2026 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[winty]

Not a happy camper. Waited 15 years for my favourite band to tour Australia again. They just announced their tour dates in September which coincide with a holiday I've already booked and paid for.

Interesting though - their concert in Melbourne is on the Friday before grand final day, and they're due to play in Adelaide on the Sunday. Early favourite for the Grand Final entertainment perhaps?

Might be able to get to see them after all. They're playing in Perth the Tuesday after I get back from my holiday, and the family have told me they'll shout me the flights and accommodation to get there. Just need to score a ticket in the presale next week!

 

[winty]

It's a good question....

 

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You've heard of Nostradamus, but here's Nostradumbass....

 

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Morning views


An afternoon sighting


Before a late afternoon foot selfie

 

[winty]

Might be able to get to see them after all. They're playing in Perth the Tuesday after I get back from my holiday, and the family have told me they'll shout me the flights and accommodation to get there. Just need to score a ticket in the presale next week!

Woohoo!!

 

[winty]

And they thought Joe Biden was bad....

 

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Why wait until the last day to take advantage of this

 

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winty - obviously getting ready for post career opportunities

 

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Bam went bam!

 

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Did you know

He rubbed lemon juice on his face. Robbed two banks. Smiled at the cameras. Got caught in an hour. And changed psychology forever.

In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two banks in Pittsburgh and robbed them with no mask, no disguise, and lemon juice on his face. He believed that because lemon juice works as invisible ink on paper, it would make his face invisible to cameras. He smiled directly into the security cameras. Police aired the footage on the evening news and arrested him within an hour.

When shown the tape, Wheeler stared at the screen and said, "But I wore the juice." He had tested the theory with a Polaroid selfie and didn't appear in the photo — because lemon juice got in his eyes and he aimed the camera at the ceiling.

His case inspired Cornell psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger to publish their 1999 paper defining the Dunning-Kruger Effect — the cognitive bias where people with low ability drastically overestimate their own competence.

 

[winty]

Reminds me of the story about a bloke who robbed a bank in the US. He wrote "This is a stick up. Give me all your money" on the back of a deposit slip and patiently lined up. The bank was busy so he decided it was taking too long, so went to the bank across the road. He went up to the counter and handed the note to the teller. The teller looked at the writing on the note and thinking the guy looked like he was a few cans short of a six pack, advised him she couldn't accept the note as it wasn't written on that bank's stationery. She handed the note back and the guy walked across to the first bank. He was still lined up waiting for a teller when the cops arrived.

 

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Believe it or not, this was actually posted on the official White House X account.

 

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Believe it or not, this was actually posted on the official White House X account.

Without watching the clip I knew exactly what it was

Surely Americans are getting embarrassed by now with this BS

 

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