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Housecats challenge Outsiders to a bout of flexing poetry

Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 - 23:49:38 - print it raw

Gearing up for the Word Wrestling Federation title championship for 2006, the battles will be led into by a clash between the New South Wales and Queensland teams.

Reigning WWF title holders, Housecat Havoc are looking to flex their mental muscle against the OuTsideRS in a lemon lime throwdown of couplets, melodies and all things that break down a stanza.

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One contractual year in Thailand too long for non-prostitute

Ethan Switch - Wednesday, 21 September, 2005 - 23:50:24 - print it raw

Ten days after winning anointment as Miss Thailand, Angela "Achara" Mackay, relinquishes the crown in dubious circumstances.

Notions such as not knowing the fine print, despite having a mother who is able to read Thai, stem the exit. Rules state that the winner must endure a full year in Thailand ...fax mentis incendium gloria cultum, et cetera, et cetera. An existing modelling contract with a New York agency serves as an additional avenue of escape for the 21-year-old Perth woman.

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Darth Vader slips off the sidewalk without a sidearm

Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 12 July, 2005 - 19:11:08 - print it raw

Ejected from the bowels of the thronging hordes out for a cheap night of movies, rustling foil and mobile phone messages, a lone man walks the city streets. Draped in the garb of Darth Vader of the George Lucas Star Wars films, the man was seen counting the minutes as each step taken netted him closer to finding nothing of a solution to his predicament.

Casting aspersions on wayward drunkards stumbling from a nearby establishment, the man in the Darth Vader costume stood alongside several homeless placards, each praying for their sweet mother Mary to deliver an exit. Holding guard for their receipts as each of the homeless went on a break, the cloaked figure daringly made off with the scant haul of coins on each mat.

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Corby versus Wood: Blinging it to the ring

Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 - 19:42:13 - print it raw

Challengers in the Wood versus Corby slinging match have taken a slight respite from the media spotlight. Their camps and teams supreme settling back and shining the brass tacks as they prepare for the attention snare in upcoming days. Days lead into weeks, weeks bleed into benders going for months, and if the public is caught off-guard, years. Ever diminishing from their constant use in the news.

Hostage Douglas Wood, rescued from a 47-day stay at an undisclosed Iraqi spa retreat, set the fires warming after the recent bathing of exclusivity money proffered from the coffers of Network Ten. Douglas Wood - His Story failed to ignite a charring ember hoped from the tedium of a man conflicted over money and family.

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Australia hands over the keys to the universe within

Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 31 May, 2005 - 19:57:22 - print it raw

Swirling around the cesspool of international relations, there was nothing beyond the face at the close of ceremonies. Judges decisions were final and all bets fell on solid ground. Any outstanding matters left lying on the court would be rendered null and void. Another day is passed as another crown jumps from one to another.

The representative from Australia, Michelle Guy, was taken out in the early stages of the Miss Universe selection. An effect so flint and quick yet able to take some of media brunt off of the ever spiraling state of Schapelle Corby and the ever escalating vocal warbles of supports and family members.

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Round one: Kylie Minogue versus Breast Cancer

Ethan Switch - Wednesday, 18 May, 2005 - 19:51:47 - print it raw

Breast cancer statistics have found a better and more marketable face for their concern and campaign. Kylie Minogue.

Ravaging through headlines, covering up disorientated women deported for speaking languages other than English and concerns over plane travel, the cancer struck its public blow on the eve of Minogue's Australian leg of her Showgirl tour.

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