Heckler on Birth
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Overdose of awe is dreadful
Heckler LATELY people seem to be increasingly impressed by my words and actions. My most ordinary efforts have a great impact and are now regarded as ''awesome''.
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It's policy guaranteed to cause frustration
Heckler WHAT is it with organisations that hide behind ''policy'' to make us poor punters jump through hoops, only to have that policy conveniently overlooked when one becomes insistent that one is not going...
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Ignoring the unwed childless is singly low
Heckler EVERY federal budget night I'm reminded that the penalty for neither procreating nor partnering up is to be ignored by all political parties, be they left, right or in-between.
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Marital switch is ID theft
Heckler IDENTITY theft is a contemporary challenge, yet our society is still happy to promote mass change of identity - but only for women.
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Privacy decrees gone mad
Heckler YOU KNOW what really gets my back up? It's privacy laws. I know, they are meant to keep our affairs private. But why do they work only one way?
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House for lease: no students
Heckler ''NO, YOUR application wasn't successful.'' The voice is crisp, hurried and edged with scorn. I venture to ask the reason why. "The owner doesn't want students, I'm afraid."
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Baby, don't take your love online
Heckler I WAS rejected by an online dating site. Yes, you read that correctly - the site rejected me before I even got to the dating stage. I didn't even know this could happen.
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These kilos are making me fed up
Heckler NO, I'M not big boned. I'm fat. There's nothing else for it.
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Just treat me like dirt, I'm a med student
Heckler I FEEL a bit duped. I worked hard at high school to get into medicine and have been rewarded for my efforts by six years of an apprenticeship that I have for the most part endured rather than enjoyed.
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Pardonnez moi, please excuse my English
Heckler I've just read Harriet Veitch's Heckler column ''Mon dieu! It's a nightmare'' (October 4). I am French, but I fully agree that French is hard to learn as a second language.
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The burden of proof
Heckler I don't know when the practice of companies requiring customers to give their date of birth as a form of identification started.
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Madness of the machine
Heckler I HAVE just received another phone call from my bank. Or at least I think it was from my bank. I'm not sure. It was the fifth call I've had from NAB in three days.
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Never saw the gig, got the T-shirt
Heckler SINCE when did the year of one's birth define what music they were capable of appreciating?
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Just give me good old- style pain
Heckler YOGA is like dental floss. It's annoying but necessary, and I wish I had discovered its benefits long ago.
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Elephant baby joy takes a wrong turn
Heckler ON THE day when Sydney softened a little with news of the miracle elephant birth at Taronga Zoo, I discovered the tough, nasty side of the city was still lurking about in abundance.
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One born every minute
Heckler Commonsense is not common. An old saw but, like many, based in truth. Although I am a doctor (declaration of interest), one does not have to be to grasp the failure of commonsense implicit in two...
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Runaround leaves mum needing care
Heckler I hate childcare. I really do. For a service that costs $65 a day per child, minimum, I don't feel like I should have to beg for it.
