Things you don't see any more...

Mutterings continued.

Ipana toothpaste
Dutch cakes
Fruit mince slices (the ones with the really healthy dose of sugar on the top)
Ponds beauty cream (or any Ponds product, for that matter)

I went shopping at Garden City this morning. Apparently management was expecting a whole heap o' customers as they were making the staff park at the school across the road and not in their normal parking bays. When I left at 9.30am, however, there were hardly any cars in the carpark at all. K Mart were selling car accessories for 25 and 30% off so Manfred now has seat covers (with cool gold and yellow geckos and footprints on them), a cover for his steering wheel and a metallic blue screen shade.

I noticed some more round things inside Manfred, just above each seat belt. Rob determined that they're something explosive to tighten the seatbelts in the event of an accident. And Leece very helpfully suggested that I have a nice crash to see what happens.

We saw The Incredibles at the MegaHugieBiggiePlex at Innaloo this afternoon. A hoot. Lots of fun. Well worth seeing. It was evident that the session was aimed at the young audience as there was ad after ad after ad for Adventure World, McDonalds, etc. The complex had posters for Sky Captain, which will finally open on Feb 3.

It seems that the HHGTTG Tertiary Phase CD I ordered from Amazon UK has gone astray. I've been in touch with them and they are sending a replacement, no questions asked.

"Snakes leapfrog evolution
By Brian Williams
January 3, 2005

RESEARCHERS believe two species of snake have evolved their body shapes so they can eat cane toads without being killed by the amphibian's poison.

The red-bellied black and golden/green tree snake have developed smaller heads and larger bodies. Snakes with a small head can eat only small toads, therefore ingesting less poison. A larger body also allows better absorbtion of larger doses of poison." Go snakies!!