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Everyone Likes a Usefull Invention

To keep in the spotlight of the Public one (me) has to punch through the various form of technology that surround us. Edison did it with the wireless then Florey did it with the Telephone, then Philo Taylor Farnsworth (I googled that) did it with the tele and Ron Jeremy did it with the Beta Max and Which leads us to the Internet That Al Gore invented (i googled that too) and Kevin Rudd did it with the dial up Internet (which I think is great because I can click on a page then go to the fridge, get a 44oml Woodstock bourbon can and drink it and come back and my email is almost loaded). Now I have invented something…  wait until I finish my fucken introduction.

Now there’s only one bloke who is more popular than me, has more fans than me, has been arrested and sent to jail more than me, has more de factos than me, drinks more piss than me, has been admitted to hospital for drinking more piss than me, has more Topical Debates than me,has written more novels than me, has recieved more death threats by Mick Gatto than me, has been abused with more obsenities than me and has appeared on Dancing With The Stars more than me. And that bloke is Hinchy or Derryn or The Human Headline.

Before Hinchy gives his Topical Debates on the wireless he types them up on his IBM and then reads them out on the air. It’s a little trick he uses to make people think he is doing it off his cuffs. Which brings me too my invention:…. (Drum Roll).

I would like to announce this press release via this Website that I will be making what is called a TrevorCast. When ever I feel the world needs to hear my editorials I will type them up and read them out to what is called an MP player. I don’t know How to send that out to the Internet but I can mail it for a small fee.

Stay tuned to that dial.

Trevor

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Where are the Topical Debates?

One of the rewards of being a top Topical Debator is that I get to bring to the wider public the issues and opinions that matter to me. I am a highly regarded by different institutions as a “one manned think tank” and the “average Joe of the bloggosphere”. These are platitudes I don’t take lightly and when I was approached by the leftists (I’m rightwinged) to bring my assumptions to the readers of Groupthink I initially thought they’ed have some.

It seems the owners of this soap box are infact absentee landlords and apart from Ross Noble and the two Davids I am the only one who has something to say that matters. Now, at My Blog I have an average readership of 7 debators a day (apart from the ones looking for wank sounds) but when I looked on the blog stats page for Groupthink it said there were 5 views a day?!

Now I am a bloke how doesn’t need his ego stoked, I have plenty of birds on the Twitter who can stroke me. But I am thinking of taking over this blog and dominate it with my simple views if I am promised payment of some sort. Recently I bought my defacto some well deserved presents so she wouldn’t stray anymore. So cough up leftists (who want everything for free).

Trevor

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Customer lip service

Apart from a couple of landline telephone connections in pre-competition days, I’ve managed to avoid being a Telstra customer for most of my adult life. I consider myself fortunate that I’ve had very little chance to take part in the national sport of Telstra bashing, but I don’t need to be a customer to wonder why on earth anyone would choose Telstra over its competitors if a choice is available. Unfortunately, my current 3G mobile coverage-scarce living circumstances have forced me to purchase a Telstra mobile broadband service and my Telstra experience has begun.

Firstly, Telstra’s mobile broadband is ludicrously expensive compared to its competitors. Like, stupidly so. My current residence is within the advertised 3G zones of several providers but is relatively remote and located in a valley, cutting off all signals but Telstra’s. Rotten luck.

Secondly, to activate the service I had to call a Telstra 125 phone number that was not available from my non-Telstra mobile phone. Brilliant. Thanks, Telstra.

Thirdly, four hours after I called the 125 number from a Telstra landline the account activation, promised within two hours, hadn’t occur. I called the number back, waited for 20 or so minutes because Telstra was “experiencing a higher number of calls than usual”, and explained the problem to the operator. “Could you check to see the progress of the activation?” I asked.

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And we’re back!

Refreshed from our summer holidays and anticipating a massive year of politics and other matters of marginal importance, all of us here at Groupthink wish you a happy new year and look forward to continuing to talk rubbish with you. But before we get started, in ten words or less, what did you do over your break?

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Shameless self-promotion

If you’re wondering why Groupthink has been rather quiet over the past few weeks it’s mostly because I’m just about to head off on a year-long travel adventure and Ant Rogenous is preparing to welcome a new member to his family. Not sure if Ant plans to blog his big event but I’m certainly blogging mine. Check out Crikey’s newest travel blog Back In A Bit, featuring, well, me.

With the silly season just about here, all of us at Groupthink wish you a merry Christmas and happy holidays. We’ll be back at full force early in the new year once Ant and I have settled into our new situations and everyone’s sobered up a bit.

Take care and be safe.

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Welcome

Welcome to Groupthink, a blog that has as its mission the merciless satirisation of any politician, public figure, corporation, organisation, concept or miscellaneous other that deserves it. Taking the piss is a team of ten groupthinkers from all over the Australian Internets, each member of the team being a funny bastard who can deliver a message wrapped inside a laugh.

We are not a blog that seeks to provide balanced, unbiased commentary, nor do we have an editorial “line” to which all writers must adhere; each of the Groupthinkers has their own set of opinions, beliefs and biases, and we want — nay, expect – you to disagree with them, and for the writers to disagree with each other. Quite contrary to the ironic title of the site, Groupthink is a place for discussion, debate and critical thought. Oh, and laughs.

With Groupthink we’re having a crack at building a better blog; we think it’s possible to pisstake and laughhave without abusegive and nastybe. We reckon that together with you, the readers, we can build a community that adopts all the best bits of blogs and leaves the worst bits behind. For our part we will strive to offer quality pieces of acerbic, thought-provoking satire, along with a non-abusive and welcoming discussion environment. For your part all you need to do is follow some basic commenting guidelines.

Come, join us.

Scott Bridges and Ant Rogenous
Firsts among equals

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