• Mrs Woog, In answer to your question regarding rules and teenagers. I have two 19 yr olds (who don't live at home) and a 17 (almost 18 yr old) who does. I have thrown pretty much every rule I thought I would have out the window. The ones that apply to our home this week are: no sex in my home, although that mainly applies to me apparently, although I'm pretty sure he's not getting any either, only smoke whilst sitting on the window sill, act sober - I don't want to know, definitely no drugs, and not to call Babe XXX because it's not covered on his phone plan! Until they were 15-16 I was feeling pretty damn smug about my awesome parenting skills, however life has a habit of throwing up on your expectations. In my defense, I can say, hand on heart, that they are kind, creative, respectful and feral beings who love me. Each kid is different but just keep a picture of them at their cutest on hand at all times, ages 4 and 5 for me, and take lots of deep breaths. Rules you ask? hahahahahahahaha - Susan
  • Never expected to express admiration for a coalition pollie but Barry seems to be standing up for his beliefs. Uncommon in most politicians but to hold his ground against Federal colleagues is even more unusual. Hope he maintains his stance. - Madge
  • Whether he is right or wrong, at least O'Farrell is making his own decision regardless of Tony Abbott's direction. At last, someone who doesn't slavishly follow the party line but thinks for himself! If the LNP don't see anything in education needing repair, then they need their eyes testing, seriously. And what is more important for the nation's future than the education our young are receiving today? - Jenny
  • Very direct Harry. PS I love you. - Susanna
  • Of course you're not, Caz. I should have known. How come you are commenting on a site you've often derided with contempt and ridicule? Have you discovered that everything Akerman says is a lie dictated by the that senile fascist, Murdoch? Have you worked out that Bolt is owned and paid for by Rinehart? Have you suddenly discovered that Climate Change is not a socialist plot to take over the world; that homosexuals are human; that the ALP is not a conspiracy to destroy Australia? I guess not. - Jack Richards
  • Come on, first of all, Sly Place, what the hell is your problem, if you don't like this, why have you spend so much time "Chiding" to people about how bad it is, you obviously have some connection with the writing otherwise you would have closed this tab after the first paragraph. I personally think you elders need to take a step back and think what it was like to be 16, remember, you can draw on your memories to understand, but we don't know what it is like to be 50, I would know, I am 16. P.S I am Susanna's son. - Harry
  • And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon... - Sue
  • Gosh I would have had some fun with this B n B owners. Creative revenge is so much more fun than complaining! I would accept the single beds without raising a peep of protest. Access and convenience is all important to my plan. I would spend some fun filled hours re-arrangijng the room "just so" so it left as a scene of lesbian debauchery. Handcuffs left dangling ,with one loop closed and the other hanging open. A dildo of massive proportions slathered in the stickiest lubricant left nestled in a tangle of bedsheets. Maybe a riding crop? Lots of wet sticky patches up and down both the single beds. On leaving I would thank them profusely for the best night of my life in their ssssss single bed, noting we would probably have just gone to sleep in a double bed... but that damn sss single bed was just...so..hot. Guarantee that would never view a single bed in the same lesbian safe light ever again. - Coco
  • On a trip to Spain five years ago my daughter and I were not allowed to check into a B&B. We had booked and paid for online. Reason she thought we were a couple. I could have explained that she was 15 and not my partner but my daughter. But I thought that I would rather us sleep the night in the car than under a roof of someone so phobic. (On check in she asked to she our passports and noted we have different surnames, so jumped to the assumption we were a couple) - Julie
  • Quite funny considering NZ has legalised same sex marriage, perhaps they should have tied the knot first and said they were on their honeymoon, the Ruskin's may have welcomed them with a bottle of fine wine and a chocolate under their pillow instead of turning them away. In their line of business you would think that they wouldn't discriminate. Perhaps they should also turn away all those heterosexual unfaithful couples who play the straight married couple so well. That would probably cut a nice chunk from their yearly profit. - Lisa
 
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Categories:  Entertainment, News and Opinion

ALAN BROUGH’S FRIDAY QUIZ

By Alan Brough
August 17, 2012

For some reason that I can’t quite recall I thought that refugees might be a good topic for a quiz…


Refugees in Australia. Photograph via The Conversation.

1. What is a refugee?
a) Someone who goes to their friends for Christmas because their family is such a nightmare?
b) One who, owing to religious persecution or political troubles, seeks refuge in a foreign country
c) A sailor.
d) A member of the Queensland Labor Party.

2. A young couple from Western Australia named Jarrod and Teresa wanted to renovate their house so they could take in newly arrived refugee families. Their mortgage applications were unsuccessful so they tried to raise the money they needed through crowd-sourcing. In two weeks how much money did friends, family and strangers donate to Jarrod and Teresa’s project?

a) $50,000
b) $100,000
c) $285,000
d) $600,000

3. Complete this Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ lyric: ‘Everybody’s had to fight to be free/You see you don’t have to live like a ­­_______.’

 

 

 

4. How many refugees does the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimate there are in the world at the moment?

a) 9,800,862
b) 100,876
c) 90,210
d) A lot

5. As a percentage, how many of the world’s refugees are in Australia?
a) 1%
b) 7.89%
c) 9%
d) 0.24%

6. Complete this Andrew Sister’s lyric: ‘On _________ Island your dreams come true.’

7.  In 1947 when India was split into two countries – India and Pakistan – how many refugees were exchanged between the two, newly formed countries?
a) 1,000,000
b) A couple of old blokes and a cow
c) No-one knows
d) Approximately 14.5 million

8. Of the seven gold medals the Australian team won at the London 2012 Olympics how many were won in boats?

9. Which one of these Young Australia’s on the Year was not a refugee?
a) Tan Le
b) Khoa Do
c) Marita Cheng

10. Former Defence Force Chief Angus Houston was the head of the expert panel which handed down its report on asylum seeker policy on Monday. Here is Angus Houston with Julia Gillard.

In 25 words or less write a caption for this photo. (The best entry wins a prize. P.S. The prize is NOT getting to snog Angus Houston.)

See next page for answers>>

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12 Responses to this article

  1. Maxxii August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Thanks for this quiz Alan. .24% of the world’s refugees huh? And we don’t want to take any more of these people who are desperate enough to get on a sub-standard boat putting theirs and their children’s lives at risk because of the horrific conditions and torment they face at home.

     
  2. Susan August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Wow. I would have to be desperate to do that. Oh- Maybe they are!

     
  3. Tara N August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Left, left, now smile – and this will be over soon.

     
  4. Merryl Chantrell August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Right now it’s off to the Big Brother House for us

     
  5. isis21 August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    ” Hoots Man, your aim is deplorable”.

     
  6. Sarah Boggs August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    The answer is “let’s see what mess you can make of this Big Julie”

     
  7. Airdre Grant August 17, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I love you ( slurred)

     
  8. res August 18, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Hey Julia, the asylum seekers slip into Australia just like this…

     
  9. Trystyn August 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Memo to self: must have more expert panels.

     
  10. Mez August 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Caption: ‘Both hands, Angus! Make sure you’ve got both hands. Remember what happened to Kevin last time she kissed him.’

     
  11. maggie August 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Thanks Alan for the entertaining way you put the message across. Australia has wealth and lifestyles unimaginable to people escaping troubled countries but unfortunately our nature is not generous nor unselfish enough to share

     
  12. moiby August 20, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Angus and Julian sitting in a tree …

     

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