why wy?

met another great joe yesterday, this is organic joe - he's from lebanon and lost an arm during a bomb attack. Ended up in Australia, embraced the organic lifestyle. He insisted that he had seen us before, even though it was the first time we entered the shop, and gave us two apples to take home. They were the sweetest apples ever.

and in the news today...
They've decided to ban smoking in pubs and clubs from 2007 because everyone's worried about the health of people who work in such places, which is a fair point. The ban includes cigar rooms but excludes - wait for it - crown casino's high-roller room. Moral of the story : You can kill yourself if you are rich enough.

McDonalds is under fire for a happy meal neopets promo they are running. Neopets, for those not under 10, is a virtual tamagotchi thing where you raise a brightly coloured creature and feed it, house it, etc. Not so innocent is what these creatures get up to.

Unfortunately, the neopet world, like our own, has casinos where kids can play roulette, poker, keno on behalf of their pets. If they win, they get food for their pets. But losers "need to visit a online soup kitchen to keep their virtual friends from starving'', says the herald sun. Moral of the story: McDonalds is evil? Too easy. How about - it's never too early to start screwing around with young minds.

me, i'm just cracking up with the mental image of washed-up dirty furry things standing in line.