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Best month EVER, but some disturbing findings

Well, although my posts have been a bit sporadic this month (and the posts I have made haven’t been amazing), the DodgyPete blog has generated more visits this month than ever before! When I was having a look through my web stats, I discovered a few disturbing trends. Of the 500+ unique visits, 7 of [...]

Quiet Weekend

This weekend has been a nice quiet one – the last few weekends have been great with various activities ranging from drinks with friends to family trivia nights (plus the odd work dramas), so it was really nice to have a weekend with nothing planned. Yesterday Kristy and I had a game of tennis (well, [...]

Vegetarian Art

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It’s amazing what people can do with fruit and vegetables – some of these are pretty cute:

Qantas new flying guidelines

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Since the Ralph Fiennes airline sex incident, Qantas have added a new safety document to their list of policies and procedures: Qantas Airplane Sex Guide If engaging in sexual activities on a Qantas plane, please ensure you follow the steps outlined in the document above. Thank you and enjoy your flight.

Those sneaky marines

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At first glance, this camouflage paint looks fairly standard, but have a closer look:

Makeup vs Beer

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I think all companies should use Beer marketers to promote their products – beer ads are ALWAYS the best…

Finger Painting

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This email has been going around for a few years and a few weeks ago it turned-up in my inbox again… but even though it’s made the rounds, it doesn’t change the fact that some of these “finger paintings” are pretty impressive.

Sheep or Poodles?

I found this article today about thousands of Japanese being swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles: Japanese fleeced in poodle scam After wiping the tears from my eyes from laughing, I discovered the article was unfortunately a hoax… but still quite a funny [...]

New Planet

I just found-out that European astronomers have discovered an earth-like planet just outside our solar system which could potentially support life. Ok, when I say “just outside our solar system” I mean 20 light years away – so to put this in perspective, if we could travel at the speed of light, it would take [...]

Weekend drinks

A few weeks ago (on St Paddy’s day / night) Kristy organised a get-together that comprised of a few work-mates and other friends. It was a great success and even though there was no real occasion for it, we thought it would be fun to see if we could do it again over the weekend. [...]