Advertising is always quick to capitalise on current events and personalities, so it should be no surprise that the current Wikileaks contr...

“I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill- treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: ’The bigs hit me, so I hit th...

Here's to the bright New Year And a fond farewell to the old; Here's to the things that are yet to come And to the memories that we...

So, dear Byters, did we all enjoy Christmas lunch? And when it was finished, were the leftovers tucked away in the fridge under Glad Wrap...

As you see in the new year in a few days, joining crossed arms in a circle, you will no doubt either sing or hear Auld Lang Syne . It’s the...

Byter Steve, who suggested an Ask Otto regular feature, has also submitted the first items for that feature. Steve writes: Here is my fi...

I have never been a fan of Kylie Mionogue, who was unkindly referred to in her early recording days as "The Singing Budgie".  I...

The expression “the clink” for jail derives from a notorious prison in Southwark England. The prison, nicknamed the Clink Prison or The C...

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; ...

(Click on pics to enlarge). A Merry Christmas to all Byters. May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, an...

‘Twas the night before Christmas and I was wondering what to post for Bytes. Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “A Visit from St Nicholas”, the w...

    "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." - Abraha...

Rival teams have exploited an Australian side scared to sledge for fear of a backlash from Cricket Australia and the public following the...

Stephen King, the master of horror and fear, once said that the thing he found most scary was clowns. There is actually a name for fear of ...

Byter Steve has suggested that there be a regular Bytes item "Ask Otto" where readers can seek responses to questions asked. I d...

“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.” - Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)

Some great replies in military contexts... Byters who have watched the movies 300 Spartans and 300 will be familiar with one of the sho...

It is interesting to note the role of the Dutch, the Dutch East India Company and pewter plates in early Australian history. Following is...

A man was walking a very long road from one village to another. As he approached the village, but still on its outskirts, he encountered a...

The following pics come from the collections of the State Library of NSW. They are fascinating glimpses of different times... (Click on ...

"With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice." -  Oprah Winfrey Think...

High magnification techniques of the pupils of the Mona Lisa has revealed letters and numbers, placed there by Leonardo da Vinci. Although...

The term Christmas is from “Christ’s Mass”,  first used in 1038. The use of the letter X in Xmas is from the Greek letter chi, the first...

For want of a nail, a shoe was lost For want of a shoe, a horse was lost For want of a horse, a rider was lost For want of a rider, a mes...

During the week just ended I came across some comments by an American judge in sentencing a terrorist. I was surprised that the comments ...

Cat urine glows fluorescent under a black light. Other items which will do the same: White paper Vaseline Tonic water Body fluids (bl...

“Are you guys ready? Let’s roll.” - Todd Beamer (1968-2001) Todd Beamer was a passenger on the hijacked 9/11 United Airlines Flight 93. ...

Carat weight can be 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, or 24. The higher the number, the greater the purity. To be called “solid gold,” gold must have a ...

Ferrari S p A, the Italian car manufacturer, was founded in 1929 by Enzo Ferrari as Scuderia Ferrari. The famous Cavallino Rampante (...

Australia is just about twice as large as all of Europe and is two thirds as large as the continental United States.