"I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics." \ -  Johnny Mercer (1909 - 1976), American lyricist, songwriter and singer, ...

Jabberwocky ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe...

  "If you suveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types...

(Click on this picture, and the ones below, to enlarge) Byters may have heard or read in the news broadcasts last Friday that an electrica...

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless." - Bill Watterson (1958 - ), American cart...

Mountains of Mourne: Dare be no better music to sing to when you’ve had a wee drop den Oirish music, and dare be no better Oirish music d...

A lengthy article but one of general and historical interest... The Bulletin Debate The myth of “the bush” and Australian identity: The...

"There's a diference between criminals and crooks.  Crooks steal.  Criminals blow some guy's brains out.  I'm a crook....

Click on picture to enlarge. An advertisement for Iver Johnson Revolvers from Harpers Weekly 1904, the revolvers that killed President Will...

"Humiliating the Duchess of York in the papers isn't a public service. It's a sport, and not a skilled sport like fencing or a...

When I was in my teens I came across a secondhand book of poetry in which someone had written a poem on the inside cover. At least at the ...

Today, dear Byters, is Video Wednesday, all posts today are video links for you to click on. (It puts me in mind of the chap who dies and ...

With all the fuss about 3D at the movies and now with TV sets, here is something interesting from YouTube:  some iconic images turned into ...

Do you do dull and boring things with your Vegemite, like put it on your toast and eat it?  Personally, I can't stand the stuff and i...

From Byter Robyn: Your byte about sunlight soap prompted heaps of memories. My father was a linotype operator so industrial strength soa...

Email from Byter Leo: The Stimulus package explained: It's a slow day in a dusty little Australian town. The sun is beating down and ...

When you receive an email from the nephew of Botswana's former Prime Minister saying that he is sitting on $30m and that half is yours...

"I married beneath me, all women do." -  Margot Asquith (1864 - 1945),  British socialite, hostess, author,wit and wife of Herbe...

It is ironic that every day millions of people CC and BCC emails without a clue as to why the sending of a copy or a blind copy, that is, ...

Dennis Hopper, 74, died today of prostate cancer. He died at his home, surrounded by his family. Hopper began his career in 1955 aged 19 ...

"On the night that the Second World war was declared, there were crowds in the street.  It was a summer's night and there was a bl...

A story during the week that Kylie Minogue has foregone Botox in favour of Ponds Cold Cream – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12...

"I declare this thing open, whatever it is." Prince Phillip (1921 - ), on opening the new east wing of Vancouver City Hall in 197...

I was discussing The Princess Bride with someone.  I am not afraid to say that it is one of my personal favourite movies, so many great ...

(Click on photo to enlarge). If you happen to be driving to or from Canberra, take the time to make a slight detour off the Federal Highwa...

"When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk." -  Richard Burton (19...

Scheduled to address the nation one day, Winston Churchill, running unusually late, hailed a cabbie in London's West End and ordered h...

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, t...

In the last couple of days I feel like I’ve been caught up in a time warp. Driving past Burwood RSL I noticed a coming attractions sign f...

The web site given above in relation to the Bibby Rydell dates also contains the information on another tour later this year by Leonard Co...