Keeping up with the Joneses
As if life it isn’t hard enough to stay ahead of the pack, now a commercial radio program has turned into Aunty overnight. Quicker than Jamie Whincup piloted his petrol tank to victory at Mt Panorama yesterday, the Macquarie Network has pulled, or strategically withdrawn all advertising from a certain morning radio program. Now, without any ad breaks, what hope does one have in keeping up with the spurious hyperbole that fills the airwaves during a certain breakfast radio show. At least with a short drink’s break provided by Kemeny’s, enjoying a free ride around the block in a Merc and listening to a warm word from Woollies, one was spared from a troll’s tirade, if only for 90 seconds or so. But now there is no toilet break, unless you tune in from London; there’s not even a drinks session. Instead, it’s all out attack across the airwaves, like Chris Gayle and the Calypso Kings hitting the Sri Lankans for six in double quick time and claiming the spoils. Whether...