Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Hygene, Oz Style

The included YouTube video may appear to be something from Saturday Night Live. Unforunately, SNL is not that funny any more, so don't worry about actually missing a good. In this case, the truth is funnier than fiction. This is one of many Australian ads to run on national TV here, and it's pretty self-explanatory. How long do you think it'll be until you see this type of ad for an American company?

It's Superman, It's a Plane, It's Flock of Seagulls?

Whilst on a ferry the other weekend, I peered out the window to spot this crew. My knee-jerk reaction was to get out a notepad and paper, thinking I'd finally score the autograph from Flock of Seagulls that I'd always secretly yearned for. Well, to my disappointment, this was just a group of teenagers with some interesting hair choices. Making this situation worse is the fact that it's now public that I'd like to get an autograph from this band of the 80's. On the bright side, now we all know that rat tails and mullets are back in for '09.

Weet-Bix Paradise

Few American's know of Weet-Bix, however, they are quite popular in British common wealth countries. Essentially, this breakfast food is a giant dry flaky biscuit that soaks up milk as well as the best sponges on the market. In the US, we get 1 variety that I know of, however, here in Australia, the varieties appear to be endless. Who could have imagined there were so many ways to compress wheat into an ovular biscuit? New personal mission: try all of these.