Rusted on PS-sssst! readers will be wisely aware of the many dangers the cunningly clever art of creative acronym-building can come dressed in when the seemingly clever play on words rises up to fight back.
So it was this week when PS News reported a most worthwhile move in Western Australia to develop a special Code of Practice to govern the behavior of people working in workplaces.
While the concept is excellent, and in many places overdue, one could be excused for thinking the abbreviated title of WA’s organisation given the job to make it happen might be a little forceful and threatening when compared to the cooperative and harmonious organisations considering similar projects in other jurisdictions.
While the friendly road to success may be followed in most places, WA has chosen to give the job to its Commission for Occupational Safety and Health, otherwise known as the COSH.
A quick visit to PS-sssst’s dictionary reveals the ‘cosh’ family includes relatives like blackjack, bludgeon, cudgel, hammer and truncheon.
At the very least the WA Code of Practice is highly unlikely to be disobeyed!
Museum lets go
To the exciting news now that the Queensland Museum has attracted a LEGO® brick exhibition in the next couple of weeks, opening just in time for the school holidays.
Not a museum to be shy or modest, the Museum is making the most of the wordplays the LEGO presence promises to bring with it.
“Queensland will be lining up for blocks” is one spark of brilliance the Museum came up with, as well as “This exhibition is set to be a ‘block’ buster”.
“You won’t want to le-go of the chance to see these wonders”.
The bricks arrive at Level 3 Queensland Museum on Friday 18 June and it’s worth legging along to encourage the creativity of its lateral-thinking promoters.
Catching the cats
Strict new rules governing the ownership of pet cats in the ACT have been announced by the local government as a way of protecting the bush capital’s native wildlife from some of the planet’s most accomplished hunters and exterminators famous for stalking their prey through Canberra’s suburbs and beyond.
Announcing that the ACT Cat Plan 2021-2031 had been developed to support responsible pet ownership in the city the powers that be expanded their plans to almost meet the cats with nine-lives of their own while oddly renaming the plan that fell just one life short.
“The ACT Plan Cat includes eight strategies which will be progressively rolled out over the next 10 years,” the cat stalker said.
Call it the ACT Cat Plan or the ACT Plan Cat, the new plan’s rules have settled at the cosy end of the big numbers, quoting eight strategies, nine lives and 10 years.
Running, Hiding and Fighting
To Rama Gaind’s regular giveaway now which sees a string of lucky PS News readers the happy owners of new DVDs just by enjoying some of Rama’s reviews and entering her competition.
The prize for their effort this week will see three readers promoted to winners just by telling Rama the name of Zoe’s mother in the dramatic film Run Hide Fight, the answer to which was Jennifer, played by Radha Mitchell.
And the first readers whose correct entries wriggled out of the infamous Barrel of Booty were a coincidentally all Queensland line-up of Jennifer H from the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, Brad M from the Department of Environment and Science and Gwenith T from the Department of Resources.
Congratulations to every winner and thanks to everyone for taking part. The DVDs will be on their way to their new homes shortly.
To take your chance to join Rama’s Army of winners simply send in your entries from her current giveaways to win the Book How To Break Up With Friends at this PS News link and/or her other DVD Vanquish at this link.
Good luck to everyone who does.
Off with his headline
And finally to the rarity of a story which PS News couldn’t use but whose headline demanded to be appreciated.
A number of Queensland dairy farmers are to use ‘smart collars’ on their cows to keep track of their health – an interesting story if you’re a farmer but not so interesting if you’re a public servant – but the headline is worth a pat on the head.
“Smart collars to get legen-dairy industry mooving ahead” was the stroke of genius that introduced the collared cows and caught our attention.
Congratulations to all concerned.
Till next week….
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