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2 Whales Joke

Two whales, a male and a female, were swimming side by side in the ocean.Suddenly, the male whale spots a ship in the distance. He recognizes it as the whaling ship that killed his father.Filled with anger, he says to his female companion, "That's th...

How can we find individual sellers - by name?

Is there a search facility to find out who is selling on eBay or is this a privacy concern?

Brisbane Courier-Mail - is this journalism ?

I won't put a link as it is too disrespectful, but you may know of the recent murder/suicide in Brisbane. It's easy to google. The Courier-Mail ran a highly sensationalist and salacious front page which highlighted the murdered woman's occupation and...

How to smash a conspiracy theory

http://indaily.com.au/opinion/2014/10/07/smash-conspiracy-theory/ Well there's plenty of them doing the rounds here on CS - climate change, visiting aliens etc.

The Useless Information Thread

Put all your usless information here. Stuff you did not know you needed to know until you knew it...................lets have a bit of fun. I will start. The longest beard in history, 1867 The man died by breaking his neck after stepping on his own b...

Resolved! Flashing Notifications

Those flashing kudos and pm notifications down the bottomof the screen are driving me insane. Scared the living daylights out of me this morning

Electricity bill - another LNP lie

Just got my electricity bill, the first full one since the end of the carbon price. Our average daily usage has gone down from the same time last year as there are only 2 of us now. So the great big savings promised by the woeful abbott - $23 but our...

Travelogue

I have noted that some people have been on travels lately. Would you like to tell us your mode of transport, travelling companions, are-we-there-yet scenarios; wrestle over arm-rests; what did you forget to take; what you will take next time; etc. lu...

Roll Call

Seems to be few people MIA. I'm here

Four Day Music Theme is ANIMAL Related

The idea of this competition is to select a youtube video [or videos from any site] that associates with the chosen theme.Preferably in the lyrics - long as the song or track is in context with the chosen theme.The title of the song/artist to be post...

Mental Health Week

October 5th - 12th is Mental Health Week. A week of awareness, learning and interaction about mental health with October 10th being World Mental Health Day. There are events happening across the country. It is a time to be involved and help reduce th...

You really think it is nothing?

Volcanoes erupt Iceland Japan and Indonesia close to each other and it is nothing? OK.It is is nothing.Add the sink holes,storms,floods,dead fish,dead birds,etc etc etc and it is nothing at all.Quite normal. I think you know something is going on.I b...

Cancer sucks bad :(

At the hosptial hating every moment. Hope all are well here, I am gonna read the forum and see what you lot are up to! Just saying Hi while Im waiting waiting waiting

Winner of CURVES photo challenge is

Azureline post 50 with 20 votes 2nd Channy's Mum post 28 with 19 votes Equal 3rd are Joono post 6 with 18 votes and 3rd Imastawka post 29 4th Tende post 78 with 17 votes Congratulations to all the winners. I thought it may have been a bit of a challe...