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 Return to top of page · Post #: 196 · Written at 6:40:48 PM on 13 May 2020.
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Snake Oil by another name:

QUOTE: The Australian chapter of an international church selling and promoting bleach as a cure for COVID-19 has been issued infringement notices totalling $151,200.

The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has been claiming chlorine dioxide is a "miracle cure".

For years it has sold the industrial bleach as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), stating it can cure things like autism, acne, cancer, diabetes and now COVID-19.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 197 · Written at 9:30:45 PM on 13 May 2020.
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GTC , The Medical profession has found a link between Breast Cancer and Bleach !!!! Another thing that is very common for people to do when cleaning is to use Vinegar and Bleach together to clean Toilets and showers etc or even clothing , This combination produces Toxic Gas chlorine and chloramine !! hell of a price to pay for a clean loo !


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 198 · Written at 10:51:16 PM on 13 May 2020.
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Good old ammonia is best for that, despite the fact that it also has a sharp scent. It gets rid of skid marks like no other product. Shame they don't sell the lemon scented version anymore.

There is clickbait on various websites that claims that WD40 lets the solids glide down the porcellain. I'll pass on that. The smell of WD40 is not that welcoming in a bathroom.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 199 · Written at 12:23:25 AM on 14 May 2020.
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Since this thread is about lunacy, here's a joke I saw about the classic NPD example himself:


Donald Trump is on a goodwill visit to Israel with his minders. He's in Jerusalem when he suffers a massive heart attack and dies.

His minders consult their host for options about what to do.

"It seems to us you have two options.

One - we pack him up and fly him back to the States. That will cost you $50,000.
Or Two - we can bury him here. That will cost you $100."

The minders consider this briefly and decide to take Option One.

"But why?" asks their host. "Option Two is so much cheaper!"

"Well" says a minder "a long time ago you buried a man here and three days later he rose from the dead and came back to life.

We can't afford to take that chance!"


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 200 · Written at 8:06:54 PM on 19 May 2020.
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Can it get any sillier?

QUOTE: A small but determined cohort of Australians who believe the coronavirus is a hoax say they’ve found “proof” of a global conspiracy hidden in our $10 note.

A post on a popular local anti-coronavirus Facebook group includes a photo of a design on the note with the caption: “The new $10 Australian note complete with coronavirus symbols. You can’t make this up! #areyouawakeyet.”

The claim seems to be that the gold reflective illustration on the top right corner is actually an image of the COVID-19 virus when viewed with a microscope.

“Tilt the banknote to see a rolling colour effect, which is visible on both sides of the banknote,” the Reserve Bank says of the design feature.

“The feature appears on each denomination of the Next Generation Banknotes series, with a different type of wattle depicted in the design on each banknote. In this instance, the design framing the feature is a designer’s interpretation of Bramble Wattle.”


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 201 · Written at 9:00:54 PM on 9 June 2020.
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Ok the last few weeks has been a newer high in lunacy. I have been watching the protests / riots in the U.S and here and I just seemed to be able to see the leftist politically influenced propaganda that millions of other people ( read sheep) can not see. In fact a lot of the protestors reminded me of the poor darlings that couldnt bear to believe their beloved Hillary had lost and their little utopia wasnt to be.

I am going to challenge you guys to watch this video and do not comment untill you have watched and listened to it all. The video is by a highly intelligent African American lady by the name of candace Owen and it is entitled "I DO NOT SUPPORT GEORGE FLOYD" This lady has put her own life in danger to get the truth out there. George Floyd was a serial criminal who spent a large preportion of his life in gaol for violent and drug influenced crimes, the last one was where he and four other heroes did a home invasion in another African American ladies house , while the other 4 heroes ransacked her house george held a loaded gun to the pregnant ladies belly.

Is George Floyd a hero, most definetely not. Was the cop wrong in the way he held his knee to georges neck , most definetely yes.
Do yourself a favour and watch this video

https://youtu.be/JtPfoEvNJ74

And no I havent seen the tiger king or breaking bad or Game of thrones lol as I dont follow the crowd.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 202 · Written at 9:28:26 PM on 9 June 2020.
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Oh Carl, Is the video going to have Americans in it? Their all crazy over there.
A Valve is Tube and they all carry guns . They drink bleach , gosh it's not normal!
Nup , I believe the mind records images. I couldn't watch any more American rubbish and to think happy Days was filmed there!

Pete


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 203 · Written at 3:01:57 PM on 23 June 2020.
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The madness has started again, this time only in Melbourne, due to a second wave of coronavirus breaking out.

Didn't these people learn from the first bunch of idiots panic buying bogrolls and non-perishable food? Or is it a case of the same dimwits repeating the offence?

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-australia-toilet-paper-panic-buying-makes-a-comeback/news-story/304015b78f1cfe9bb1cfbbbad788336f (behind a paywall)


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 204 · Written at 3:59:54 PM on 23 June 2020.
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Or is it a case of the same dimwits repeating the offence?

Probably this. As someone (and reportedly not Einstein) once said: The definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over again and expecting different results.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 205 · Written at 4:46:19 PM on 23 June 2020.
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I hate paywalls. Those companies can be sure I won't be paying, but rather finding an alternative.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nestle-to-rename-red-skins-chicos-lollies...

Political correctness lunacy.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 206 · Written at 5:06:02 PM on 23 June 2020.
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I hate paywalls

So do I, especially if I only want to read one article. Many American newspapers and magazines give you a few free reads per month.

The Australian is Murdoch's vanity rag. It's reportedly never made a true profit in its entire history, although creative News Corp accounting has made it appear that it has.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 207 · Written at 7:49:41 PM on 23 June 2020.
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The SMH gives each visitor seven free articles a month. Those like me who have six browsers installed can read 42 a month without deleting cookies. My problem with the SMH is that it is a far-left paper with a socialist bias. Back in the days when the SMH was only in print and on broadsheet paper and was as thick as a door it was more conservative but these days I can rarely stomach the commentary there and prefer The Australian as, despite News Ltd's reputation for being overly right-wing, there is a genuine mix of left and right so people have plenty of choice in what they want to read. The subscription is still cheaper than buying the paper every day, even though I prefer reading off paper instead of glaring at a screen for hours and as portable as they are, laptops are hard to use when on the dunny.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 208 · Written at 10:25:49 PM on 23 June 2020.
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Hard to wipe your butt with too Brad Smile Smile Smile


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 209 · Written at 6:54:06 PM on 24 June 2020.
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I cannot believe it!

Shopping today at Woolies, up rushes an Asian lady as we are in the dunny roll isle.
No trolley, no basket, just by hand, grabs armfuls of dunny rolls and peering around the wobbly stack rushes off to the self checkout!

Really! must have had the s***s real bad!

Fred.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 210 · Written at 7:17:30 PM on 24 June 2020.
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Fred,
She has probably got the Chinese Kung flu !
It's going around!

Hope you managed to buy crap off.
Bit Cold to be having a hose off in the yard mate.

Pete


 
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