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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Scanner : brisbane</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/brisbane/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: brisbane</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Male Australian Writer Believes Most Women Are Socially Inept, Crass, Not Bangable</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/22/male-australian-writer-believes-most-women-are-socially-inept-crass-not-bangable.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:198193</guid><dc:creator>Brian Fairbanks</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=198193</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/22/male-australian-writer-believes-most-women-are-socially-inept-crass-not-bangable.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2009/04/16-22/party%20gals.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2009/04/16-22/party%20gals.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;We love how this male writer cites a female Emily Post wannabe in ripping up Australia&amp;#39;s women, presumably after having been dumped by a wild party girl like the ones he attacks so ruthlessly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Then again, we don&amp;#39;t disagree with a few of his points about the &amp;quot;fairer sex.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;If the evidence screened on a recent popular reality television show &lt;/i&gt;[don&amp;#39;t say&lt;i&gt; The Hills &lt;/i&gt;- Ed.]&lt;i&gt; is
to be believed then certain young, modern, Australian women are not
only completely lacking in good manners but they are also foul-mouthed,
loud and uncultured.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;All of that is true of all English-speaking people in this day and age, the men included. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;it&amp;#39;s interesting to look at just how far the modern woman – regardless
of age, race, status or income – has sunk in her attempt to &amp;quot;live in a
man&amp;#39;s world&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;quot; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;This all kinds of awful-- perhaps one of our readers can take this line to task, especially that last snarky remark... we don&amp;#39;t have the patience.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Many Australian women are now socially inept, particularly when it
comes to manners – from the businesswoman who orders the hotel
concierge to get them a cab &amp;quot;quick smart&amp;quot; to the moody shop assistant
who rolls her eyes when asked for help and then turns to the next
assistant and announces that she cannot wait to knock off.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;What about the businessman who orders up a hooker from Craig&amp;#39;s List and then complains to her madame that she makes him wear a condom? What about the dudes who feel no qualms about hitting on a woman sitting at the bar when her boyfriend goes to the bathroom? What about the moody male video store clerk who rolls his eyes when you ask what came out this week? What if-- well, you get the point.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Then comes a line (the first one here) that we agree with 100%: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Brisbane businessman recently revealed that, when he opened a door
for two professional women exiting an office, he received no
acknowledgement only to have a glass door slammed in his face after
following them out. Many men are now becoming reluctant to open doors
for women because they merely get &amp;quot;huffed&amp;quot; at and pushed aside.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Women almost never-- I should do a social experiment, but I would guess it&amp;#39;s one out of ten, tops-- thank us or even acknowledge us holding the door for them. And we don&amp;#39;t mean we stop for more than two seconds to hold the door-- it&amp;#39;s not like we&amp;#39;re standing there expectantly. We just know that they&amp;#39;re a few steps back and will have to deal with the door swinging back in their faces if we don&amp;#39;t stop to hold it. We do the same thing for anyone, regardless of gender or any other quality of the person(s) behind us. But men always mutter a casual but polite thank you-- I&amp;#39;m guessing at least eight or nine out of every ten.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Not cool, ladies. And another thing:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Women in the 40 to 60-year-old age bracket regard footpaths, aisles and
malls as theirs alone. Put two or three of these women together and
everyone must make way for them. In their world nothing comes between
them and their conversation, certainly not manners or respect.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;We disagree with this statement, if only because our experience is with strollers in Brooklyn and the side-by-side lineup of those monsters, each of which is wider than a motorcycle with a sidecar. Author Ian Wallace would likely agree if he lived in New York. Meanwhile, he cites June-Dally Watkins, the Emily Post type we cited, as saying good manners is an important character trait for all women. We say it&amp;#39;s important in &lt;i&gt;everyone&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Read his full story &lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25365800-952,00.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Related:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/21/tommy-lee-s-online-ladyfriend.aspx"&gt;Tommy Lee&amp;#39;s Online Ladyfriend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/20/sloppy-seconds-breast-milk-cheese.aspx"&gt;Sloppy Seconds: Because Breast Milk is Cheaper Than Cow&amp;#39;s Milk? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/17/mother-daughter-clones-to-sign-porn-contract-any-day-now.aspx"&gt;Mother-Daughter Clones To Sign Porn Contract Any Day Now...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/15/who-is-vanity-fair-s-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world.aspx"&gt;Who Is Vanity Fair&amp;#39;s Most Beautiful Woman in the World?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/04/15/nadja-genaissa-german-pop-star-hiv.aspx"&gt;German Pop Star Arrested for Spreading a Little HIV With Her Message&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=198193" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/the+hills/default.aspx">the hills</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/australia/default.aspx">australia</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/business/default.aspx">business</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/sexism/default.aspx">sexism</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/men+and+women/default.aspx">men and women</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/australian/default.aspx">australian</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/hooker/default.aspx">hooker</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/social+conservatives/default.aspx">social conservatives</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/brisbane/default.aspx">brisbane</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/emily+post/default.aspx">emily post</category></item><item><title>Way to F Up the Swingers Party, Dude</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/03/05/way-to-f-up-the-swingers-party.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:182560</guid><dc:creator>Colleen Kane</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=182560</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/03/05/way-to-f-up-the-swingers-party.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/anygoes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/anygoes.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;A tourist caused a mini riot at an &amp;quot;anything goes&amp;quot; adult sex party at an Australian nudist colony. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;So  how does one cause such outrage, if anything goes at this party...?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;By refusing to get naked. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The monthly sex party was promoted to boost weak tourism to a resort that was once named the country&amp;#39;s top group-sex hotspot for naked swingers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Four naked women, uncomfortable with the way he was &amp;quot;eyeing them off,&amp;quot; confronted the clothed man and demanded he drop trou, &lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25140373-952,00.html" target="_blank"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; the manager, Tony Fox.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;He then threatened to bash me, there was some argy-bargy and I ordered him off the premises and police were called.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Argy-bargy. Best new phrase of the day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Related:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/06/23/swingers-vs-nudists-in-florida-of-course.aspx"&gt;Swingers Vs. Nudists In Florida (Of Course)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/10/07/top-10-secrets-for-looking-great-naked-from-a-nudist-spa.aspx"&gt;Top 10 Secrets For Looking Great Naked... 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treated the man at the scene were able to stem the bleeding.&amp;quot; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Of course there must have been blood when a living body part met a meat grinder, but now we&amp;#39;ve pictured the scene with the paramedics and the blood everywhere and oh, vomit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Related:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/02/17/8-hour-boners-dontcha-hate-when-that-happens.aspx"&gt;Eternal Hardons Landing Men in ER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/01/26/inmate-tries-to-cut-off-his-own-penis-with-razor.aspx"&gt;Cringeworthy Story of the Day: Inmate Tries to Cut Off His Own Penis With....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/04/22/richard-quest-pulls-off-magic-trick-with-rope-that-s-not-attached-to-his-penis.aspx"&gt;Richard Quest Pulls off Magic Trick With Rope That&amp;#39;s Not Attached to His Penis &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=179489" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/penis/default.aspx">penis</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/australia/default.aspx">australia</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/accident/default.aspx">accident</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/wtf_3F00_/default.aspx">wtf?</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/preverts/default.aspx">preverts</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/people+are+freaks/default.aspx">people are freaks</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/brisbane/default.aspx">brisbane</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/meat+grinder/default.aspx">meat grinder</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/grosss/default.aspx">grosss</category></item></channel></rss>