You know in Toy Story the movie they explain that when the humans leave the room the toys come to life? Well that’s exactly what daytime streets are like but folks just exchange the name ‘toys’ for ‘unique weirdos’. What most of you civilians don’t know is that when you toddle off to work the weirdos then appear out…

My father immigrated here from England at 13 bewildered that a country didn’t use the word ‘football’ to describe a game where you only use your feet when moving a ball. From that point on sport was not a high priority in the Thornton family. As I grow older however I have begun to enjoy and appreciate sport more…

Last week Prince William looked at Kate Middleton and thought he liked it so much he’s gonna put his mum’s ring on it. Many in the British media asked ‘why did it take you so long?’ (Personally I have a theory that if a man is in a serious relationship and his hair starts receding he should pop the…

Like an autistic math’s teacher trying to find the square root of pi- comedians are obsessed with numbers.

While performing at a Comedy or Fringe festival numbers seem to be the only thing that people care about. ‘How many audience members are in tonight?’ ‘How many stars are on my review?’ ‘How much money will I lose this year on…

At a bar in New York recently a conversation between an American & I turned to politics. As we all know politics & alcohol mix as well as Tony Haywood at a Greenpeace rally. I brought up the on coming Australian federal elections and to this gentleman’s credit he knew a fair bit about our politics

I…