I Hate Your Footy Team

This is a ranked list of how much I hate all the clubs from the two major footy codes in Australia* and why.

The original title for this column.
But it turned out it was already taken.

Footnote:
*Sorry, rugby and soccer, you aren't major in Australia - come back when you get some commercial free-to-air coverage.

Stuff My Kids Say, Part Seven

This is the continuation of the series where my twin boys sometimes say and do funny stuff. Their names are R & J, and here's a picture of them with their mum:

(Seriously though, did they name one of them Sir Carter Carter?)

(CARTER CARTER. Did this really happen??)

(Rich and famous people are the best.)

R & J just turned four years old. We got them walkie talkies. The recommendation on the box was for ages five and up.

We should've listened to the box.

They were incapable of holding down a button and talking at the same time. It was bewildering.

But there are other things that mark being four years old.

Peppa Pig

We are big fans of Peppa Pig in my household. It even finished in first place in the Official ABC4Kids Power Rankings a few years ago.

Peppa, accepting the trophy
for top power ranking. 

I find it interesting that online Peppa Pig appears to be a polarising figure. Peppa is making your children naughty. She is teaching them how to swear. And guilty of fat shaming. She is also a left-wing feminazi. And so on.

I think Peppa is a fairly accurate portrayal of a pre-school aged kid. Nothing more. Expectations beyond that are unfair. Perhaps even ridiculous.

Especially as the main pig role model of my youth was Porky Pig. Now there's a bad influence! Oh, and the Three Little Pigs too - a story where two pigs are killed due to low availability of quality construction materials (and perhaps no council approval), before the third reaps vengeance with a torturous retaliatory murder involving boiling water.

But no, it's a whiny four-year-old pig that's a terrible influence on your whiny four-year old child.

Anyway, here are my top five favourite moments from the show...

The Population Race

There was a wealth of interesting information in the Census release yesterday. The snippet that caught my eye was the population race between Sydney and Melbourne.

Review: Going to the Footy

A few weeks ago I took the twins to a blockbuster match between a team in blue jerseys starting with 'New' and a team wearing a shade of red.

New South Wales also played Queensland in State of Origin the following week. We went to Newtown Jets versus Illawarra (not) Steelers at Henson Park instead. 

Stuff My Kids Say, Part Six

So the other day J stopped playing, walked up to me, and said this...

Hot NRL Newz~! May 2017

All of the hottest takes on State of Origin selections!

Pictured: Classic Origin moment of Sam Thaiday running faster
than for any of his hit-ups to make the fight numbers uneven. Could be
from literally any Origin he's played in.