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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A seemingly-lighthearted but oddly specific note left on the office fridge is pretty much only directed at one employee, it has been confirmed. While it was apparently placed on the door as a 'simple reminder of etiquette for everyone' - it also seems to delve a little bit into the home life one specific individual. Judging by the mentioned...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A popular Italian diner in East Betoota has defended their use of the controversial Comic Sans font in their menus today after a number of customers made negative comments about it online. The Mangiare La Figa Ristorante on Brunswick Street has served the wider Betoota region for close to 50 years and enjoys a solid reputation...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A bunch of blokes from a low-key, retirement town, are desperately trying to emulate the surf-gang culture made popular by the 2007 Australian documentary Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water. Despite the fact that none of them are very good surfers, brawlers or community figures - the Mac Boys are under the impression that nearby towns are aware of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Firefighters have been left reeling today after a pub that was doing pretty well in terms of money, burnt to the ground overnight, in what emergency crews describe as a 'one-percenter'. Regulars of the Lying Swagman Hotel in Betoota Heights say they can't understand why the pub, which had pretty sizeable weekly takings from bar, kitchen and pokies,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local bloke, Andy Madden, has shocked everyone today by cracking open a room-temperature bottle of red wine and sharing it with some platonic female acquaintances. "Who's ready for some pinoooooot?" he asks in a friendly, relatable tone that could easily make him look a bit gay, even though he isn't. "Me!" says his female friends in unison, in an...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Rebel Wilson has revealed that the alleged defamatory articles written by gossip magazines that claim she was a 'serial liar' have breached the constitution. When asked what section of the Constitution has been breached, Wilson responded by saying "Section…what section? There is no one section…it’s just the vibe of the thing…." Wilson's comments came shortly after she was also quizzed over...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact FLASHBACK: September 10, 2001 Six business partners have clinked their crownies together in celebration of their recent numbers. The pre-internet surf wear magnates have surprised even themselves with how popular a brand name piece of headwear without a top on it would be. After a day of playing golf in the outer suburbs of the Gold Coast,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A boozy Adelaide man has made the executive decision to withdraw $300 from a nearby ATM, just in case he and the boys decide they want to order a few cheap headphones later. As the afternoon drinks look like they are about to become a lot bigger than initially thought, he makes the executive decision to ensure that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by Instagram has found the 95% of all looped videos created by their splinter-app, Boomerang, are actually just of young women drinking wine or cocktails. The study, which was created to better identify behaviour patterns, has found in almost all cases the 5 second loop shows a half-hearted 'cheers' between the girls. The findings also show...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local woman is very well aware that she isn't number one priority, after closely monitoring her phone activity since she first saw the 'read' icon on her phone text messenger app, close to 33 minutes ago. What's worse is that she saw the three dots pop up a couple times as well. "It's like, I know you saw it"...