Travis Holland

    21 Mar 2011

    ARL vs NRL

    I just received this email from someone who often sends me these kinds of emails. Many of them are funny. They brighten your day up. But, then, many are just like this one. Have a read of it and see my comments at the bottom.

    36have been accused of spouse abuse 
    7     have been arrested for fraud
    19     have been accused of writing bad cheques   
    117     have directly or indirectly bankrupted at  least 2 businesses   
    3     have done time for assault 
    71,      repeat71  cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
    14    have been arrested on drug-related charges 
    8     have been arrested for shoplifting 
    21     currentlyare defendants in lawsuits and
    84     have been arrested for drunk drivingin the last year
     

    Can      you guess which organization this is? AFL? NRL? 
     

    Give      up yet? .…. . Scroll down 
     
     

     

    Neither,
     
    it’s the 535    members of theAUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT in  CANBERRA


    The     same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year, designed to keep the rest of us in line. 

    You’ve      got to pass this one on!

    Well, no, I haven’t got to pass this on. Mostly, because it is completely wrong and foolish. There are only 226 members of the Australian parliament (150 in the House of Reps and 76 in the Senate). But guess what? In the United States, there are 435 members of Congress and 100 Senators, for a total of 535 in that parliament.

    I can’t vouch for the validity or otherwise of the other numbers in this email, but if it has that one - the punchline - so wrong, I wouldn’t count on anything else being correct.

    This type of email is whats wrong with the internet.

    1 Feb 2011

    Surround and Conquer

    When I tire of politics and media, I blog on sport over at The Big Tip. My first article there was posted on January 2. It discusses what the NRL must consider in expansion attempts. Also, if it is the most viewed article in the next few days, I score a neat $200. So, if you’re interested or just feel like helping me out, take a look at ‘Surround and Conquer’.

    26 Sep 2010

    Tagged

    Given I haven’t played any sport for quite a few years, my girlfriend and I signed up to play in the local OzTag competition this summer. We got together a team and played our first trial match on Wednesday night. We were royally thrashed 24 tries to 1. 

    It was only after this massive loss that I feel compelled to actually learn the rules of the game. I have played Rugby League for most of my life and OzTag is pretty much just a non contact version of that. Or so I thought. I had expected we would score many of our tries from kick-chase style plays. Unfortunately for us, my Googling revealed any kick in play that rolls over the try-line is deemed ‘dead’ and play needs to be restarted. So that rules out our main attacking weapon. Which begs a few questions: Why did I not Google this before we started playing? Can I Google a way to make our team better players? And how much will we lose by this week?