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This may be slightly overselling things:

Eurobodalla residents powered down during Earth Hour on Saturday, to the delight of millions across the world.

Meanwhile, at least one Canadian city defied trends:

Calgary actually used 2.1 per cent more energy during the event …

Calgarians join New Zealanders as this site’s official heroes of the Commonwealth.

Posted by Tim B. on 04/02/2008 at 09:31 PM

  1. Eurobodalla. Sounds like some sort of yeast infection. Where the fark is it?

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 04 02 at 09:45 PM • permalink

  2. Eurobodalla is on the south coast of NSW.

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 02 at 09:49 PM • permalink

  3. Der.

    It’s pretty.

    It’s residents are pretty silly.

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 02 at 09:51 PM • permalink

  4. It looks a nice place.  Maybe we could bring our jetskis there and buzz the kayakers…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2008 04 02 at 10:04 PM • permalink

  5. The competition for “village idiot” status down that way is pretty intense, however I would still recommend a visit, and in particular the potato pies at the Batemans Bay bakery.

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 04 02 at 10:08 PM • permalink

  6. Change of pace: a leprechaun  siting in Mobile, Alabama.
    Make sure you check out the “amateur sketch”.

    Posted by Merlin on 2008 04 02 at 10:17 PM • permalink

  7. You mean to say they’ve got electricity at Bermagui these days? That buggers up my seachange plan of cornering the kerosene and wick markets there, and making a killing. Next you’ll be telling us Old Tom has turned up his flukes and those pesky humpbacks are free to terrorise Twofold Bay, for crimminys sake.

    Posted by Habib on 2008 04 02 at 10:19 PM • permalink

  8. “we just kept a candle close to the dangerous areas”

    Where the hell were the OH&S people?

    Posted by jaycee1953 on 2008 04 02 at 10:23 PM • permalink

  9. In recognition of its outstanding global achievement, Kevin Rudd will visit Batemans Bay as part of his world appreciation tour. A spokesman for Mr. Rudd said he was “looking forward very much” to talks with his “dear friend” Mrs. McGillicuddy from 7 Hawker Place, and is keen to offer advice on her campaign to become C.W.A regional Vice President.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 04 02 at 10:44 PM • permalink

  10. Eurobodalla residents powered down during Earth Hour on Saturday, to the delight of millions across the world.

    Hey, wait a minute! I missed out on some delight?

    Why didn’t someone tell me?

    Posted by rinardman on 2008 04 02 at 11:02 PM • permalink

  11. Did the good folk at Eurobodalla turn off the lighthouse light?

    Posted by Hanyu on 2008 04 02 at 11:02 PM • permalink

  12. Did the good folk at Eurobodalla turn off the lighthouse light?

    Yeah, but some joker kept turning it on again.

    Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 04 02 at 11:12 PM • permalink

  13. #12 a lighthouse is a blinking nuisance.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 02 at 11:14 PM • permalink

  14. Well how did Canberra go - seeing as Batemans Bay is actually the Aboriginal name for ” Canberra on weekends” ?

    Posted by Wacko on 2008 04 02 at 11:44 PM • permalink

  15. Carbon Trading will turn out to be just another dodgy derivatives scheme which has no value at its dark, carboniferous heart. According to EU Referendum some early trading figures, although quite substantial in dollar terms, are not going to save the planet - since the impact on actual emissions is slight to nothing.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 04 03 at 12:11 AM • permalink

  16. Eurobodalla needs a flyover during earth hour 2009.

    Something akin to the jets that zip over the Gold Coast during Indy. Lots of noise and slowly disappearing vapour.

    And what’s with us coming in behind both Kiwis and Canadians in the anti earth hour war. Jeez that grates. Being beaten at our own game by a bunch of left leaning limp dicks.

    I’m going to practise harder for next year. Starting NOW!

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 04 03 at 12:12 AM • permalink

  17. Oh my goodness, 35,000 people!!!!  With the world population estimated at 6,658,869,853*, that comes to a whopping 0.00052561% of Humanity!

    Man, what an IMPRESSIVE number!  WOO HOO!!!!  Go, Eurobodalla!!!!!

    ====================================
    *: as of 04:20 GMT (EST+5) Apr 03, 2008

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 03 at 12:23 AM • permalink

  18. #14, I call Batemans Bay Belconnen-by-the-Sea.  Too many ‘Y’ plated cars and cardigan wearing public servants there, I prefer Merimbula.

    Posted by craigo on 2008 04 03 at 12:29 AM • permalink

  19. #18 - track suits as well as cardigans?

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 04 03 at 12:54 AM • permalink

  20. #1 & 2; I was once down the south coast with a lady friend who had a yeast infection; small world, eh?

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 04 03 at 02:02 AM • permalink

  21. #1 & 2; I was once down the south coast with a lady friend who had a yeast infection

    Did she buy you a beer?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 04 03 at 02:04 AM • permalink

  22. Er, I hope we all noticed that the Eurobodalla Bugleor whatever it’s called, is a Fairfax Rag?

    If anything, and under the circumstances, I commend them for their hyperbolic restraint.

    It could have read: “Millions flock to Eurobodalla to admire our darkyness”.

    Posted by Bonmot on 2008 04 03 at 02:26 AM • permalink

  23. #21 she was more into home brew.

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 04 03 at 03:00 AM • permalink

  24. #20 Cohenite. I hope it wasn’t late 70’s and she was a Sue from Corrimal. We could be ‘related’.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 04 03 at 03:39 AM • permalink

  25. #8
    “we just kept a candle close to the dangerous areas”
    Where the hell were the OH&S people?

    In the dark?

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 04 03 at 03:44 AM • permalink

  26. #24 could be mehaul; there’s hardly a week goes by that some woman doesn’t turn up at the front door, kid(s) in tow, and says “Here, it’s your turn now.” Or words to that effect. It really pisses the wife off.

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 04 03 at 03:53 AM • permalink

  27. Pretty much OT, but I can’t resist:

    Ted Turner has lost his freakin’ mind.

    Interviewed Tuesday for Charlie Rose’s PBS show, CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming “will be catastrophic” and those who don’t die “will be cannibals.” He also applied moral equivalence in describing Iraqi insurgents as “patriots” who simply “don’t like us because we’ve invaded their country” and so “if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we’d be doing the same thing.” On not taking drastic action to correct global warming:
    Not doing it will be catastrophic. We’ll be eight degrees hotter in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.

    ::cuckoo::

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 03 at 04:14 AM • permalink

  28. The question is, was turner stark raving before or after hanoi jane finished with him; my favourite cannibal movie is “Dawn of the Dead”, but I think ted would be more comfortable with this type of cannibal

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 04 03 at 04:31 AM • permalink

  29. #27
    in ... 30 or 40 years ... Most of the people will have died

    Brilliant observation ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 04 03 at 04:40 AM • permalink

  30. Ted Turner: “MUST HAVE MORE BRAINS…”

    Posted by Apparatchik on 2008 04 03 at 04:46 AM • permalink

  31. #27 He doesn’t appear to be terribly clever. Or he’s just pissed no one made him aware of this global warming climate change extreme weather until Earth Hour, and now he knows he’s got a lot of catching up to do in terms of parting money from fools.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2008 04 03 at 04:57 AM • permalink

  32. #27 First his father then Jane why not stark raving?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 03 at 05:14 AM • permalink

  33. OT?
    Optimal time for sex: 3 to 13 minute

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 03 at 05:23 AM • permalink

  34. #27

    Ted Turner has lost his freakin’ mind.

    Wasn’t he married to Jane Fonda?

    There were early signs.

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 03 at 05:36 AM • permalink

  35. #33 stack,

    that really depends on whether you’re the man or woman.

    A clever woman gets her man to drink just enough to make him “firm”, but not enough to let him finish.

    In conclusion, optimal for the female of the species, 13+ minutes. ;)

    For the man, um , who really cares.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 05:37 AM • permalink

  36. #34 Kae,

    Maybe it’s because Jane made him count to six every time he was horny. ;)

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 05:38 AM • permalink

  37. #35
    LOL

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 03 at 05:45 AM • permalink

  38. (however, I always thought that the optimum time was whenever you felt like it)

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 03 at 05:52 AM • permalink

  39. #38 Kae,

    That’s exactly what I was trying to convey.

    However I felt like it.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 05:59 AM • permalink

  40. #26 You’ve got to move. Change names. Do whatever it takes. Guilt has its boundaries.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 04 03 at 06:20 AM • permalink

  41. #40
    Is that with or without the missus?

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 03 at 06:21 AM • permalink

  42. #27
    It’s the end of the world, Ted, but not as we know it!

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 04 03 at 06:27 AM • permalink

  43. #41 Kae. If yeasty friends from the 70s are on the doorsteps 30 years later, avec enfants, then I think you throw the keys to the wife, the kids in the car and oneself into the boot and then you drive deep into the night.

    The alternative is too ghastly to consider.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 04 03 at 06:37 AM • permalink

  44. “we just kept a candle close to the dangerous areas” - for some folks (no names, no pack drill) that’s a standard Saturday night’s entertainment.
    OT: what’s with the Blogad for the Sharia School? Or am I misreading?

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 04 03 at 06:48 AM • permalink

  45. #44 Swinish,

    ahem, uhh, that’s a little sideline I’ve been developing over the last couple of weeks.

    It was Kaboom’s idea. I just ran with it.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 06:52 AM • permalink

  46. #43
    I wasn’t thinking they were from thirty years ago, with kids in tow…. they’d be grown by now…

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 03 at 06:57 AM • permalink

  47. #46 I was.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 04 03 at 07:06 AM • permalink

  48. My ex-girlfriend and two of her friends had yeast infections and PMS simultaneously.  Yep, a real Whine & Cheese party.

    I’m here all week.

    Posted by SSG Pooh on 2008 04 03 at 07:33 AM • permalink

  49. Is that story garbled, by any chance? Shouldn’t it have read, “Eurobodalla residents powered down for Earth Hour on Saturday, during the de-lighting by millions across the world” ?

    Posted by paco on 2008 04 03 at 07:34 AM • permalink

  50. #48, ssg Pooh,

    aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!!

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 07:46 AM • permalink

  51. Actually, it’s unsurprising that residents of Eurobodalla would be a little, shall I say, gullible.

    If you break the name up into two parts,
    Euro; we all know how stupid THAT idea has been.

    Bodalla; in my parents native tongue, the word bodalla, stretch the o to make it sound a bit like oo, lengthen the first a,  pronounce it “boohdahlla. It means dork, dummy, twit, idiot etc.

    “Dumb Euro’s” Quite appropriate I’d have thought.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 04 03 at 07:55 AM • permalink

  52. I’m going to bed; I’ve just read #35; I’m putting it to the test.

    Posted by cohenite on 2008 04 03 at 08:02 AM • permalink

  53. Seems there is a frog problem down under. Maybe the French would be interested in their legs.

    Posted by Retread on 2008 04 03 at 08:15 AM • permalink

  54. #53; What’s humane about freezing a poor little froggie to death? Better to use shotguns. Fun for the whole family!

    Posted by dean martin on 2008 04 03 at 08:44 AM • permalink

  55. I recall one of those nature shows that talked about frogs that froze in the winter and then thawed out come spring and went on to happily make more of their kind. Imagine the surprise that awaits in the home freezer!

    Posted by Retread on 2008 04 03 at 10:02 AM • permalink

  56. I “observed” Earth Hour by attending the Denver Auto Show.  Made sure I was at the Hummer pavilion at 8 PM sharp.

    Posted by WingDynasty on 2008 04 03 at 11:18 AM • permalink

  57. Gather up your Cane Toads, hundreds and thousands of them, and pack them into large crates. Sent to the SPCA for disposal.

    Posted by mojo on 2008 04 03 at 11:20 AM • permalink

  58. Has anyone checked with the Hutt River Principality for Oz bragging rights?

    Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2008 04 03 at 11:27 AM • permalink

  59. #53
      Why would you invite the French if you already have too many frogs?

    Posted by MikeTheLibrarian on 2008 04 03 at 11:44 AM • permalink

  60. He also applied moral equivalence in describing Iraqi insurgents as “patriots” who simply “don’t like us because we’ve invaded their country” and so “if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we’d be doing the same thing.”

    I recall being asked a question along this line sometime back.  My answer was along the lines of ‘are you on drugs?’

    Posted by Achillea on 2008 04 03 at 02:42 PM • permalink

  61. Shouldn’t that be Eurobabblia?

    Posted by rightwingprof on 2008 04 03 at 03:13 PM • permalink

  62. #54…And who can get hold of a shotgun in Oz???  Best is a garden fork, maybe a 9 iron or wedge.

    Posted by Rod C on 2008 04 03 at 05:06 PM • permalink

  63. I happen to know the Eurobodalla Shire quite well after a protracted battle with it’s ethically questionable council.  The real reason the lights were out is that it is basically a huge retirement village and Earth Hour was well after the resident’s bedtime.

    Posted by Irobot on 2008 04 04 at 06:38 AM • permalink

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