Scotty Donaldson

Dog Follows Chinese Cyclists 1700 Kilometres - Cute Story

2012-05-28T04:08:00.004-07:00

This is why you shouldn't feed stray animals!

A dedicated dog in China has followed a group of cyclists for 1700 kilometres.
The cyclists came across the stray dog, threw it a drumstick and it followed them as they rode to Tibet.
The cyclists say the dog showed strong 'willpower' to follow them all the way.
It never fell behind and even put its paws on its new master to push him to keep going.
The cyclists' new best friend, who they've compared to Forrest Gump, has climbed over 10 mountains more than 4,000 metres high and ran up to 60 kilometres a day.

http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=754363&vId=

Isaac's Live Lip-Dub Proposal - Another Great Idea

2012-05-27T19:45:00.002-07:00

Watch this great live lip-dub proposal from Isaac Lamb. It has become a new internet sensation and thanks to the help of his friends and Bruno Mars it was a successful marriage proposal. It is getting tougher to come up with an original marriage proposal idea.

It's a marriage proposal unlike anything you've seen before, and has shot to viral video status.

Isaac Lamb popped the question to his girlfriend Amy Frankel calling it the "first live lip-dub proposal" - a choreographed dance routine that has been viewed more than 2.2 million times on YouTube.

Set to Bruno Mars' song Marry You, the US actor enlisted the help of 60 friends to choreograph a production to win his girlfriend's hand in marriage.

Lamb's now fiancée put on headphones and sat in the back of a moving car while a parade-like sequence unfolded before her. Only she could hear the music, while her family and friends took part in the elaborate mime.

The lip-dub included a marching band, dancing and simultaneous performances from absent friends using Skype. The video shows a picture-in-picture of Frankel's delight. The pair met through auditions for a local production of West Side Story six years ago and reportedly bonded over their love of lip-dubs.

"To be honest it's a little overwhelming. I'm really, really, really touched by how positive people's reactions have been," Lamb told The Oregonian.

"The love I genuinely feel for my fiancé has touched other people. I never expected this and I'm really amazed by the response. My intention was never to make a viral video."

The happy couple told the paper they had been contacted by The Today Show, Good Morning America and Ellen DeGeneres.

Even the singer himself has contacted Lamb via twitter writing ‏"Congrats to Isaac Lamb and the future Mrs.. I don't think I could've made a better music video for this song. Thank you."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/weddings/7001770/Marry-You-lip-dub-proposal-gets-yes

Police Kill Naked Man Zombie Who Was Eating Another Man's Head

2012-05-27T16:14:00.004-07:00

I was shocked when I read about a naked man who was found eating another man's head/face being shot. Good on the Police intervention, but this sounds disgusting. Is this man who was shot, a zombie? How often does this sort of thing happen? I feel sick!

One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp, police said.

The bloodshed began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots were heard on the ramp, which is along NE 13th Street, just south of The Miami Herald building. Witnesses said a woman saw the two men fighting and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.

The officer, who has not been identified, approached and saw that the naked man was actually chewing the other man's head, according to witnesses. The officer ordered the naked man to back away, and when he continued the assault, the officer shot him. The attacker continued to eat the man, despite being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.

Miami police were on the scene, which was just south of The Miami Herald building on Biscayne Boulevard. The naked man who was killed lay face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper's two-story parking garage. Police requested The Herald's video surveillance tapes.

The other man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police. Their identities were not released.

The incident, which came as crowds descended upon South Beach for the annual Urban Beach Week hip-hop festival, snarled traffic on the causeway for several hours.
Based on the information provided, our Miami police officer is a hero and saved a life,'' he said.

Sergeant Altarr Williams, supervisor of Miami police's Homicide Unit, said a man doesn't have to be armed to be dangerous.

"There are other ways to injure people,'' Williams said. "Some people know martial arts, others are very strong and can kill you with their hands.''

In a text message, Javier Ortiz, spokesman for Miami police's Fraternal Order of Police, said the officer who fired the fatal shots was "a hero."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818832/naked-man-shot-killed-on-macarthur.html

Sweden's Loreen Wins Eurovision Song Contest 2012

2012-05-26T17:16:00.004-07:00

Loreen won the contest with her club track Euphoria.

The Buranovo grannies were among the favourites.

Sweden's Loreen has won Eurovision Song Contest 2012, maintaining Sweden's strong showing at the competition. Abba were the very first winners. This seems like such a strange song competition when you get some Russian grannies finishing second and veteran singer Engelbert Humperdinck representing such a talented country like Great Britain. It makes you wonder what sort of talent the Eurovision Song Contest is looking for when you see such a wide range of random acts involving old washed up singers, dancing grannies and young talent. Who do you think should have won?

Swedish contestant Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest, edging out a popular choir of elderly women from a remote village in Russia.

Loreen's club anthem Euphoria won a total of 372 points, easily outscoring entries from her nearest rivals from Russia, Serbia and hosts Azerbaijan.

Second were Russian choir Buranovskiye Babushki (Buranovo grannies), who warmed the hearts of audiences with their disco song in traditional dress.

Serbia, represented by the hugely popular Eurovision veteran Zeljko Joksimovic came third in the competition held this year the Azerbaijani capital Baku.

The victory earns Sweden the right to host the competition next year.

Sweden has won the annual music extravaganza five times since it first took part in 1958.

It first won the contest in Brighton in England in 1974 with the instantly memorable hit Waterloo by iconic group ABBA - for many the band and the song that defined the competition forever.

British entry Engelbert Humperdinck, who opened the contest with his ballad Love Will Set You Free, finished second from last, the BBC reports.

The 76-year-old crooner, who has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, received just 12 points - from Estonia, Latvia, Belgium and Ireland.

The UK has not won since 1997 and has come last three times in the past decade.

The contest is decided by a combination of votes cast by text by people in Eurovision member nations and decisions of professional juries in each country.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/106811/sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest

Watch Free Live Streaming Football New Zealand vs Honduras

2012-05-26T17:10:00.001-07:00

Watch Free Live Streaming Football New Zealand vs Honduras

http://www.oleoletv.com/category/football/

http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/football.html

Sheldon From Big Bang Theory Actor Jim Parsons Is Gay

2012-05-25T16:52:00.004-07:00

Jim Parsons who plays the anal retentive Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory is gay and has been in a same sex relationship for ten years. It is difficult to separate fiction from reality, but if he is anything like his on stage persona as the eccentric Sheldon Cooper then it is hardly surprising. He is 39 years old which is surprising given his youthful looks.

The Big Bang Theory actor Jim Parsons has skipped the "I'M GAY!" magazine
cover approach to coming out: Far down in a New York Times profile on
Wednesday
was the subtle mention that the two-time Emmy winner has been in a
same-sex
relationship for a decade.
The blink-and-you'll miss it aside
appeared in a story about Parsons'
starring stint in the Broadway production
of Harvey.
Discussing Parsons' small role in the play The Normal Heart -
about gay men
dying of AIDS - the story noted: "The Normal Heart resonated
with him on a few
levels: Mr Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship,
and working with an
ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said."
Parsons played young gay activist Tommy Boatwright in the play.
While
this may be the first official confirmation of Parsons' sexuality, the
National Enquirer attempted to "out" the actor in 2010 by writing that he
was
engaged to his boyfriend, Todd Spiewak.
Parsons' publicist has not
yet responded for comment
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/6987576/Big-Bang-Theorys-Parsons-outed

Shortland Street 20 Years On - Should We Celebrate This Kiwi Export?

2012-05-24T17:20:00.003-07:00

Shortland Street celebrates twenty years on television. My only concern is that this show has been screened in 15 countries and is how people all over the world see New Zealand culture. This scares me!

Despite it being painful to watch with cringeworthy kiwi accents and bad acting, it obviously still appeals to enough people to warrant it being around twenty years and therefore it can't be that bad, can it? I must admit that I started watching Shortland Street in 1992, but it was revolutionary at the time, but in my view, it never really surpassed the Australian soaps like Neighbours or Home and Away and appealed to a different market to Coronation Street.

Shortland Street probably appeals to schoolgirls more than anything, but I guess every show has to have a target market. I haven't watched it in years, but have stumbled upon it accidentially and realised that the acting hasn't got much better, but it has given opportunities to New Zealand actors to launch their careers.

I would be surprised if one in four people watch Shortland Street anymore, but they keep pumping out the shows, so something must be going alright!

It has provided some great quotes like "You are not in Guatemala now Doctor Ropata" and some great actors who have gone onto bigger things like Tem Morrison and Craig Parker, but I wonder if it will last another twenty years and get up to the lofty heights of Coronation Street as far as long term dramas go? I wonder how many people who started watching in 1992 are still watching now that they are older?

The nation's favourite soap, Shortland Street reaches a historic milestone tonight on TV2 as the show celebrates twenty years on New Zealand screens.

When TVNZ and South Pacific Pictures launched the fledgling show on Monday 25 May 1992, more than one in four people tuned in to watch the first episode - ensuring its launch was a huge success and that Shorty was well on the way to becoming lodged in the nation's collective consciousness.

Despite complaints about bad acting, cringe-worthy Kiwi accents and misrepresenting medical realities, Shortland Street soon had a cult following - both here and abroad.

From suicide and HIV scares, to drug addictions and scandalous affairs, the show pushed boundaries by delving into social issues in a way that had not been possible before. Shortland Street also helped launch the careers of numerous successful Kiwi actors including Temuera Morrison, Martin Henderson and Karl Urban.

Over the last twenty years the show has entertained generations of Kiwis and viewers in more than 15 other countries - while consistently retaining its top spot on TV2 and as one of the most-watched shows on New Zealand television.

http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/shortland-street-celebrates-20-years-new-zealand-television-4899874

Watch Free Live Streaming Football New Zealand vs El Salvadore

2012-05-23T16:39:00.002-07:00

Watch Free Live Streaming Football New Zealand vs El Salvadore

http://www.oleoletv.com/category/football/

http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/football.html

Autumn Heatwave Hits Invercargill - TVNZ Website Gets Weather Wrong or Are They Taking The Piss?

2012-05-23T01:46:00.005-07:00

Thanks to Andy Leitch for this screenshot.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=4113485079942&set=a.2086598729050.2131339.1367626350&type=3&theater

According to the TVNZ website, Invercargill is experiencing record high temperatures for the end of May. I thought my friend was making this up, but they must have made some kind of mistake on the website. Well done intern! Thursday is expected to reach a low of 49 degrees. I think something must be wrong with their input data! I wonder if someone is taking the piss and wondering how long it would take anyone to notice. Look for yourself below. I thought it might be Farenheit, but it seems weird that some of the minimum temperatures are higher than the maximums.

http://tvnz.co.nz/weather-forecast/invercargill

Hug A Ginga Day Off 2012 - Give Gingas The Day Off Work!

2012-05-22T04:32:00.004-07:00

After six years, the Edge Radio Station's Hug A Ginga Day has been changed to Hug A Ginga Day Off in an attempt to give our ginger haired friends the day off work or school. It puts a more positive spin on the day, but I wonder if any employers around the country will realistically give their ginger haired staff members the day off work. This could be a good excuse to go ginger for the day!

Depending on your profession or stage of life then maybe it is wise to try take the day off, given the hassle of being in schools or around teenagers who use hug a ginga day for bullying. I think gingas should get a day off work, if I was a boss, I would be lenient!

There are so many shades of ginger. Some people insist that I have a ginge, tinge. Maybe I should try to claim a day off work.

For the past six years The Edge has dedicated a day to celebrating redheads by rallying all New Zealanders to simply ‘Hug A Ginga’. In 2012 it’s about giving a Ginga the day off!

The Edge ‘Hug A Ginga - Day Off’ will be held on Friday, May 25. Rather than just a ‘hug’, New Zealand employers, teachers, parents even personal trainers can show their support and appreciation for redheads by giving them the day off.

A day off work, home work, PE class, doing the dishes, the gym, filling the water cooler, making lunch; whatever it is The Edge is calling on the nation to embrace redheads.

The Edge ‘Hug a Ginga Day’ was created to raise awareness of Ginga bullying and to give ‘Gingas’ everywhere a day of love and celebration.

“It’s about showing Gingas some appreciation and making them feel proud of their flaming locks,” said Leon Wratt, Programme Director of The Edge.

Download the 'Day Off' permission slip available for redheads to print and use here.

If people still wish to hug a Ginga, “please hug responsibly”... check out The Edge Hug A Ginga Day etiquette video on the right.

On Friday, May 25 The Edge ‘Hug A - Ginga Day Off’ stations will be set up across the country in 17 locations, where redheads can go and receive some Ginga love (just in case they don’t get the day off anything)!

Hug a Ginga Day Off T-Shirts

What's better than a Hug a Ginga Day Off T-Shirt??? A Hug a Ginga Day Off T-Shirt with a cat on it, obviously!

The good folk at Mr Vintage have come on board and has released an official Hug a Ginga Day tee that you can purchase for yourself or a friend NOW!

Plus enter below to enter or listen on Friday 25th (Hug a Ginga Day Off), between 7am-9am, to win one!

And don't forget... Let's hug it out.

http://www.theedge.co.nz/Events/HugaGingaDayOff2012.aspx

NBA Rookie Kyrie Irving Goes Undercover As Uncle Drew - Real or Staged?

2012-05-22T04:18:00.002-07:00

Watch NBA rookie of the year Kyrie Irving dressed as Uncle Drew show these average joes how to play basketball.

Pepsi MAX went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ pretending to shoot a documentary on a basketball player named "Kevin." When his Uncle Drew came into the game, some magical things happened.

Was this real or staged? Did people at this game wonder why there were heaps of video cameras at their game and why this old guy was so good?

Anchorman 2 Official Teaser Trailer

2012-05-21T21:58:00.002-07:00

Here is the trailer for the Anchorman 2 movie to be released in 2013. There are some movies like Anchorman, Hot Fuzz and Waterboy where you don't appreciate them until you have watched them a few times. You often miss jokes the first time round! Will you watch Anchorman 2? Will it be as good as the first Anchorman?

The first official teaser trailer for 'Anchorman 2' starring Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Luke Wilson. The continuing on-set adventures of San Diego's top rated newsman. Returning 2013!

An Apology To All The People I Have Offended - I Am Really, Really, Really, Really, Sorry, Really

2012-05-21T21:44:00.006-07:00

This is a special apology for all those people I have ever offended, because I am "really, really, really, really, sorry, really".

To accept my apology turn the sound on your computer and go to the link below. Enter your name and watch.

Use Firefox for this.

http://www.obtampons.ca/apology

The Tooth Fairy Is Getting Expensive - How Much Did You Used To Get?

2012-05-21T16:24:00.006-07:00

I used to get 20 or 50 cents per tooth back in the 1980s from the tooth fairy, so now I feel ripped off that the tooth fairy pays an average of $5 per tooth. My brother used to save the tooth fairy the money by keeping his teeth in a leather purse. What a fool!

It's been found the tooth fairy is now paying on average $5 a tooth.

That's about $100 for a full set of teeth for each child.
Back in the 1970s the average going rate was 20 cents a tooth, the equivalent of about $2 today.

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/13744735/tooth-fairy-paying-an-average-of-5/

I think several factors determine the amount that the tooth fairy pays for teeth.

1) Which type of tooth it was. The bigger the tooth the better to build the tooth fairies house.

2) The place you stand in the family. For some reason the tooth fairy often pays the younger siblings the same as they first paid the oldest sibling even though the time value of money changed. I am the youngest.

3) The area you live in. I guess the tooth fairy has to move the teeth and so it seems amazing that the market rate in different neighbourhoods or areas probably determine how much the tooth fairy pays. Parents talk!

4) What denomination of coins the tooth fairy has available.

Bee Gees First Video - Time Is Passing By From 1960 - RIP Robin Gibb

2012-05-21T00:57:00.002-07:00

The Bee Gees sing Time Is Passing By from 1960. After the death of Robin Gibb it's very cool to find this footage of the Bee Gee's boys, on their first TV appearance, for this talent style show. Look at how bad their teeth are. The Bee Gees must be candidates for wearing braces on their teeth!

Robin Gibb Bee Gees - Dead Aged 62

2012-05-20T15:52:00.000-07:00

Bee Gee Robin Gibb has died after a long battle with cancer. I always appreciated the Bee Gees songs and their ability to sing high. They inspired me!

Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his spokesperson has confirmed via a statement. Gibb was 62 years old.
"The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," reads the statement. "The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time."
Two years ago, Gibb battled colon and liver cancer, but despite making what he called a "spectacular recovery," a secondary tumor recently developed, complicated by a case of pneumonia.
Gibb was born in Manchester, England, in 1949, along with twin brother Maurice. (Maurice died in 2003 of complications from a twisted intestine; eerily, Robin had surgery for the same medical issue in 2010.) Along with their older brother Barry, the brothers began harmonizing as a trio in Australia, where the family moved in 1958. Although the Bee Gees had some success in Australia – they hosted a weekly variety show there – they didn't truly arrive until they returned to England and signed with manager Robert Stigwood. Robin's quivering, vulnerable voice was featured prominently on several of the group's earliest and most Beatles-eque hits, including "New York Mining Disaster 1941," "I Started a Joke," "Massachusetts," and "I've Gotta Get a Message to You."
Although he looked and sounded like the meekest Bee Gee, Robin grew into the family rebel. By 1969, he and Barry were feuding over whose song should be singles, and Robin, then 20, was declared a "ward of the state" by their father when his drinking and partying seemed to take over his life. "It happened so fast that we lost communication between us," Gibb later recalled. "It was just madness, really."
But it also Robin who, in 1971, made the first call to Barry to reunite with his brothers. Robin's solo career had stalled, and Barry and Maurice's attempts to continue as the Bee Gees as a duo had floundered as well. "If we hadn't been related, we would probably have never gotten back together," Robin said at the time. Robin's voice was heard, beautifully, on the chorus of their minor 1972 hit "Run to Me."
The Bee Gees' massive second wind arrived with their proto disco hit, "Jive Talkin'," in 1975; two years later, their contributions to Saturday Night Fever made them bigger stars than ever. Most of the hits from that era featured Barry's falsetto voice, but the brothers' vocal blend remained an indelible apart of their sound.
The group entered another fallow period during the early Eighties, although during this time, Robin produced a semi-hit album by Jimmy Ruffin, brother of the Temptations' David Ruffin. The last Bee Gees album, This Is Where I Came In, was released in 2001. Two years later, Maurice died, and with his passing the Bee Gees ended. (Their other, younger brother Andy died in 1988.)
Robin and Barry reunited periodically – in 2010, they made an appearance on American Idol and inducted ABBA into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – and talked about a duo tour, but nothing materialized. Robin, though, kept his hand in music. With his son Robin-John, he wrote an ambitious piece, The Titanic Requiem, a mix of orchestral and vocal pieces telling the story of the doomed liner on the 100^th anniversary of its sinking. "It's a serious subject and it's not a rock opera," Gibb said before its debut. "There are no backbeats. This could have been written 300 years ago."
Featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the work had its world premiere in London on April 10th. But in a sign that Gibb's health had taken a turn for the worse, he wasn't able to attend. Ironically, next week's episode of Glee will include covers of Bee Gees songs from Saturday Night Fever.

25 Great Words Foreign Words That Don't Have An English Equivalent But Should

2012-05-18T19:41:00.001-07:00

This is a great list of 25 words from foreign languages that summarise situations, but the English language doesn't have an appropriate term for. These are brilliant because they are so true! Plenty of these are Japanese or German.

Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language, in fact it’s the 3rd most commonly spoken language in the world (after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish). Interestingly enough it’s the number 1 second language used worldwide – which is why the total number of people who speak English, outnumber those of any other.
But whilst it’s the most widely spoken language, there’s still a few areas it falls down on (strange and bizarre punctuation rules aside). We look at 25 words that simply don’t exist in the English langauge (and yet after reading this list, you’ll wish they did!)
1 Age-otori (Japanese): To look worse after a haircut
2 Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese): An act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favor, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude
3 Backpfeifengesicht (German): A face badly in need of a fist
4 Bakku-shan (Japanese): A beautiful girl… as long as she’s being viewed from behind
5 Desenrascanco (Portuguese): “to disentangle” yourself out of a bad situation (To MacGyver it)
6 Duende (Spanish): a climactic show of spirit in a performance or work of art, which might be fulfilled in flamenco dancing, or bull-fighting, etc.
7 Forelsket (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love
8 Gigil (pronounced Gheegle; Filipino): The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute
9 Guanxi (Mandarin): in traditional Chinese society, you would build up good guanxi by giving gifts to people, taking them to dinner, or doing them a favor, but you can also use up your gianxi by asking for a favor to be repaid
10 Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time
11 L’esprit de l’escalier (French): usually translated as “staircase wit,” is the act of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it
12 Litost (Czech): a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery
13 Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan): A look between two people that suggests an unspoken, shared desire
14 Manja (Malay): “to pamper”, it describes gooey, childlike and coquettish behavior by women designed to elicit sympathy or pampering by men. “His girlfriend is a damn manja. Hearing her speak can cause diabetes.”
15 Meraki (pronounced may-rah-kee; Greek): Doing something with soul, creativity, or love. It’s when you put something of yourself into what you’re doing
16 Nunchi (Korean): the subtle art of listening and gauging another’s mood. In Western culture, nunchi could be described as the concept of emotional intelligence. Knowing what to say or do, or what not to say or do, in a given situation. A socially clumsy person can be described as ‘nunchi eoptta’, meaning “absent of nunchi”
17 Pena ajena (Mexican Spanish): The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation
18 Pochemuchka (Russian): a person who asks a lot of questions
19 Schadenfreude (German): the pleasure derived from someone else’s pain
20 Sgriob (Gaelic): The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky
21 Taarradhin (Arabic): implies a happy solution for everyone, or “I win. You win.” It’s a way of reconciling without anyone losing face. Arabic has no word for “compromise,” in the sense of reaching an arrangement via struggle and disagreement
22 Tatemae and Honne (Japanese): What you pretend to believe and what you actually believe, respectively
23 Tingo (Pascuense language of Easter Island): to borrow objects one by one from a neighbor’s house until there is nothing left
24 Waldeinsamkeit (German): The feeling of being alone in the woods
25 Yoko meshi (Japanese): literally ‘a meal eaten sideways,’ referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language

http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/

Three Wiggles To Retire - Jeff, Murray and Greg Hang Up Their Skivvies

2012-05-17T04:04:00.000-07:00

Three of the popular children's entertainers the Wiggles will retire following their 2012 tour. These Australian guys are legends and made millions of dollars out of wearing skivvies, singing, dancing and playing the fool on stage for 21 years. We will miss you Wiggles! I never realised how old these guys are and it must be difficult being on tour all the time. Anthony the blue Wiggle will be joined by three new Wiggles including the first female Wiggle. It will be interesting to see how they go. Jeff Fatt is the oldest Wiggle aged 58. It is amazing how durable these guys have been.

Who is your favourite Wiggle? Which colour skivvy is best?

Three of the four members of Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles are to leave the group, paving the way for the quartet's first female performer.

Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Greg Page said they would hand over their purple, red and yellow pullovers to a "new generation" at the end of a 2012 tour.

Remaining member Anthony Field will then continue with a new line-up that will include 22-year-old Emma Watkins.

Founded in 1991, the group have sold more than 30 million albums and DVDs.

They topped BRW's annual list of Australia's 50 richest entertainers for four consecutive years - from 2004-2008 - and last year were ranked at number two.

In a statement, Cook said "entertaining children around the world for 21 years" had required the band to spend "a long time away from our own families and friends".

"It's important that we plan for the future so that The Wiggles can keep wiggling in the years to come," the 51-year-old continued.

Watkins and fellow newcomers Lachlan Gillespie and Simon Pryce will join the original line-up on a 'Celebration Tour' that begins in Singapore at the end of May.

The Wiggles will travel to the UK, the US, Canada and New Zealand before returning to Australia in November, after which the departing members will step into "backstage creative roles".

Apart from singer Kylie Minogue, made an honorary 'Pink Wiggle' in 2009, the children's favourites have never had a woman among their ranks.

The announcement follows Page's return to the line-up in January after a five-year absence due to illness. Sam Moran, his replacement, was asked to stand down to accommodate his comeback.

"It's been so great having Greg back with us so far this year," said Fatt, 58. "To finish our time on stage all together again seems so fitting."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18101469

Target Carpet Cleaner Tui Billboard

2012-05-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest Tui billboard. I thought it was quite funny! Based on the now famous Target television show where the carpet cleaner grabbed a pair of customers knickers, turned on the computer and you know the rest, all while being recorded by a hidden television camera.

One Direction - One Thing - Sun In My Eyes - Amazing Music Video

2012-05-15T03:29:00.001-07:00

Watch this music video of One Direction - One Thing - Sun In My Eyes. It is an amazing adaption of the One Direction song shot around Wellington by some of the boys from The Street. Fathers, lock up your daughters!

Australian Gold Medallist To Wear Mankini At London Olympic Games

2012-05-15T00:14:00.001-07:00

I can't wait to see this guy in action. Australian shooter Russell Mark will wear a green mankini at the formal London Olympic Games opening ceremony. This will liven things up a bit! I hope he goes through with it!

Australian Olympic shooting gold medallist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green "mankini" made famous by the movie character "Borat" at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet.
Mark, who won double trap gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games and silver in Sydney, pledged to wear the skimpy swimsuit worn by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the 2006 film if Melbourne-based Carlton lost to St. Kilda in the Australian Football League.
Carlton suffered a shock four-goal defeat in the match on Monday night and Mark owned up to making the bet on local radio.
"Oh, I must've been intoxicated. Carlton promise so much and just deliver so little. It kills me," the burly 48-year-old said on Tuesday.
"Anyway, a lot of people would think a mankini might look better than the uniform they've nominated for us, so I don't know if it's such a bad thing."
The one-piece swimsuit would certainly stand out among the other Australian athletes, who will be kitted out in stodgy green blazers and white slacks which fashion critics have generously described as "retro".
An Australian Olympic Committee spokesman recommended Mark keep the mankini in the closet.
"Age is the problem here. Russell is no spring chicken, his days of being a model are long gone, and we don't think it would be a good look for the team to have Russell in a mankini," the spokesman told local media.
"Besides, this will be his sixth Olympics and he is a chance to be named as flag bearer. Imagine the flag bearer out in front of our team in a mankini. And a big, butch shooter at that.
"As we all know the London weather is fickle and we would not want him to catch cold."

http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/13690294/aussie-shooter-mark-squirms-under-mankini-bet-threat/

Christchurch Supermarket To Sell Marmite Stash This Week!

2012-05-14T19:03:00.001-07:00

Fresh Choice in Merivale Mall, Christchurch has a stash of about 900 jars of Marmite which will go on sale this Thursday for charity. It is almost worth flying down to Christchurch for it! I hope the Marmite on sale is genuine! This is a great way of getting publicity for this store, I wonder if there will be many queues of people?

Cantabrians will be able to get a taste of Marmite this week.
Merivale Mall's Fresh Choice supermarket has about 900 jars of the Sanitarium spread, some of which will be available to the public on Thursday in return for a donation to charity.
The supermarket was closed when Sanitarium said it was closing its Papanui plant, where Marmite was made, for earthquake repairs and that no more of the spread would be on shelves until the middle of the year.
Fresh Choice brand manager Liz de Lange said about 150 jars would be available to customers in exchange for a bank note that would be donated to the Christchurch Women's Refuge.
The supermarket's owner, Craig Grant, wanted to raise money for charity with the Marmite, of which the supermarket had a "secret stash". The jars would be available on Thursday from 3.30pm.
Christchurch Women's Refuge brand development manager Julie McCloy said the money was not earmarked for anything in particular, but may be used for a programme to make homes physically safer.
From next week, 36 jars of Marmite will be given away daily for the following fortnight. Every customer can enter the draw by selecting one of four charities Fresh Choice has nominated.
De Lange said that at the end of the fortnight, a portion of the Marmite stash would be divided between the four charities based on the customer votes.
Whatever the chosen charity decided to do with the Marmite was their choice, she said.
The supermarket's employees would all be given one jar of the spread.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6920608/Supermarket-to-sell-secret-Marmite-stash

Ten Things That Are Wrong With This World - Why Is It That?

2012-05-14T04:35:00.000-07:00

At last I have the woman, I won't mention that I can't afford an electric shaver or electricity to use the flash television. Still, I have got the ring on that finger, even though I needed a second mortgage to buy it!

Here is a list of "Ten Things That Are Wrong With This World".

See if you agree.

1) Why do real blokes drink only beer and hassle any other guys for drinking wine or cocktails, even though beer has only about 4-5 percent alcohol, while sparkling wine has about 14 percent and cocktails have even harder liquor in them?

2) Why is it that people work bad hours, get paid peanuts and get treated poorly by their bosses for jobs like cleaning, waiting and working in hospitality? Other people work Monday to Friday 9-5 in office jobs while getting paid and treated better?

3) Why is it that single girls often have "ladies nights" in, yet wonder why they are single? Surely that decreases the chances of meeting someone of the opposite sex.

4) Why do people sit in stands? Why are we in movies but on television?

5) Why does being a minute mean five minutes, being two minutes mean 10 minutes and being five minutes mean 15 minutes?

6) Why does it happen that people struggle academically in high school, leave in sixth form and do an apprenticeship and end up owning their own house, several cars, a business and family while they are still in their 20s? People who excelled at school end up with a massive student loan and earning less after seven years of tertiary education? Who really is smarter?

7) Why is it that in many job positions men and women have exactly the same pay rates(if not more), yet men are still expected to pay for women while dating and do the pursuing despite women holding heaps of strong positions in society? My CEO is a woman.

8) Why is it that guys with large bank balances and plenty of possessions are considered eligible even if it means getting heavily into debt to pay them or being so broke that they can't use their possessions? It is all about looking wealthy! See picture above!

9) Why is it that you know you have been in your job long enough and feel comfortable at a workplace when you can come out of the toilet cubicle after a long session damaging the doulton while your boss is washing his hands and maintain a completely normal sophistcated conversation?

10) Why is it that people condone others who go to R16 or R18 movies when some of the best movies of all time like Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells and Fight Club were R18s?

What do you think of my list of Ten Things That Are Wrong With This World?

Ashleigh and Pudsey Win Britain's Got Talent 2012 - Simon Cowell Impressed

2012-05-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

Watch this great video of Ashleigh and Pudsey who are the Britain's Got Talent 2012 winners. Even Simon Cowell is amazed by this routine which is awesome. They now get to perform for the Queen. It is funny seeing a dog and person do such a sexy dance routine though!

Watch Free Live Streaming England Premier League

2012-05-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

Watch Free Live Streaming England Premier League final day.

04:00 Man City vs Queens Park Rangers - Title Decider/Relegation Place