Farmduck

100 points - extremely trivial and thoroughly uninteresting. I doubt that anyone will top that.

Today the average life span of people with Down Syndrome is 60 years (in USA) In 1983, the average was only 25!

This one isn't the link or the story so much as the headline: Japanese vagina kayak artist Megumi Igarashi denies obscenity chargeshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-15/japan-vagina-kayak-artist-denies-obscenity-charges/6395888

The highest percentage of natural redheads in the world is in Scotland (13%)

Beau Scott to Eels on 3yr deal. http://www.news.com....f-1227299071511 Not sure about 3 years.he'll turn 34 in about Round 8 of his final year.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/roosters-gutted-by-roger-tuivasa-shecks-warriors-switch/story-fnp0lyn3-1227295842965 Roosters recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan claimed to be “personally gutted” by Tuivasa-Sheck’s defection. And his club isn’t happy either. “Personally I’m gutted,” O’Sullivan told The Daily Telegraph. “We brought him over here (from New Zealand) when he was 18-years-old. “We set him up, we employed him. We helped his family and it’s well documented ‘Mini’ (former Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello) helped him with his fullback play and diet. “The coaching staff has made him the player he is today. “I think the coaching staff has been phenomenal. They brought him through the under-20s, then a season on the wing, then a season between wing and fullback and now he has made fullback his own. “We are disappointed but the club is bigger and stronger, we’ll move on. It’s just disappointing he didn’t see the big picture and be a one-club man, which we would have loved him to be. “We put a lot of time and resources into Roger but we will now put that into others. “We have been saying for the past year-and-a-half that we would lose players and no-one listened to us. But they (Warriors) threw a bucket load of cash at him and that, in the end, matters.”

That seems to be the plan and last week they dropped McCrone and put Buttriss in the 14 slot. Hodgson doesn't need a long break and has enough beef to stay on the field as a middle forward when Hodgson comes back on. My guess: McCrone and Sam Williams looking for SL jobs.

Aidan Sezer signed for 3 years with Canberra Raiders allegedly $500K/year. Reported on Matty Johns Show.

While speech is a function of the left brain, singing comes from the right hemisphere.

Clearly some agents are working very hard.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-08/burgess2c-tyrell-re-sign-with-rabbitohs/6378788 Tom Burgess has rejected overtures to join his brother Luke at Manly to re-sign with South Sydney on a one-year extension. Tom had been linked to a move to Brookvale as the Sea Eagles desperately seek to beef up their forward pack, and shore up their roster in the wake of the departures of Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran for 2016. But the 22-year-old has again recommitted to Redfern. Fellow prop David Tyrrell joined Burgess in pledging his future to Souths. He has signed a new two-year deal. "I'm really excited about signing on for another year with the Rabbitohs," Burgess said. "I'm really enjoying my time with the club, we've got a great set of lads here, and in the end the decision to stay is what I think is best for my career."

Haven't heard that but I always thought Billie Holiday's best work was with Pres & Teddy backing.

Confirmed http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/sydney-roosters/warriors-sign-sydney-roosters-fullback-roger-tuivasasheck-and-release-sam-tomkins-20150408-1mg6hr.html The Warriors have swooped on Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, with the Roosters fullback signing a three-year deal believed to be upwards of $800,000 per season to join the New Zealand club from next year. The contract offer is almost double that of the Roosters, who offered about $400,000 a year to keep the Kiwi international at the club. The move has signalled the end of Sam Tomkins' two-year stint at the Warriors with the Englishman returning to the Super League next year because of his homesick partner. Heading home: The Warriors have released English fullback Sam Tomkins. Photo: Getty Images The Warriors have released a statement to announce Tuivasa-Sheck's signing and Tomkins' release,

Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.

The Fa'aoso deal is interesting and has been held up for a while because of the insurance aspects. The NRL insurance covers each NRL player for $1mill but the insurance wouldn't cover Fa'aoso because of a pre-existing condition, despite his medical clearance to resume playing. Fa'aoso will only be covered by the NRL for $200K and only for conditions unrelated to neck or spinal injuries. Parra will have to pick up the premium for the rest of Fa'aoso's coverage.

Chronic health issues in the Greek community? I was in a chemist today with my landlord who is a diabetic. I noticed that some of the diabetic-specific products come in English and Greek-language packaging. Of further (un)interest, the first wave of Greek immigrants to OZ was in the early 50s. Does this mean that, although Greeks have high rates of diabetes, enough of them live into their 80s to make them a valuable target group for pharmaceutical companies?

Foran has confirmed again that he's going to Parra....... "Kieran Foran admits the opportunity to play under Parramatta coach Brad Arthur was the deciding factor in his decision to quit Manly. Foran told his Sea Eagles team-mates on Monday morning he was following half-back Daly Cherry-Evans out of the exit door at the end of the season. The Kiwi Test star has agreed to a four-year contract believed to be worth in the region of $4.7m." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/parramatta-coach-arthur-key-to-eels-move-says-kieran-foran/6323856

I'll never see Pi day in OZ. We write dates as dd/mm/yyyy. To get 3.1415 it would have to be 3rd Jan 4159 Even if we took dd/mm/yy it would still be 3rd Jan 2041. According to AUS Govt actuarial tables, I become soylent green in 2032.

Reading this thread I realise how lucky I am, mainly to live in a warm temperate climate. (and on the fringe of built-up area.) I see about half of these nearly every week: http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/4298/Birds-of-Western-Sydney-A-photo-guide.pdf

In Canada it's not illegal to deface currency.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/sea-eagles-deny-foran-deal-with-eels/6304986?section=sport But Manly was quick to release a short statement to clarify that, to its knowledge, no such deal had been confirmed. "In light of media speculation this evening, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles would like to reiterate that there has been no confirmation on the playing future of Kieran Foran by him, or his management," the statement read. "The club has been in constant communication with both Kieran and his management, including today, and there has been no indication whatsoever that a decision with respect to Kieran's playing future beyond 2015 has been made."

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Now it's semi-official: https://www.facebook.com/triplemnrl?fref=nf TrpleM "confirming" Foran to Parra for 4 years. Of course nothing's really official until we see it on Twitter.

From Sterlo on the couch: Nathan Brown being sounded out to take over from Toovey.