous for his economical use of food, money and words. SH: Welcome Mr Cryptic. I’d like to ask you a few questions about how you...
Alfredo, the Formula 1 racecar driver, realised he needed help. He had lost his will to win, his need for speed and his F1 car keys had gone missing. Each morning when he woke up, he didn’t know if he would feel as fiery as...
We live in the mild temperate southern part of Australia, so you may think that we would not be troubled by avalanches, but you would be wrong. I’m not talking about snow. We don’t have much snow in my home state...
I go to a dental practice which is quick to adopt the most up to date treatments. On a previous visit I was advised that “best practice” for dental hygiene was to brush with toothpaste and not rinse! That’s right, no rinse...
“Jiggers used to stand and breathe at the open window for half an hour before dressing. He said it expanded his lungs. He might of course, have done it at a shoe store with a boot stretcher, but after all it cost him...
The three older women were walking up the ramp to catch a train. I happened to be within earshot of them. “Belinda brought it back from Bali” one of them said to the others. I was intrigued by this scrap of...