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$223m study finds Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was probably about drugs

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A landmark study undertaken by Australia's peak scientific body, Bauer Media, has concluded that Led Zeppelin's seminal 1971 song 'Stairway To Heaven' was most probably about drugs. The $223m report was commissioned in early 2006 after a number of executives at Bauer, the publisher of popular men's interest zine Picture Mag, got into an argument over what the song actually...

Man defies the odds and finishes bowl of porridge

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact You'd be forgiven for thinking local personality Larry Coleman has a lap band because each time he fixes himself a hearty bowl of porridge, he always leaves a third of it to soak in the kitchen sink afterwards. But not today. Today the 24-year-old leasing agent-cum-entertainer powered through a regulation size satchel of Uncle Toby's microwave...

Special Investigation: Who’s Scott Green?

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Since February this year, Queensland Police have been searching for a suspected high-level Brisbane drug dealer known only as 'Scott Green' - after he appeared in a viral video first released online by Coffs Harbour rock band, The Dune Rats (see below). In the video, the suspect can be seen stealing, using and eventually distributing drugs at timber Queenslander-style...

Bloke who walked from Sydney CBD to Bondi after a night out confident he can do the City2Surf

SANJAY WESTACOTT | Harbour City | Contact Dave Spalding (36) said the decision to join the City2Surf, this year just made sense. The finance analyst, who sees himself as a bit of a local legend, registered for the big race after a light bulb moment when he was out one night. “Mate, I realised that I’ve actually done the course more times...

Report finds thermonuclear war may help ease pressure on housing affordability

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A detailed report into the relationship between all-out nuclear war and the housing affordability crisis has been published by the Office of the Treasurer this morning, which outlined that the average price of a house may decrease if war breaks out. Scott Morrison spoke to journalists today at the Betoota Press Club where he assured...

Woman Refers To Hubby As ‘Partner In Crime’ Despite Fact She’d Never Do Over A Servo With Him

GWEN MULGRAVE | Beauty and Style | Contact Move over, Clyde! There's a new bad boy in town! Or at least, that's what you'd think. A local marketing and public relations account manager has taken to social media for the fourth time this quarter to declare her inextinguishable love for her 'partner in crime.' However, Ellie Waterford and her new hubby Matt Cartwright haven't had so...

Handsome Bloke At Wedding Hopes Photographer Catches Him Doing The Cufflink Adjust

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A good-looking local bloke who doesn't throw on a suit that match, has stolen the show at a wedding in South Betoota over the weekend. Patrick (32) has long ago outgrown the backwards peace sign or the 'shaka' in photographs, and has since had to search for something a bit more adult to do with hands when in front...

Curvy bloke’s new career as a social media influencer off to a slow start

ANGELA RUSCOE | Social Media | Contact A local larger-than-life character has spoken of the trials and tribulations of becoming a social media influencer this afternoon over a luke-warm cup of detox tea at The Advocate's Daroo Street offices. Dale Germert, a former agronomist turned Instagram sensation, says making the switch from the crop fields to the crop tool hasn't been easy -...

Boyfriend Demands Praise For Demonstrating Basic Life Skills

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local man has today requested that his girlfriend either congratulate him or cuddle him for how well he has managed to clean the dishes, a task she can usually pull off without him knowing. While wrist deep in some good old fashioned domestic work, Brett Phelan (29) is making an unnecessary amount of noise, and constantly looking over...

ISIS claim responsibility for local sushi train derailment

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Popular Middle Eastern terror organisation ISIS has taken to social media this morning to put their hand up and claim responsibility for a local derailment at a South Betoota sushi train. The duty manager of Clancy-son Japanese Canteen and Sushi phoned police just after 10 pm last night to inform them that a tragic derailment...

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