The Best of the
Northern Territory
06 February 2000
Todays news from the Sunday Territorian
Crime hits Darwin
'Firearm seized in siege'
'A teenager was arrested and a sawn-off .22 single shot rifle seized after a dramatic four-hour police siege in a Darwin suburb yesterday'. The news for police in Victoria was that no-one was shot dead.
'Armed men hit 3 servos in 2 hours'
'Scissors and a knife were used to hold up three Darwin service stations within a two-hour period yesterday morning, police said'. With prices at 88.9c a litre it is not surprising.
Now back to real news
'Yes, men have bad hair days'
Yale University researches have been hard at it again. This time they have discovered that a person's self-esteem is lower on a bad-hair day. Barbers and hairdressers around the nation are expecting a bumper month as number ones become the latest fad in achieving qi.
'Hero dung bugs to poo rescue'
Following hot on the heels of the Tracy Grimshaw case, Darwin resident's are being warned not to be complacent about picking up poo by allowing the wondrous dung beetle to do its stuff. I don't want to be shitty but....
And it doesn't come any worse than this
'Meet dog food Dann'
Troy Dann's latest enterprise is 'dog food in memory of his dead dog Oakie which featured in his last television series'. If only it was his last. Fetch me a bucket.
And a meeting of the minds
'Great mates'
Jeff Fenech and Mike Tyson. The sub-headline 'Fenech bonds with buddy Iron Mike'. I'm just waiting for news of the engagement.
Pain? Think erotic
Well after reading those two stories, screw you guys I'm going to bed.