Starting this week by hitching a ride in a police car with the ACT constabulary as the Territory’s finest lament a flood in the frequency of roadway speedsters this year, declaring the problem to be 30 per cent higher than it has for the past three years.
Warning one and all that the Territory’s policepersons are slamming the brakes on the leadfeeters by adopting a “zero-tolerance approach” to speeding, the frustrated law enforcers have resorted to blue-line creativity to get their lifesaving message through to the hard headed speeding community.
“It’s dangerous for everybody, it’s a threat to the community’s safety,” the frustrated force announced to its public, so “we’re to go on the front foot after drivers who use too much of their right foot.”
Ka Boom!
Looks like the feet have it!
Breaking the camel’s back?
And while we’re on the subject of clever PS commentary, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (cheekily known as DES) made sure it’s new policy for clamping down on the nuisance of uncontrolled plastic products doesn’t go unnoticed.
Declaring that some of the more wasteful plastic products are to be banned, the Department caught the public’s attention with a memorable headline that puts plastic in its proper place.
Announcing a war on the wastage of single-use straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates, the Department cleverly punned its way to prominence with: “It’s the last straw for Queensland’s single-use plastics”.
Speaking on behalf of the planet, PS-sssst! hopes they’re right!
Acrimonious acronymery
To yet more examples of PS wit and wisdom now with a flurry of amusing (or confusing) acronyms that popped up on the PS-sssst! desk in the past few days.
First off the rank is the good news that the Australian Space Agency has joined with America’s NASA to launch a program to encourage citizen scientists to help save our battered planet by keeping an eye on what’s happening to it and how to fix it.
The program is cleverly known as the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment project, cunningly acronymised as ‘GLOBE’ in case we missed it the first time
Closer to the ground in the national capital, Canberra entered the acronym act with a project which plugs its fleet of electric vehicles (EV)s into the local electricity grid to share power with the community in times of high demand.
A worthwhile and valuable project to be sure and the Territory reflects it significance by naming the project ‘Realising Electric Vehicle to Grid Services’ which it shortens to ‘REVS’, cunningly utilising the letters ‘EV’ for electric vehicles, and thus saving wear and tear on other letters!
PS-sssst! wonders however, why the ‘G’ for ‘grid’ which also appeared in the program’s name, is silent.
Perhaps it’s being saved for a Grand appearance some other time!
Another live giveaway
Another sabre rattling episode in Rama Gaind’s runaway giveaway this week, with her weekly free prize the complete DVD version of the costume classic The Iron Mask in which Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Charles Dance and other DVD luminaries resurrect an 18th century sea-going adventure awash with wizards, dragons and the marinated mysteries of the main.
To join Rama’s Army of winning readers all we had to do was tell her who plays the Ambassador character in the film after which one of three free copies of the DVD could be ours.
The actor was ‘Rutger Hauer’, the name known and offered by the first three readers to spin out of the PS News Barrel of Booty to claim their spoils: i.e. Cathy B from the Western Australian Electoral Commission; Mark P from Services Australia; and Kirsty D from the Federal Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
Congratulations to all our successful and wise readers and thanks to all who took part.
The DVDs will be pirating their way to their new owners any day now.
In the meantime, Rama is still on the prowl to kidnap even more winners – this time offering her latest book prize at this PS News link and her next DVD freebie at this link.
So good luck to all who take the plunge…!
Booked!
And Finally, while we’re still under Rama’s irresistible spell, the word from the mistress this week is that all three books featured in her busy review section this week “have had a profound effect – for the first time in all my years of reviewing”.
Strong words from a seasoned wordsmith!
According to Rama, this week’s selection of books “are life truths we easily overlook because they don’t directly affect us… but we should take them seriously.”
To find out what has captured Rama’s conscience for ourselves, her record-breaking reviews can be accessed at this PS News link.
Until next week……
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