tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post6850329211799516234..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: The Rants PantsTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-49438100015231784462007-07-01T10:52:00.000+10:002007-07-01T10:52:00.000+10:00Yes, we have The Melbourne Magazine too, although ...Yes, we have The Melbourne Magazine too, although it's no different from The Sydney Magazine. The spelling they use for those magazines is irritating - all lower case, and the wanky bracketing of the city name: <I>'the (melbourne) magazine'</I> and <I>'the (sydney) magazine'</I>. I think the brackets (parenthesis, if you prefer) are a way of indicating that it's a magazine for 'insiders'. <BR/><BR/>I havent particularly observed this: <BR/><BR/><I>... people seem to declare themselves "Melburnians" within minutes of getting off the plane.</I><BR/><BR/>... but you're probably right. But it's interesting how the people who push this clannish identity thing so enthusiastically seem to be media folks, rather than anybody else.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-78240239178976742762007-07-01T10:10:00.000+10:002007-07-01T10:10:00.000+10:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there was i...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there was in fact a "(Melbourne) Magazine" distributed with <I>The Age</I>. It's just catering for a particular cashed-up sector. Most people aren't much bothered with it.<BR/>I do find it amusing the way some people seem to think that their identity is so bound up with a city or place. They ascribe certain attributes to that place and imagine that they take them on simply by residing there. In my experience, people seem to declare themselves "Melburnians" within minutes of getting off the plane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-68288462330265598812007-06-30T22:38:00.000+10:002007-06-30T22:38:00.000+10:00As for me, I love it's weather, except for those d...As for me, I love it's weather, except for those dry 40 degree summer days. But well spotted, I hadn't actually noticed that one about icy paws. <BR/><BR/>I detest these efforts to lecture the rest of Melbourne on their innermost thoughts and feelings. One reason why I haven't actually bought a copy of The Age for, well, ages.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-90583394054293925892007-06-30T22:18:00.000+10:002007-06-30T22:18:00.000+10:00I was born and bred in this town, I hate its weath...I was born and bred in this town, I hate its weather, I detest winter, and I drink coffee all year around - coffee isn't like a fucking ice cream Sunday!<BR/><BR/>How does <I>anyone</I> in Melbourne have "icy paws" at the height of summer for fuck's sake?<BR/><BR/>And I swear (but only figuratively, of course, because I'm a lady), I will implode if I again hear anyone mention that dingy, crubby little Pellegrini's as if it's some sort of sophisticated icon of the city.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-23255324527426862522007-06-30T21:35:00.000+10:002007-06-30T21:35:00.000+10:00There's a cousin option in which we get to talk ab...There's a cousin option in which we get to talk about me? Why did nobody ever tell me?Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.com