Category: Humour

• Activated Almonds : Laughing and Learning

  I feel so silly. I got sucked in by the latest Twitter fad. Which hopefully has almost died down. I’m talking about the Activated Almonds tweet storm.  It began Sunday. I was at first curious. But then I was amused by the social media humour fest (see Leigh Sales, John Birmingham, just to name a few). I even […]

  Andrew Whalan

  November 7, 2012

  Humour, Personal, Social Media

  Aktavite, Almond, John Birmingham, Leigh Sales, Peter Evan, Sunday, Twitter

• Business Class and Back Again

  At last I’m on the flight home from Canberra. The flight was late, it was cold and raining and there seemed to be more people and luggage than the plane could hold…. The seat on my right was the last one left. And then two people, a lady and gentleman, came down the aisle. And […]

  Andrew Whalan

  August 20, 2012

  Humour, Personal

  Air, Aviation, Business class, Canberra, Recreation, Seat belt, Transportation, Travel

• Driving A Car That Does Not Match Your Self Image!

  On the weekend just past, in Brisbane, I hired a car. Usually my normal hire car is small, economical and unobtrusively white. This time, I left the hiring until a few days before the trip. As a result the cheapest choice was just one: a Ford Falcon. Naturally, ticked the box thinking I would be hiring an ordinary Falcon […]

  Andrew Whalan

  June 12, 2011

  Humour, Personal

  Brisbane, Car rental, Falcon, Ford BA Falcon, Ford Falcon, Ford Motor Company, Holden, Muscle car

• Saturday Night In Brisbane

  The Queen’s Birthday long weekend 2011, I flew up to Brisbane to see my sons and hopefully my daughter. All went well, arrived on time, picked up the rental car and found the accommodation. Until I arrived at the accommodation…   But there was a problem. The B&B had no record of my booking (and […]

  Andrew Whalan

  June 12, 2011

  Humour, Personal