Well, he's notorious for crapping on… Independent MP Rob Oakeshott. Image: Alex Ellinghausen

This Week In Toilet News

September 22, 2011 By Mel Campbell

This has been an unusually prominent week in toilet-related news. But we guess when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go.

While blessed in many ways, Christina Hendricks was another unfortunate redhead at the Emmys, losing Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series to Justified's Margo Martindale.

A Day For Redheads To Feel Blue

September 19, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Redheads are used to being the minority it’s okay to hate, but today was an especially bad day for the carrot-topped – from the Emmys to the sperm bank.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld had a cat; Vladimir Putin has a Bulgarian sheepdog puppy, gifted to him by Bulgarian PM Boiko Borisov in 2010. Image: Oleg Popov, Reuters

The Red Pill: Industrial Dance and Putin’s Pants

September 16, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Every Friday, we offer you The Red Pill – a fun collection of linkbait to get your weekend off to an Enthusiastic start. Welcome… to the real world.

Cross-section of the Wagon Wheel when bitten into.

The Biscuiteer: Arnott’s Wagon Wheels Minis

September 5, 2011 By Mel Campbell

The Biscuiteer has never shied from controversy, so we plunge nobly into the vexed question of whether Wagon Wheels are even a biscuit.

Apricot filling inside a Fruit Centre biscuit.

The Biscuiteer: Harvest Kitchen Fruit Centres Apricot & White Choc

August 18, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Sometimes The Biscuiteer is rewarded with genuine biscuit innovation. I mean, who’d think to put apricot filling inside a white chocolate chip cookie?

If Kim Jong-Il can do it, why can't we? Image: Reactor1967.fortunecity.com

What’s New In Pew Pew Pew: Home-Cooked Nukes

August 5, 2011 By Mel Campbell

News that a Swedish man tried to split atoms in his own kitchen got us wondering how easy it is to make nuclear weapons at home, and how many people have tried it.

Tiny and faecal.

The Biscuiteer: Arnott’s Tim Tam Crush Honeycomb

August 1, 2011 By Mel Campbell

We delve into the mystifying plenitude of Tim Tam flavour variations to assess this twist on an Australian biscuit classic.

So, we meet again after all these years.

The Biscuiteer: Arnott’s Mint Slice

July 12, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Our biscuit review column revisits a childhood sweet-tooth favourite – one that’s actually intended for sophisticated adults.

A Sweder's Impression of the siege at Glenrowan.

If Only They Had Jetpacks

April 6, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Lawrence Leung’s comedic desire for a jetpack made us muse on how the ultimate in futuristic toys could have reshaped civilisation as we know it.