EVERY morning in Melbourne several people still buy The Phage, a habit newcomers to the city must find no less mysterious than the hook turn, which involves veering left before turning right and then proceeding down the middle of the road. Could it be that new Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood is about to install in the editor’s chair a fellow who might execute a similar manoeuvre? The commenters at Mumbrella seem to think it would be a very good idea, even to the extent of imploring the Almighty to make it so.
And if Tim Blair’s friend needs a refresher course in Melbourne’s peculiar traffic regulations, this Fat Pizza tutorial should do the trick.
Talking about The Age - just had a door-to-door canvasser turn up spruiking The Age subsriptions. Desperation stuff.
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