Starting this week by putting an end to last week’s start with special thanks to a learned reader who pointed out that ‘The E’s Have It’ we had last week weren’t ’E’s’ at all and if they were. They didn’t!
Special thanks to Kate D of the national Department of Education, Skills and Employment for contributing to PS-sssst’s notably contributable education.
“Just a quick note” the wiser-than-PS-sssst! Kate wrote in her quick note.
“In ‘The E’s have it’, ‘Effective, Efficient, Economical and Ethical’ is an example of alliteration, not onomatopoeia.”
PS-sssst! is grateful to be corrected and willingly accepts the wisdom of the wiser.
If the truth be known however, we thought we did well just spelling onomatopoeia without actually having to know what it stood for too!
As usual PS-sssst! will show its everlasting gratitude by sending Kate a perfectly popular PS-sssst! Pack of paraphernalia for contributing to our enjoyment.
Thanks again Kate.
Headway to headlines
To the creative cleverness of public services now with not one, not three but TWO creative attempts at cutting-edge cunningness in the fine and sometimes funny art of headline wit and wisdom.
First cab off the rank were the Australian Federal Police assuring their public it would be working diligently as always through the long weekend and had even put its skills to work finding lost Easter Eggs with the aid of an MD3000 metal detector.
“Using specialist technology, capability and expertise, the AFP’s forensic team, who are often at the forefront of helping to hunt for clues, spared no effort in detecting thousands of Easter eggs across the country,” the police admitted wisely.
Its cagey and canny headline said it all: ‘Chocolate concealment no match for AFP eggs-perts’.
Says PS-sssst!: ‘That’s Easter for Them to Say!’
Second cab off the same rank was South Australia’s Tourism Commission predicting Easter to be shaping up as a big one for the crow-loving State.
“Data shows it is thanks to Adelaide hotel occupancy reaching the highest in the nation, strong interstate visitation, international tourists returning, and the traditional surge in South Australians taking a holiday in regional SA,” the Commission committed.
And it did so under the headline: ‘SA tourism operators hop-timistic about multi-million-dollar boost’.
Hop-timistic indeed.
Don’t give up your day jobs guys!
Opera house hits the note
Giveaway time now for Rama Gaind to dig into her compendium of complimentary giveaways and add to the collections of lucky PS News readers who play her weekly giveaway game.
This week two readers have the chance to win copies of Peter FitzSimon’s book The Opera House, simply by answering Rama’s quiz question and naming the date Sydney’s Opera House was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The answer is 28 June 2007 and the first two correct readers to emerge from the PS News Barrel of Booty were Elizabeth W from the federal Department of Home Affairs and Dana T from the Australian Criminal Intelligent Commission.
Congratulations to Elizabeth and Dana and thanks to everyone who took part. The prize books will be on the way to their new homes shortly.
In the meantime, to put your good luck to work and join Rama’s giveaway games, simply visit her review of the Book Meanjin Quarterly, Autumn 2022 Edition at this PS News link and/or her other reporting review of the DVD Pressure Point at this link.
Good luck to everyone who does,
Woo goes there?
Great idea in NSW now, engaging the services of Australia’s most famous mathematics teacher, Eddie Woo as the face of a new road safety campaign encouraging drivers to slow down on the roads.
“Eddie Woo is a brilliant communicator and breaks down the hard facts of speeding with a simple message – the faster you go, the longer it takes to stop,” the State’s Minister for Metropolitan Roads said.
And what better way to attract interest in the story than by using the obvious headline: “Wooing drivers to slow down on our roads”.
In time we trust
And finally, from the wonderful world of Philomena S from Victoria’s Department of Families, Fairness and Housing comes yet another thoughtful thought that will have the rest of us thinking for the rest of the week.
“How”, asks Philomena, “did the person who made the first clock know what time it was?”
Brilliant question.
All answers to [email protected] or your nearest psychiatrist!
‘Till next week……
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