7 August 2008

Keep your eyes peeled for Riot Pins

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We’ve now taken delivery of some really very spiffy RiotACT pins. Keep an eye out for them around town and say hello to your fellow rioters.

They look rather good on lapels, ties, hats, wooly jumpers, and pretty much anything you can push a pin through. They will need minor modification for use as ear or nose rings unless you like the holding spike jabbing your ear-lobe/nose (you can file the spike off in a few minutes if determined).

But how do I get one I hear you cry?

Every premium member gets a pin (fear not early adopters your pin is on its way to you).

Offers of illicit sexual congress in back alleys to also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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starry said :

I got mine today, thankyou they are very nice.
Madman i laughed at the red envelope as well, but i was wondering whose party i was invited to.

I went one further. The hand-writing was a dead spit for that of a relative with whom I’m not much talking with these days. So when I opened the envelope and saw the little pouch, I thought: “WTF? They’re sending me cuff-links??!!”

Very nice, and the size is such that if someone can’t quite see it properly, you can read them the….. never mind.

I was thinking anthrax attack 🙂

But the Christmas stamp was a nice touch.

I got mine today, thankyou they are very nice.
Madman i laughed at the red envelope as well, but i was wondering whose party i was invited to.

(grrrr someone at my work must be posting the same time i am because I keep writting the above post and it keeps telling me i’m posting too fast! damit, let me post whoever you are!)

thanks for my riotact pin I recieved yesterday!
Maybe wasn’t the best idea sending it to me in a red envelope!!!
I had the better half waiting all day for me to return home with this red envelope demanding answers to which girlfriend was sending me love letters!

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G-Fresh said :

Perfectly hideous pin to stab holes through perfectly fine garments.

One day my RiotACT pin may be a highly sought after collector’s item, G-Fresh, and those who miss out may be awfully gee-sorry and so forth.

: )

hehe

The massive armed bloke you refer to would have been Sam. He finished up at Erindale in mid-2004.

Maybe I have amalgumated the guy who used to manage Erindale a while back and you into one composite…

Massive arms.

johnboy said :

Mælinar – *spoiler alert* I’ve seen S04E13 said :

Offers of illicit sexual congress in back alleys to also be considered on a case-by-case basis.?!?

Cameron’s a lovely man but we’d prefer the cash.

Let’s all be glad about that 😀

Skidbladnir said :

Cameron = the big guy who used to manage Goodberry’s, built like a footballer carrying invisible luggage?

Not quite sure what a footballer carrying invisible luggage is built like ?? but yes I’m the Cameron from Goodberry’s… I used to own the Woden store before it went belly up and turned into a Lemon Grass. 🙁

Cameron = the big guy who used to manage Goodberry’s, built like a footballer carrying invisible luggage?

If he also designed the logo that you put on the pin, just give him a pin.
You’ve aready reproduced his artistic work.

Mælinar – *spoiler alert* I’ve seen S04E13 said :

Offers of illicit sexual congress in back alleys to also be considered on a case-by-case basis.?!?

Cameron’s a lovely man but we’d prefer the cash.

Mælinar - *spoiler alert* I've seen S04E132:17 pm 08 Aug 08

I’m prepared to support RA in ways other than becoming a premium member and with far greater value than the fifty that’d cost – ooerr.

Offers of illicit sexual congress in back alleys to also be considered on a case-by-case basis. ?!?

Perfectly hideous pin to stab holes through perfectly fine garments.

Given that I don’t perceive the benefits of premium membership as being anything close to valuable, if I took it out it would only be to throw $50 at the RA team by way of support.

I think JB, Jazz and the rest of the RA team know that I’m prepared to support RA in ways other than becoming a premium member and with far greater value than the fifty that’d cost.

tylersmayhem12:17 pm 08 Aug 08

Or maybe I should just front the cash and be a premium member. The benefits though… article rating that I would rarely do, and seeing read and unread posts… for fifty a year? Unsure.

Careful with comments like that Cameron. JB no likey! See below:

From me – To be honest, I still really don’t see the added value in paying $50 per year. I’m first to admit that $50 over a years is nothing (Less than 14c a day) – but for the added benefits of being able to rate a story (many times I see a story which never gets any comments, but has a full 5 stars?!) – and the thingy to keep track of where you were up to really isn’t all that great.

Response from JB: Gosh Tyler, maybe if you took out the sub the starring would reflect your values? Or maybe you want to support a publication from which you derive much enjoyment? Or maybe you don’t want to take out premium membership? All fine options.

Well get your own hat, become a premium member and affix a pin.

I want a Riotact police hat.

Awesome.

Given the amount of trime I waste on this site… it IS payday, afterall.

I just signed up this morning! Been thinking about it for a while.

Frequent here quite often so thought why the hell not – it makes it alot easier! Still reckon we need Bypasses. Oh when making the stickers make sure there’s some little ones for my motorbike! :-p

Somebody clever once said something to the effect of: “just when you’re getting sick of telling people is around the time they’re starting to listen”.

Anyway much appreciated and we’ll keep annoying everyone by promoting them further.

I did’t know about premium membership till now. Count me in! Just joined up. Looking forward to my pin.

Jazz promises he’ll be in touch with you for delivery any day now.

How do you have our addresses to send these lapels out!?

I can’t wait to get my hands on one!
You should get RiotACT stickers next and you put them on your vehicles and we can have RiotACT bypasses to get into the city quicker, just like that episode called StoneCutters on the Simpsons!!! hehehehe

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy5:03 pm 07 Aug 08

I love you guys…

I figured I should probably pay, as 1) I use your bandwidth, 2) The Canberra Times charge far more than 14c/day for exactly the same news, and their profits go to Sydney. 3) “I only believe in gay marriage when both chicks are hot” will never be a headline on the ABC News.

hehe – 14c per day. I suppose you’re right. Some of the things we’ll be talking about in the future might help you to value add for that 14c 😉

Oh, my giddy aunt! Speaking of photos, I just checked out the Prince Albert page on wikipedia and the photo image at the top is, um, confronting. I hope my daughter isn’t covering Monaco royalty for her French (I know, but it’s next door) project!

Overheard said :

Prince Albert, anyone?!

Make sure you send in the photograph. Not for publication as much as for amusement.

We signed off on doing RiotGear last year IIRC. Unfortunately the team member it’s with has not moved it forward. He, like the code master shall remain nameless for now for his own protection.

“They look rather good on lapels, ties, hats, wooly jumpers, and pretty much anything you can push a pin through.”

Prince Albert, anyone?!

I think we can sort something out cameron.

it is only 14c per day.

I wonder if I can scam one for, you know, coming up with that version of the logo :p

Or maybe I should just front the cash and be a premium member. The benefits though… article rating that I would rarely do, and seeing read and unread posts… for fifty a year? Unsure.

Curious – how many premium members are there?

So, you’re adopting the idea I mentioned a great many moons ago, and moving into selling RiotGear?

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