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A very Tiger Christmas

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Tiger Woods was one of the most tightly branded (and bland) public personalities anywhere. So with the unfolding story of 10 or more regular ladies on the side, it’s not too hard to imagine him rocking up at Kings Cross bar Porky’s on his last trip.

Every year around this time, Porky’s gets dolled up in tinsel, Christmas trees and Santas, and truckloads of lights.

A sign above the bar’s Darlinghurst Road front door gets used for ad hoc messages, kind of like a heathen take on the St Barnabas on Broadway. In June, they used it to point NRL players elsewhere. This week, they’re claiming Tiger as a recent guest.

By ml. December 21, 2009

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Filmed stealing

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Walking down Surrey Street, Darlinghurst, this week, we were confronted with this threatening sign.

It doesn’t seem like a neighbourhood for empty threats – the owners have either gone to the police with the film or they haven’t.

It’s hard to imagine someone who’s prepared to uproot a nascent hedge (is it really a hedge at that height?) in a high traffic area like Surrey Street worrying over a handwritten sign.

By ml. November 14, 2009

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From Oswald Lane to where

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Our occasional contributor BT picked this one up a while ago.

Apparently a few of these metaphysical additions to the council’s street signage have appeared recently.

By ml. April 9, 2009

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