A family pet that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with her owners after surviving alone on an island for four months. Sophie Tucker, apparently named after a late US entertainer, fell overboard as Jan Griffith and her family sailed through choppy waters off the northeast Queensland coast in November. The dog was thought to have drowned, but managed to swim to St Bees Island, five nautical miles away. The Griffiths contacted rangers when they heard a dog that had been living off feral goats on the island had been captured. (Source: AAP)
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British supermarket Sainsbury's has rebranded a fish after shoppers were embarrassed to ask for it by name. The humble pollack, which is close to a slang word for testicles, will be sold by Sainsbury's as "colin" - pronounced "co-lan," and French for the closely related hake - with packaging inspired by artist Jackson Pollock. "It seems daft that pollack isn't more popular, particularly when it's readily available off our own coast, tastes great and is cheaper than cod," said a spokesperson.
(Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
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Martin writes: "Regarding Dave from Warkworth's predicament, the old Chateau de Cardboard tends to be a mix of whatever hard pressings and excess wine that said wine company feels they can throw in. This can include white wine, which actually does not decolour red wine that much (try adding white wine in small increments to red and you will be surprised). This can include the excess of savvy from last year with a bit of 'sun from a bag' (sugar) and voila! A palatable red table wine."
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Terry writes: "Avoid the cheapie brands of canned cream-style corn. I too wondered how far wrong you could go with a simple can of corn, but the answer is disturbing. If you read the contents on the tin, you'll see that there's only about two-thirds the amount of actual corn as the name brands. They pack it out with slimy thickeners instead."
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Tony says he is an idiot. "I accidentally put a large brown cardboard box containing my new flatmate's most treasured personal possessions outside my house in Larchwood Ave on Sunday April 5 for inorganic collection day. The contents included an old sewing basket, a flute, music stand, sheet music, a custom tree trunk art piece and Audrey Hepburn classic books.
If you collected this box from the roadside, I hope you will help me fix my mistake. My flatmate had no intention of throwing them out and I would love to be able to return them for her. Please call or text Tony Rice on 021-800-576 or email rice.tony@gmail.com."
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