A man in the suburbs of Melbourne was arrested today for taking a vacuum cleaner from a pile of hard rubbish someone had left out for the council to pick up and get rid of. One of the things our council rates and taxes pay for is an annual collection service of all the big junk we can’t fit in the back of our city hatches to take to the tip. Or for that matter, can’t afford to take to the tip – it costs upwards of $200 at our local tip to ditch a television. People keep these things in the shed or under the house until collection day and then dump it all on the side of the road for the council to take away.
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Curb Burgling: Or Don’t The Cops Have Real Crimes To Solve?
I’m Stylin’
And not just in my head! The delightful Bub over at I’d Like To Hold a Tarantula has deemed me a worthy recipient of the Stylish Blogger Award.
After I finished laughing, I changed out of my trackie daks, and along with sprucing myself up, I gave the blog a makeover as well.
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Gone Rogue
My carnivorous plants have been living cheek by jowl in the spare room over the summer. Like house mates, they’ve had to schedule bathroom times, they’ve argued over who has what shelf in the communal fridge, they’ve squished in the lounge room watching Jackass, and it would appear they’ve been getting up to some sexy time together.
Maybe not ‘together’ together, but there has certainly been a bit of voyeurism going on, and perhaps a little bit of sharing of beds.
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