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Ready, Fire, Aim

According to Mumbrella, the RSPCA has got duck shooting in its crosshairs, aiming to make a big deal about kids being taught to hunt. No doubt this will get a big thumbs-up from the two or three remaining readers of … Continue reading

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Well, Good.

New York Nanny-in-Chief Mike Bloomberg gets shot down by the courts: A state judge ruled Monday that the ban on sales of 16-ounce sugary drinks is “arbitrary and capricious.” New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tinglin issued the ruling one … Continue reading

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Surry Hills Review: Would You Like to Buy a Vowel at BRGRS?

Via the clever chaps at The Poke, the Prick has just run across this mildly diversionary gem: Expect to hear all about the opening of the Mr and Mrs Prick’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese Pisco Sour shop soon. It will be … Continue reading

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Surry Hills Review: Smells Like 4Fourteen Spirit

So for some time now we Pricks had been meaning to get down to 4Fourteen, the latest venture of Paddo’s Four in Hand’s Colin Fassnidge. But on the two or three previous occasions we’d tried to go, it had been … Continue reading

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Fickle Finger of Fate

To hear Le Canard Enchante tell it, Julia Gillard shouldn’t have sent First Fella and finger aficionado Tim Mathieson to the naughty corner for his recent glandular gaffe. He should have been sent to Le Cordon Bleu instead. Were he … Continue reading

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Here Comes a Special Cartoon

Regular readers of this site – both of you – would probably assume that the mere idea of a “web comic” would be exactly the sort of thing to set a Prick off on a rant about the dumbing down … Continue reading

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Prick’s Tip

For readers whose various DIY sous-vide setups don’t include a (swoon!) proper vacuum chamber sealer, frozen blocks of stock solve a multitude of problems: Take note, timings can be tricky when you introduce something so cold into the water bath. … Continue reading

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They Know Best

Hey guys, let’s get ready to par-TAY! Check out how much fun a life lived under Australia’s new National Health and Medical Research Council dietary guidelines will be, courtesy of Chris Berg: For an average man, the hypothetical day begins … Continue reading

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Marrickville Review: Nom nom nom nom. NOM!

The intersection of Victoria and Sydenham Roads in Marrickville has always been more of a “through” place than a “to” place.  Or at least it was, until the arrival of NOM Pizza in the little space on the south-west corner. … Continue reading

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Cheese Blue

Trouble at the old cheese show! The Germans are coming, and they’re scooping up all the awards: AUSTRALIA’S artisan cheese and dairy producers are up in arms after a global supermarket chain wiped the floor with them at the annual … Continue reading

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