The Purple Dragon Blog

Are you sick of hearing that political catchphrase, ‘working families’, everywhere you go? Does it irritate the eejits out of you to hear how the government is helping ‘working families’ (as opposed to lazy, bludging families? working single people? pensioners? couples? what?) every time you turn on the radio or the news. Then the Purple Dragon ‘Working Families’ Drinking Game  is for you!

‘Working Families’ drinking game*

This is a good way to make watching the news much more interesting.

Rules:

1.  Grab the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It’s more fun with friends, but you can play it singly if you’re lonely and unpopular. Alcohol loves you just the same.

2.  Switch the tv onto a news channel. If you’re on free-to-air tv, the ABC news is a good pick; it’s nice and long, and it has a varied, more thoughtful look at current events than other channels, which gives you more opportunities to play the game.

3.  Every time one of Kevin Rudd’s people mentions ‘working families’, have a drink.

4.  Every time some one from another political party** mentions ‘working families,’ have another drink.

5.  If a more or less neutral group** refers to ‘working families,’ have two.

6.  If the man himself, the honorable Keven Rudd, mentions ‘working families,’ yell ”BANZAI! “*** and have three drinks in quick succession, as fast as possible!

By the time you’re finished you will be completely sloshed, and feeling much more charitable towards this annoying catchphrase. The best part is, the rules can be adjusted at a whim and new ones can be added by players to make the experience more interesting. So have a go at the Purple Dragon ‘Working Families’ drinking game today!

*This will probably make no sense whatsoever unless you are familiar with Australian PM Kevin Rudd and his political policies.

**They do this surprisingly often. I don’t think they like this phrase, either.

***The Japanese equivelent of “Bingo.” It is pronounced sort of like ‘barn-z-eye!’ and is much more fun to yell than ”bingo” is.

Written, like, a couple of weeks back now…

I was really annoyed yesterday. Ever since Ocean Girl was released on DVD I’ve been waiting for Cybergirl to come out, since it was the next moderately big tv show produced by that group.  (You know how obsessed I am with Doctor Who? Imagine a thirteen year old girl even more obsessed than that, but with Cybergirl. Imagine her googling Cybergirl images, humming the theme song, planting her butt down in front of the tv every day and squealing and watching raptly and driving her best friend bonkers…)  Anyways, I finally found a copy yesterday… for $53!?! I was so mad. Will now wait and see if it turns up cheaper anywhere else. I did, however, get hold of a book of St Trinians cartoons, which are very black and quite funny. Anyway, I did a search today and found that not only is Cybergirl available on DVD now, but so is another childhood-obsession show  (this time take a small, eight year old girl with oversized glasses and unfortunately violent tendencies…): The Secret World of Alex Mack!  I watched that show for years. So I’m going to be searching local DVD stores for those now.

(And does anyone know, why is wordpress’s editing format all different now? I says it is full of fail.)

(And did I mention, the snooty twins Emerald and Sapphire in Cybergirl are, in fact, young Veronicas?)

Ten Favorite Blog Posts

I’ve been hanging around in the blog community for a few years now, and during that time I’ve found some posts worth sharing. Here are some of them. Some of Anne Arkham’s would have made this list, but sadly, her blog is gone. *mourn* So, in no particular order:

1.  The TCA Guide to DIY Chemical Weaponry. Or: how to make your own pepper spray. By Reverend Anaglyph at ‘Tetherd Cow Ahead’.

2.  Bookish. The coolest bookstore in Sydney. One day I will visit. From ‘TCA.’

3.  The Raven.  Look! Images from an 1884 edition of Poe’s The Raven! From ‘TCA’ again.

4. Sgt Generic Part Two. Filed, by the author’s own admission, under ‘Skippy is going to hell.’ By Skippy of ‘Skippy’s List’.

5. Cephalpod Surprise. I’m sure it was. And I’m so glad I don’t work with Skippy. From ’Skippy’s List’.

6. Rocket Stumps. Originally published as a blog entry. A short story. By Cheeseburger Brown.

7. The Ladies’ Auxiliary. A short Doctor Who fic by LizBee. From ‘You’re a very beautiful woman, probably…’

8. Adventures in OldSchool: the Deadly Assassin.  A look at the Doctor Who serial The Deadly Assassin in a quirky, amusing style. A particular (somewhat disturbing) focus on Tom Baker’s semi-transparent shirt… From ‘You’re a very beautiful woman, probably…’ by LizBee.

9. Jurassic Pigeon at the Creation Museum! Exactly what an Archaeopteryx is and why that abomination model at the creation museum does not qualify as one. One for the dinosaur fans. If I were an arsonist, that model would be gone by now. Article by Duae Quartunciae, who blogs particularly intelligent pieces on ’science, mathematics and unbelief.’

10. Now at number 3 on the Gallifreyan Billboard charts! I won’t explain this. Just take a look, Doctor Who peeps. At the comments, as well. By LizBee, of course.