Tragic

I realise this is hard to see as it is but, if you click on the picture, all will become clear:

Getting in Touch With His Feminine Side

Mr Rudd might still be leaving the door open to lead ALP supporters who are Sheilas:

So Much For Medicare

Just a Game of Peekaboo

Their friends really; it was just a party game, designed to give everyone an exciting fright:

What larks.

Plumbing the Depths

I think Ligeti probably went from a position in a government that is plumbing the depths in the polls to a - relatively - plum position elsewhere:

Exciting Times

Politics did get pretty interesting for a day or two there, and in all the excitement one or two journalists seemed to lose control of grammar as we know it:

Counting Can Be Hard

If you're innumerate, it doesn't matter how numerous things are - you can't count them, no matter what:

Poor Stump

I can understand her frustration, but it does seem a pity to ruin a nice seat:

Come Again

Surely of all geographic entities, Australia, as an island, is among the easiest to define:

Context

I don't think I'm the only person who, on reading this headline, wonders why these people think it's a good idea to toss the shark the odd toe - or indeed any body parts at all. Surely that is like feeding dogs bits from the table and will only encourage the creature to come back for more:

Now Then

'Than' might be a more appropriate word than 'then':

Letting Off Steam

This is completely off the point. There is nothing wrong with the subbing on this item. I just want to say how much I loathe this series of advertisements:

I mean, just, eurgh.

While on the subject of advertisements, I find this one endearingly unlikely to be believed by anybody:

It reminds me of the large noticeboard as you drive into Harden in New South Wales. Underneath the heading, 'Upcoming Events in Harden', the display, each time I've gone past it, has contained absolutely nothing at all.

Ordinals and Cardinals

I think some of the adults who did not complete Year 12 may have been involved in producing this newspaper item:

A Bed, a Bottle and a Private Gym

Wow, that is quite some room:

No Room For the In

In comedies, she's been in a revelation, but we aren't told what kind:

Something Missing

I suppose it's possible that a company is really called 'oOh!' and that its CEO is really called 'Brendon', but there is no chance at all that an 'of' isn't needed in there somewhere:

Such a Worry

The prospects for the ALP appear so grim to Graham Richardson that he has lost the ability to write good English:

Either

'Either' seems to be such a stumbling block for people. This sentence would be okay if it were written thus: '...is particularly appealing either to her or for the party.' That is, the 'either' should be placed before the first preposition, otherwise it cannot encompass the second, if that makes any sense:

Maralinga Dreaming

Maybe it's just me but these two statements seem mutually contradictory:

Surround Sound Around

I suppose I'm only adding to the negativity surrounding around artists by pointing out that 'surrounding around' doesn't make sense:

She Said, He Said

What does 'to go to' mean? What does 'it season starts' mean?

Spellcheck Goes Missing

It just seems so odd in this day and age to misspell something in an editorial, but surely 'venomous' only has one 'e':

Unwise

It does seem to me that, when choosing a web name, it's always wise to avoid the word 'fart' forming in the readers' minds:

If they'd just changed the word order - www.ArtisanalFoodSchool.org, perhaps - it would have freed that hidden fart.

If Only I Had a Sick Fledging

It's good to know there's someone out there who could help me, though, should I ever need that kind of assistance:

I Wonder Who the Letter Was From

Possibly the gas company:

Those Two Are Special

You like your grandchildren, of course, but there's no doubt about it - grandkids top the bill:

The Third Person Is a Ghost Presumably

It's Actually Very Hard to See What's Wrong with This

Nonetheless, it is the job of those who put together a newspaper to ensure that someone does notice the error and remove it before the paying readers get hold of it:

In the Year Twenty Two Twenty Two

Or something like that:

Australia Is Another Land of Migration

But it is also a land where even the people who write the newspapers don't know the difference between a singular and a plural:

I Use My Hands for Waving

The ALP uses membership rules:

I'm Glad My Mother Wasn't a Nudist

The Australian Women's Weekly reveals that Helen Mirren's mother wore nothing but scent - I'm even more impressed by what a level-headed creature Mirren junior appears to have grown up to be:

Help with The Mortgage

I suppose at least you could be certain of a steady income stream:

If They Can't Spell, God Help The Rest of Us

Lawyers are supposed to be cleverer than the rest of us, aren't they?

Nixon's Cellulite

Thank you to George for pointing me in the very disgusting direction of an image of Richard Nixon wrapped in cling-film in a desperate bid to lose a few inches off his rear:

Now I Understand

I thought Victoria's Premier, Mr Baillieu, was unpopular for doing too little, but this suggests he is actually hugely overdoing things - surely it is up to individuals to look after their ageing cars:

Hometown Patriotism

I love the boosterism of this headline from the SMH:

A closer look reveals that Sydney is really doing pretty badly pricewise. A 1.5 percent rise looks pretty shabby compared to the 'bar one' 8.9 per cent rise enjoyed by Darwin - but, of course, Sydney is still nearly the best:

Apostrophe Alert

How on earth did this happen? The phrase is so hard to make sense of and so many people must have looked at the thing before it was sent to print - and yet still it got through:

Headline Failure

The Canberra Chronicle sub-editor who chose the heading '5 fun things to do this week' for a column that includes item No. 3 has a funny idea of 'fun':