Awesome Stuff Vs. WTF Stuff

Awesome Stuff

So the Guru and the Toddler surprised me on Sunday.

When the Guru mentioned that something I've drooled over for quite a while would be arriving that day, I couldn't work out how he managed to get Johnny Depp into an Australia Post bag.

And while I was sad to see the parcel was smaller that Johnny, I was intrigued.

Cue jaw-dropping-stunned-silence as I was presented with:

iRobot Roomba 577

The following thoughts occurred to me while staring at the round object of house cleaning magic...

1. He actually listened. He heard me. Wait, what...!?
2. I've seen YouTube videos of cats riding these. I'd like that to happen here.
3. With the touch of a button my child could clean the floor for me!
4. With the touch of a button my husband could clean the floor for me!
5. With the touch of a button I can wash dishes, and with another button, clean the floor. And then go out shopping! Wait, who am I kidding? I'll actually be going to work.
6. I wonder how far away the automated washing machine system is? Can I speed up the process?

I tried it out for the first time that afternoon. I had vacuumed earlier in the day and was internally gloating that it was fruitless, it would find NOTHING!

Shortly thereafter the gloating turned to shame.

The reign of the robots has arrived in our home. And thank god for that.

WTF Stuff

So I was reading the paper this morning while making coffee and found that the NT Police have just taken delivery of this:



Image from the NT News: The 'Bear Cat'

That's right - they now have a Land Rover with a full metal jacket.

According to the NT News: "Territory police have received a new power weapon in the country's fight against terrorism. The $400,000 hi-tech armoured rescue vehicle, dubbed Bear Cat, weighs nine tonnes and is bullet-proof and blast-resistant."

And according to the NT Police Commissioner: "The "new tool in the kit bag" was hoped to combat life-threatening situations, including acts of terrorism and sieges."

So I'm thinking there will be new methods for bringing justice to Darwin.

Read up people! You do the crime, you'll do the time...

Offence: Hooning
Punishment: Your car will be crushed by the Bear Cat...while you're still inside

Offence: Speeding
Punishment: Your car will be crushed by the Bear Cat and you will be chased by the Bear Cat, maintaining a minimum land speed of 60km/hr

Offence: Not wearing a seatbelt
Punishment: Your car will be crushed by the Bear Cat and you will be saddled up and ridden home by a mounted Police Officer

Offence: Expired registration
Punishment: Your car will be crushed by the Bear Cat and you will be mummified in expired rego stickers
 
Offence: Not stopping at a red light/stop sign
Punishment: Your car will be crushed by the Bear Cat and you will be utilised as a speed bump at the scene of your folly
 
Offence: Armed robbery
Punishment: You will be gunned down by the automatic weapon mounted on the Bear Cat, and then put in jail to think about what you've done
 
Offence: Petty Theft
Punishment: See Armed robbery
 
Offence: Break and Enter
Punishment: See Armed robbery
 
The NT has gone bad-ass. Or just completely insane.
 
 

Yep - I'm ranting again

Maybe it's because I woke up in a bad mood today. Maybe because I just can't stand people making a joke about something that upsets me.

Maybe my co-workers are just a bunch of dick heads.

I lost my appetite when a discussion in the lunch room turned to the mother who is being taken to court over disciplining her son with hot sauce and a cold shower.

The clip was part of a Dr Phil episode, and more infromation on the charges the mother's up against can be found here.

Now it's not the topic of conversation that disturbed me. It's the fact that my co-workers thought it was funny and nothing was wrong with what the mother did.

To quote one of them 'it was only chilli sauce' and 'seems like you can be charged for anything these days'.

I had to stop myself from punching him in the face. And I responded that if I EVER thought it was okay to make my child eat chilli sauce and then dump them in a cold shower, while they scream in fear and pain, then I would expect to go to jail.

There is NOTHING about this that is okay. And there is NO EXCUSE for this mother's behaviour. The mother feels this is the only way to 'discipline' the little boy because he is so naughty.

This child was adopted from Russia with his twin brother. And authorities are now investigating whether the boys should be taken away.

My opinion is yes - but that's me.

I understand we all have lapses in our tempers, and we yell when we don't mean to or we're impatient with our children. But I don't ever recall wanting to do something like this to our daughter. I can't recall anything that she has ever done or could do that would make me think this kind of punishment was appropriate. EVER.

My co-workers regaled me with tales of how their headmasters would beat them with a cane, or their parents would use a belt.

Is it any wonder there are people in the world who think it's okay to use physical violence to get a point across!? Is it any wonder why these practices are now ILLEGAL!?

It makes me so angry. I can't even put it into words. I want to scream at them that I think they're all insensitive bastards and that they can all go to hell. That I feel sorry for their families if this is the way they think children should be taught right from wrong.

Maybe I'm just not in the right frame of mind today, and maybe I should have stayed home.

Maybe I'm oversensitive at the moment, and I should have walked away and not paid any attention to their stupid and insensitive comments.

But I couldn't, and I can't.

If I were them, I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror.