26 November 2008

Canberra Goss - The suspense is killing me

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[First filed: 11:21 21 November 2008]

It looks like our friends who have been thinking about asking “them” for a better website for Canberra might finally be getting what they want.

The Canberra Goss website proclaims that it is going to do something more useful than run a hideous flash animation sometime on Monday.

Intriguingly it promises to bring you “ALL SORTS OF PLEASURE IN THE ONE WEBSITE” including:

  • Overnight sensation!
  • Hottest parties!
  • Only the Best!

As you can imagine I am barely able to contain my excitement at the thought of all this pleasure.

Canberra Goss is a person on Facebook, with rather a lot of friends, and there’s a popular FB group which is all very impressive for a placeholder. Apparently there’s some sort of link with Academy.

Best of luck to them.

UPDATED: Well they’re live now with a heady mix of advertorial, competitions (they seem to have a lot of Xbox 360s to give away which makes me deeply jealous on several levels), and stale old content. The insistence on using flash as a key design element of the site is particularly painful. That said, and using flash as a content element, I’d like to dedicate this song to them:

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Oh, yes! It was very funny – thanks guys!!

Granny said :

BerraBoy68 said :

That’s Sir God to you, thanks!

What about Sir Godalot?

Ooooo, I like that!

The real one is _VASTLY_ more entertaining, Granny…

I think that that might be the same one she was referring to. I slipped it into a post on teh Canberra Gross site…

BerraBoy68 said :

That’s Sir God to you, thanks!

What about Sir Godalot?

The real one is _VASTLY_ more entertaining, Granny…

http://www.korea-dpr.com/

peterh said :

why do they have an archives button? seems strange if they are deleting comments.

not going to be my site of choice. mrs peterh couldn’t believe how bad it is either, she will stick to yahoo or msn messenger.

Peter you’re pretty much the last person they’re trying to run the site for, no great loss to them there.

Well, at least I got to see the official webpage of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ….

: )

Granny said :

Just what I need … a knight in shining armour with a god complex!

*giggle*

That’s Sir God to you, thanks!

why do they have an archives button? seems strange if they are deleting comments.

not going to be my site of choice. mrs peterh couldn’t believe how bad it is either, she will stick to yahoo or msn messenger.

censoring the comments, but not the “F” word, or the “C” word?

wow.

canberra goss. comment what WE want you to, or be deleted.

Just what I need … a knight in shining armour with a god complex!

*giggle*

PreciousLilywhite said :

I read that last night and was convinced it was a rioter causing trouble. I’m glad someone else thought that comment on dolphins was hilarious.

The Rioters appear to be the only ones on that site that can spell and use correct grammar.

PreciousLilywhite1:03 pm 27 Nov 08

I read that last night and was convinced it was a rioter causing trouble. I’m glad someone else thought that comment on dolphins was hilarious.

I just reposted my vote for Granny. I refuse to to be silenced…

I don’t think I’ve ever had a nicer compliment than that. Usually people comment on how much worse I look than a wigged dolphin.

LOL

Now I can’t even access the site, and see 100% packet loss on pings.

But the entire Delta Goodrem – dolphin – Vote for Granny series was:

Post 1 by ItsaMeMario:
I had the misfortune of being at my friend Simon’s house one night while his girlfriend was watching Australian Idol. Delta Goodrem was a guest and played her new single, cant remember what it was called but it sounded like something from the movie Titanic so i guess she was ‘on brand’.
When Delta first appeared a few years back, I seriously wanted to sleep with her. Seeing the mess she was on tv, I cant believe what dreadful taste I actually have.
When I was about twelve, my sister had an eighties newsagent book series on how to apply makeup. I swear that the preteen girl on the cover, made up to look like what I assumed at the time to be a zombie, was identical to Delta Goodrem’s ‘look’ last night.
The covergirl had crimped long blonde hair, enough bronze coloured foundation smothered on to look like greased plasticine and black eyeshadow with a hint of cobalt blue. The dress Delta was wearing I have no name for, kind of like a black shiny full length poncho or one of those rug like covers you see Egyptian people wearing in the indiana jones movies.

Post 2 by ItsaMeMArio
Dolphins can hold their breath for up to eight weeks but need to surface occassionally to look around as they cannot open their eyes under water.
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals. They give birth to live offspring. Usually each dolphin gives birth to eighty or ninety calves at a time but few survive as the mothers eat their young.

Fact: If you put a wig on a dolphin, it looks better than Delta Goodrem.
But not better than Granny.
+1 Granny.

After this, people heaped shit on ItsaMeMario for being overly long-winded, and comparisons of him to John Howard.
Why Canberra Goss’ readership believes John Howard would ramble at length about Delta Goodrem or dolphins, I have no idea.

Nothing wrong with trolling places infested with idiots, in fact it’s a duty.

It’s cause you is hot, innit!

Frankly, I can’t understand why they would have taken such a disliking to me, p1!

*chuckle*

Being a troll is bad. And if you go trolling you’re bad. ‘Cause trolls are bad. Don’t be a troll.

Mmkay?

The Canberra Goss people appear to be a little against anyone who has the ability to write cohesive sentences. I am a little disappointed that the dolphin post disappeared before I worked out what it was about.

I told you so!

*hehehe*

Now I’ll never be hot ….

*jumps out of window*

Granny posts have been deleted !

I really don’t mind if you vote for yourself!

*chuckle*

The whole thing is so ridiculous that I burst into giggles whenever I think of it … like when I’m sitting on a public toilet FFS!! Fortunately they haven’t sent for the men in white coats yet or had me drug tested ….

Oh, who? What?

…[rambling story about Delta Goodrem]…[rambling story about dolphins]…
Fact: If you put a wig on a dolphin, it looks better than Delta Goodrem.
But not better than Granny.
+1 Granny.

I could almost like Canberra Goss.

It’s good for a laugh. I’d vote in the “Canberra’s hottest cup of tea” poll.

You got my vote too Granny 🙂

“embarassed OF your pyjamas”?! WTF?!There is no hope for these people, they must be ridiculed into oblivion.

Skidbladnir said :

I’m Hugh Jackman and so’s my wife!

Splitter!

Probably ….

: )

I’m hot AND sweaty – does that count?

I’m Hugh Jackman and so’s my wife!

I’m sure if I win they will simply delete the thread!

*grin*

It’s ‘Canberra Goss’ Granny, so of course no-one will notice. Please tell us if you win the hair dryer though.

*big smile*

I wish they would vote for you, Thumper.

I will never be able to hold my head up in decent, respectable feminist company again. My reputation is being severely tarnished by this unsavoury incident, possibly beyond repair. Hopefully no-one will notice ….

Besides, I’m NOT Hugh Jackman either.

*sigh*

Six votes for granny so far, and counting!

Peachy said :

Havign fun there Granny?

I always have fun.

Granny said :

it’s lucky that I am fond of you.

Fond? After all I’ve said about pregnant women and curves being sexy?! Fond?

I’m devastated, but can live with it;)

poptop said :

I’ve decided Elkie needs to take the Kittens in hand – I’ve just realised they are championing “Emma knieriem designs [which] push the boundaries between sleepwear and daywear, you will never be embarrassed of your pyjamas again.”

So ant was right about girls wearing nighties to the races! I’ll wear my nice comfy blue flannelette ones with sheep and clouds ….

Rofl. Havign fun there Granny? 😛

I’ve put in a vote for you btw. That’s three so far.

Here’s my picture, poptop!

Skid, I don’t even want to win the used vibrator in the other contest ….

*chuckle*

Okay, it would seem RiotACT has chosen a mascot…
Granny, want to win an Xbox360 as well?

http://www.canberragoss.com/2008/11/hottest-canberra-car/

Please include an interesting Granny fact with your pledge of support.

I prophesy that Granny is going to be boring about sending in her photo and a summary of why she is the Hottest Girl in Canberra – we’ll just have to overwhelm the judges with our knowledge of Granny’s awesomeness.

I’ve decided Elkie needs to take the Kittens in hand – I’ve just realised they are championing “Emma knieriem designs [which] push the boundaries between sleepwear and daywear, you will never be embarrassed of your pyjamas again.”

Ewwwwww

BerraBoy68, it’s lucky that I am fond of you.

BSM Goss: Now, the Colonel and the Captain will ask you questions to see if you’re suitable as a bombardier. Is that clear?
Fluffy: Yes, Sergeant-Major.
Captain Candy: Now then Throatwort, you’re on patrol with an officer and 10 kittens. You see 3 RiotACT soldiers entering a thicket. When do you open fire?
Fluffy: How thick is the thicket?
BSM Goss: The thickness of the thicket has nothing to do with it. Answer the question!
Fluffy: What are they going in the thicket for?
Colonel Barbie: Good question. What are they going in the thicket for Candy?
Captain Candy: It doesn’t say, sir. I think they’re just passing through.
Colonel Barbie: I see. When do you open fire, Throatwort?
Fluffy: Before they’re entering the thicket?
BSM Goss, Colonel Barbie, Captain Candy: No.
Fluffy: When they’re in the thicket?
BSM Goss, Colonel Barbie, Captain Candy: No.
Fluffy: When they come out of the thicket?
BSM Goss, Colonel Barbie, Captain Candy: No.
Fluffy: I’ve failed, haven’t I?
BSM Goss, Colonel Barbie, Captain Candy: Yes.

Berraboy68, as suggested, another vote has been made for Granny.

BerraBoy68 said :

Rather than calling themeselves ‘elite’ shouldn’t the Emma K Kittens group of underwear models call themselves a ‘crack’ team?

Offal Thread, Berraboy. Now.

We don’t get to vote yet. Can we send in the photo of the ferret. She’s hot.

Granny, I just voted for you on Canb. Goss. I urge everybody to do likewise.

Now if only Canberra Goss could delete this thread ….

; )

WTF?! I just took the link to the Emma K Kittens site on Caberra Goss. A more plain or weird looking bunch of fluff you’ll never see.

Rather than calling themeselves ‘elite’ shouldn’t the Emma K Kittens group of underwear models call themselves a ‘crack’ team?

Skid, I do still have my umbrella you know!

*heh heh heh*

They don’t call me ‘Granny the Impaler’ for nothing ….

I just found a post on Canberra Goss by someone calling themselves “Willo the larfing kitty licker”. I wonder who that is?

You are the mutt’s nuts.

My apostrophes have gone AWOL!

But not people like us, poptop! We are the ants britches and the bees knees, I think.

*chuckle*

It appears that running Canberra’s hottest website is not proceeding as planned.

People are so cruel.

What on earth did you post, p1!!

‘Comments are closed.’

*guffaw* *chortle* *snort*

On a goss website?? Too bad it’s gone ….

Jeebus – it’s like the inside of a 19-year-old-platinum-blonde-in-6-inch-heel’s head in there. You just don’t see things as vapid that often.

I’m a little sad that the comments on the kittin thread have all disappeared, I was hoping that they would censor my post, not everyones posts…

Boy, you can have a lot of pleasure at that website. Yessir! Just ask willo ….

; )

LOLLERSKATES! Thats what Canberra has been missing! An “Only the best!”. I knew it! The “Overnight Sensation!” is an added bonus. Rejoice!

Nah I don’t beleive it. I think the majority of RA posters are more articulate than that. I’ve been winding them up over there a little, making an idiot of myself in the process.

And let me tell ya, there are some classy dames over there. Did I say dames, sorry, I meant hood-rats!

Angary. “It’s gonna rapidly devolve into a slagfest for skanks and wannabes, check out some of the highly articulate comments from the classy individuals who have chosen to post on there already if you don’t believe me”

They are just the RA posters giving it a go. 🙂

Okay so I took a really good look at the site thinking my initial criticisms may have been too harsh…

No, no they weren’t harsh enough.

So they’re promoting night life in Canberra or some crap like that and the first two things I come across are video of chicks fighting in front of mooseheads and that old footage of the chicks fighting at Woden Plaza.

Wow, just makes me want to go out and get amongst all that good stuff in the hope I too might be worthy of a mention on Canberra Goss!

It’s gonna rapidly devolve into a slagfest for skanks and wannabes, check out some of the highly articulate comments from the classy individuals who have chosen to post on there already if you don’t believe me.

Oh … dear!

hmmm…..willo the laughing kitten killer………i think i just found the username i am gunna use on “canberra goss”………lol

Go on, dexi! I dare you!!!

*chuckle*

I bet you get deleted!

haha it’s got such a better ring to it than “I think I might go and choke the chicken” haha

I’ll post that goss on Canberra Goss. Willo the laughing kitten killer has a thought whilst watching Canberra’s hottest girls.

Ill need pictures (no airbrushed enlargements)and a sound bite of insane laughing.

hahahahahahha….”I think I might go and kill a kitten”……hahahahhahahahhaha

That’s just disgraceful, BerraBoy68! Still at least you have learned about safe keyboarding these days ….

; )

Damn P1, I think I must be responsible for the kitten shortage in India during then early 80’s, sorry:(

*guffaw* … That is just the saddest thing I’ve ever heard ….

Please, think of the kittens.

No where not appreciative lot, because we know they are really doing it to get all our stuff. 🙂

They are beautiful, but their true beauty is kind of hidden or eclipsed because they’re being men not women in that picture.

I know that doesn’t make sense, but it’s the truth. Just like in the romance novels the heroes are being women.

They’re doing it to please you ….

*chuckle*

You’re not a very appreciative lot!

But they don’t look like kittens at all!

Well they’ve done a sh!thouse job they look scary!

Until proven otherwise, assume they’ve been airbrushed and photoshopped, and are not realistic renditions of actual humans.

Airbrushing I think.

Surely its not me or my screen but those kittens look a bit weird, like they’ve had too much surgery…

Nah, Dexi, the one that puts out is a slut, and the one that doesn’t is a bitch or an ice-queen … surely you know that.

With superior intelligence you just know that’s not sarcastic, Thumper!

Yes Granny I have heard the same thing from the girls. Weird how two people who both want too, can’t seem too…… I know if I had a real clue Id have a sex life.

Isn’t the whole hottest girl thing demeaning or would the hottest girl be the one that puts out.

They can’t be vapid, Jim Jones, because of all that superior intelligence and personality.

*poker face*

A third reich consisting solely of vapid barbie dolls … sounds like Manuka to me.

boom tish

I love the whole ‘superior’ beauty, intelligence and personality thing …. It makes them sound positively Aryan!

*chuckle*

According to their copy & pasted site blather:
“The kittens consist of eleven Canberra based models who have been hand chosen for their superior beauty, intelligence, personality and ability to perform in the spotlight.”

Link:
http://www.canberragoss.com/2008/11/emma-k-kittens/

But anyone who posts a comment which is not supportive of their advertorial fluff gets censored.

Over there, “We like the kittens and you’re just jealous [of them]’ is a sufficient explanation of why people should be censored.

So they are against the Betong fence at Forde because it keeps out the kittens?

We can probably overwhelm their voting system easy enough, but doing so would drive up both their site visits, and inflate their sense of popularity.

And besides, they’re already shown that they’re not impartial in voting, and will also delete content they don’t like.
Over there, “We like the kittens and you’re just jealous [of them]’ is a sufficient explanation of why people should be censored.

Thanks, Poptop!

*chuckle*

Dexi, I think it’s funny you should say that because what I hear when ‘girls talk’ is that most would like sex more often. As one woman once said, “Saturday is my favourite day of the week, ’cause I usually get a root.”

If I wasn’t committed to voting for Elkie, I’d vote for you too Granny.

It is not how hot you are! it’s how many of your friends you can get to vote for you

Thank you, PreciousLilywhite, but I think that’s unlikely to happen!

; )

Granny said :

What is love?

: )

I dunno, but it sure is sticky.

PreciousLilywhite11:31 am 25 Nov 08

I hate to be the one to break up this deep and meaningful lovefest with something relevant to the thread *gasp* but I just want you to know, Granny, that if you submit for the ‘hottest chick in town’ contest…I’ll vote for you. ha ha :0

What is love?

: )

It’s easy for a man to separate sex and love. One is a physical act, the other an emotion. Men tend to go from sex to love. Women tend to go from love to sex.

Then marriage/relationship strikes and both are not sure where to go. Women tend to find other things more important later in life, like family and home. If the man is still looking for the separate sex thing, he could be left with self satisfaction as being his only viable alternative.

You can wait for the mystical collision of the planets, combined with good romantic planning and the offering of gifts. You might be lucky. Fun, excitement and holidays will also increase your chances too. Sex is only really satisfying, when it brings love and equality of experience, to the bed. Ie. Its good when your both gagging for it.

Do we disagree on everything else, Skid?

Mind you, if I had to chose between reading trashy romance genre novels and watching trashy pr0n DVDs, I’d choose the former. They are, as you say, hilarious.

Horray, poptop and I agree again (twice).
I am not normal people, I’m jaded as all hell right now.

Don’t disagree with anything you’ve said Granny – [almost]everyone is capable of sex without love and [almost] everyone wants to be loved.

I do, however, think that stereotypically, men distinguish between love and sex, women intertwine them.

Unless they’ve been hurt perhaps.

It depends what lads and what circumstances I think.

I think both men and women are capable of having sex without love. I also believe that both men and women do want to be loved.

No Granny, but women (says poptop, generalising wildly)have real difficulty separating sex from emotions and have even greater difficulty believing that separation is the natural state for men.

For grown-ups like Granny, romance does involve something a bit more sophisticated than a flower from the petrol station and a block of Cadbury’s.

Granny you have described romancing Granny 101, which is lovely and a bit illuminating.

The lads are talking about something a bit different, I think.

However, I would never ask a woman to stop reading her chick-lit, bodice-ripper fantasy, or any of the Mills and Boon, Silhouette, Dell, or Harlequin Blaze.

The books sure are dull, but I find them hilarious.

I just don’t think that would work with me, poptop, because things are romantic because of who you are with – not because of what they do.

Like X would drop by my house with chocolate Flakes for us to have in hot milk, and if I wasn’t there he’d leave them on the doorstep and I’d come home and find them and know he’d been thinking of me, because he was the only one in the world who would do that.

Or calling me during the mid-dawn shift because he knew I’d be up listening and me saying, “How are you?” and him saying, “I’ve got a song for you,” and playing David Soul for me.

Or me wearing his shirt to the shops while we’re holding hands and deciding what to eat, and him saying, you know, “Why can’t it always be like this?”

You just can’t wave a bunch of flowers under a girl’s nose and take her out to dinner and think that’s romantic.

Hooray, potop and I agree.

The secret is to do the romance thing so we women can pretend men think about sex and love and relationships in the same way we do.

Sadly it isn’t true. This goes a long way to explaining both the porno and the romance novel industries.

If that is the case you may need to win her all over again, wishuwell, and there is no certainty that you will succeed. But some things are worth fighting for.

At this point I would stop assuming that she is your sexual partner and see here as the stranger that you will need to win. It doesn’t matter how many years you’ve been together, how many kids you have, what she has promised you, what piece of paper you have.

But if you’ve ever had that magic together before you can have it again. Deep down she will be wanting that as well, unless she has feelings for somebody else.

I know what it’s like to be rejected also, and it does hurt because what you’re offering is yourself. So I do know what you’re going through, and I hope it has a happy ending for both of you. I’m sure she’s a special person if you picked her out from all the other women in the world.

Apparently women also don’t like it when men are busy thinking about someone else (like an ex-girlfriend) at the time.
Apparently they feel used. :O

But its different when men pay to take them to a night concert of live entertainment, and they go home with you.
Then its okay for them to do it. (:|

Granny I might get you to have a word with the ungrateful half of the current wishuwell life experience, she’s giving the opposite impression at the moment. Or maybe she just doesn’t like sex with me.

Update on the Hottest girl in Canberra Comp

Canberra Goss says:
November 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Remember Girls.

It is not how hot you are! it’s how many of your friends you can get to vote for you

I’m all confused now . . .

I love the article they lifted from Carlos Xuma about The Secret Dark Side of Women.

It turns out that women actually like sex! Who knew??

*guffaw*

That was sent from a screen about 10cm^2 in size, which used predictive text.
Apologies for the typo and formatting, but i’ll still stand by it.

RiotACT doesn’t need to try and compete with it, but whatever product or message these people are trying to offer their stakeholders is being horribly mismanaged.

Let them keep their Beyonce rather then dragging CMC down to their level.

Skid – I am teh n00b on riot and missed the Academy stuff. You totally nailed Canberra Goss though!

in the chat unfortunately. The owners. In passing. Someone suggested they might incorporate CMC local music in their homepage track, and the response from the Gos administrators was LOL and a list with Beyonce! Oh well, maybe in good time! Viva CMC!

do send the link…?

They’ve already dissed the CMC on their chat …

it’s not a competition in that sense.

If they put up good content I look forward to linking to it.

Ouch! Skid buries the silly site.

You’re giving them ideas, if not future content, people…
They’ve only been running for two days, and already shown they’re willing to lift content off Riotact, that they will delete content that questions them, and don’t actually care if something they run is either a) accurate, or b) current.
Hint for Ms Goss: Six months is an eternity in the world of internet information, long enough for ‘news’ to become ‘olds’ (RiotACT gets news out faster, and has a great big archive if people want to find history, maybe you can rerun some stories from there, too) and there is no way people will be talking about your site if all you can do is put up photos of your night out (Facebook does it better, faster, gets them to an audience better, and can pay for its own bandwidth. or does Daddy say your bills?)

Their site style seems more like the kind of Journal that young girls write to give themselves an ego-boosting hobby, or at the request of their not-quite-bankrupt ex-franchiser parents (Goss: type “psychic powers” into that any up top right ) but Canberra Goss’ is trying to increase sales of basic spirits for their affiliated clubs instead of trying to communicate with them.
The facebook group now has at least one person openly thinking they are just a glossy bag full of hype-flavoured air [1].

So far there isn’t anything resembling ‘Goss’, and what these little girls consider ‘content’ doesn’t relate to what their Facebook audience would call ‘Canberra’.
The more they want to promote a site that only republishes instead of generating content, the shorter the half life of ‘Canberra Goss’ as a viable website.

[1]: it must be terrible for a site admin when the most appropriate metaphor that leaps into the mind of your audience is “A hype-inflated bag of goon.”

Sure, you might be able to polish the turd, but no amount of glitter can change the fact that it is still a turd. Even if now it looks like a Christmas poo.

Can’t wait for the hardcopy subscription magazine to come out – definitely on my xmas list for various aunties around the world, I’m sure they will LOVE IT

Nooooo.

Norwood FTW

Canberra’s hottest fire would have had to been Mooseheads right?

I can’t wait to find out who has canberra’s hottest shrubbery.

If someone set fire to it, would they also get the prize for Canberra’s hottest fire?!

Canberra’s biggest random d*ckhead posing in a picture with a hired promotional model!?!?!?

More like Canberra Toss dot com.

Looks like sooo much fun! I’d rather administer papercuts to my genitals than be seen with anyone there.

But that’s just me…

You kids have a good time.

Granny said “I know it is wonderful, but is it truly the most important quality for a woman to have?”

Judging by the Jester’s Ball pictures, being a Moo cow stuffed into a variety of bizarre outfits is a pretty important quality for Canberra’s women.

I want to read about Canberra’s Hottest Kerb. They can put that next to the Images of Queanbo feature.

Go on, Jim Jones! Vote for it!!

*tee hee*

Wouldn’t the “hottest Canberra car” be those two buses that got torched after carrying the siteseeing Adelaide kids?

tylersmayhem3:45 pm 24 Nov 08

S**t JB, I’m worried that RA is going down the gurgler now. You’ve got some serious competition now man! What is your mitigation strategy against the Canberra Goss geniuses? It’s going to have to be a good one, cause dang their covering the big issues! 😛

She does have it all.

: )

Can’t we just nominate Elkie as Hottest Canberra Girl?

It looks a bit different if you cross your eyes while you’re reading it.

: P

Gungahlin Al3:30 pm 24 Nov 08

Good to see such a hype about it all

Is that what this was?? Were we reading the same thread?

In relation to the ‘Hottest Canberra Girl’ competition, I couldn’t help but notice that there were no competitions for the highest achieving ‘girls’ or the girls who had contributed the most to society, or the most heroic girl, or which girl makes the best friend.

That is because these things are not the slightest bit important. As long as you are hot it doesn’t matter if you are not very nice. Of course, there are many wonderful women who are beautiful, intelligent, kind and caring, but why should beauty be celebrated above all other qualities?

I know it is wonderful, but is it truly the most important quality for a woman to have?

Gramps once knew a guy who was married to the most exquisitely beautiful woman, yet he was miserable because they were so intellectually incompatible and he couldn’t really talk to her. This made him feel very lonely.

It’s old goss. “The mum bashed by girls as crowd cheers on” is a copy and paste from a story by news.com in may 2008.

I reckon ‘Hottest Canberra public toilet’ could be quite an interesting thread, martyo.

: )

oh dear – site launched. Is it just me, or do they appear not to have any goss at all , just a load of questions asking for “us” to send the goss into them??? will they have goss soon then?

“Goss by Night” (they best kind of goss imho) lost it’s navigation, and is a load of pictures…is the goss hidden in them somewhere?

Hottest Canberra car? what next

Hottest Canberra curb?
Hottest Canberra taxi?
Hottest Canberra public toilet?
Hottest Canberra trailer park?

I expected to much right 😉

Peachy, you must have missed the denouncing counter-hoax when Riot ran with the story, and scored us ‘old timers’ free Academy entry. 😉

Doesn’t Academy have an under 25 age rule now (total heresay!)? If it is linked to Academy, does that mean there will be an age validation requirement on the site? Like the ones they have for porn sites, but that you have to be this young to enter. 😉

I think the Finnish dwarves are fairly differentiating.

*chuckle*

reaction achieved. 🙂

Now Ms Goss, you just need to work out what is going to differentiate you from your hundreds of competitors which have already achieved what you want to do, and not be tom much the ‘overnight sensation’ where everybody forgets about you in the morning.

Otherwise, you’re still just an exercise in marketing.
But welcome to the inter tubes.

Granny said :

CanberraGoss said :

Call these people ‘skanky’ if you will, it’s ok, ignorance is bliss!

That’s actually just a joke from another thread, Canberra Goss. I don’t know of anyone less likely to call a woman ‘skanky’ than BerraBoy68!

Thanks Granny and spot on! I was in two minds as to whether I should have posted the previous comment noting only a few Rioters would have made the link to our comments previous threads. I knew I could count on you though!

CanberraGoss said :

Call these people ‘skanky’ if you will, it’s ok, ignorance is bliss!

That’s actually just a joke from another thread, Canberra Goss. I don’t know of anyone less likely to call a woman ‘skanky’ than BerraBoy68! He’s a really nice person.

I’m sure your website will be a useful resource for the younger party people and I hope all goes well with the launch.

CanberraGoss1:54 am 22 Nov 08

Hey guys,
CanberraGoss will be in full swing in a few days with information regarding the site and all the rest up for grabs. It is also a locally run business here in Canberra. CanberraGoss is in no way starting a site to spread horrible rumours either, it’s a fun and new way to meet friends, hear the latest music and see the photos from the weekend. Call these people ‘skanky’ if you will, it’s ok, ignorance is bliss!

Good to see such a hype about it all, I hope you check it out when the site is up and running. All of us with our ‘lipgloss, makeup and short dresses’ will see you out fully dressed!

CanberraGoss.

*chuckle*

Never fear, Sleaz274! I shall stick Canberra Goss’s name on the birth certificate …. Damn those Finnish dwarves! Damn that glass and a half of full cream milk with half a tin of milo also!

: )

I don’t get it… it looks more like a rave in sydney than anything remotely near canberra and a couple of close ups of semi attractive girls not even 2s in my book. What are they going to gossip about? The world has become just so confusing… back to vodka for me, vodka is crystal clear.

It wasn’t me that did that to Granny either before anyone mentions anything…

Nice to see you’re still cracking inappropriate jokes however some things can always be relied on. I cracked a joke once…

BerraBoy, you are just looking for trouble.

Most likely those girls are pillars of their respective families, churches and communities as well as being beautiful inside and out.

I also typed that with a condom on each of my fingers just in case…

(pack of 12… two left, Yay!)

Granny said :

You were right, PreciousLilyWhite! Terrible things can happen to a girl at that site!!

*chuckle*

Agreed. Should we just agree to call all the women who appear on that site as being obvious ‘skanks’ and say no more about it?!

PreciousLilywhite4:56 pm 21 Nov 08

It’s like date rape in the form of an engrish website. Stay away kids!!!

Yeah, I know what you mean. There was a moment there when I was sandwiched between the two Finnish dwarves and the Maori tribesmen that I felt the same way.

I had a look at the intro and feel very old. 🙁

You were right, PreciousLilyWhite! Terrible things can happen to a girl at that site!!

*chuckle*

PreciousLilywhite4:03 pm 21 Nov 08

LOL Granny. Easy on the sherry this arvo ay? :o)

I mean, no, I’m not! Congratulations are not in order.

*aaagh*

Aaaagh!

*blush*

Not really!!

There’s not really anything to say to that, ma’am.
Congratulations?

Well, I can only hope you guys were protected. I certainly wasn’t. I may even be knocked up …! Again!!

I don’t think you have the knees for one, Jb.

I wish we had more short skirts here myself.

There goes the positive review!

For the people wondering if the RiotACT mention is ‘positive’ or not, being linked here by the CanberraGoss’ Facebook bragging:

It might have been, except for the following, which is hopefully to provoke a reaction, and see if you’re all just being used for marketing purposes…
Their website has no determinable content, only a countdown timer, and flashy images of flesh.
Their facebook has been equally quiet on what they hope to achieve.
None of their facebook friends seem to know who Canberra Goss is, in that _nobody_ has populated the “X knows Canberra Goss” details.
The facebook profile is full of people doing nothing more than asking what these people think they are doing other than all of the people asking “what is this about?” “Who are you” and “Why did I friend you?
And they have people questioning wether or not we’re being a positive review.

Canberragoss.com has deliberately obscured its entire whois lookup, to prevent people finding out their administrative contact person and details.
Their website is hosted by Syra.Net, based in Western Australia, so they don’t appear to actively support local business.
Roughly the only information about what they intend to do is in one Facebook status update…

Canberra is http://www.canberragoss.com – gossip is a cruel way of telling somebody you dont like them!
Frankly, you can do that already here on RiotACT.
Here, they tell you how popular the site is, instead of hiding behind a shitload of lipgloss, makeup and short dresses.

Oh I dunno,

I reckon RSVP would have spread more than a few.

*chuckle*

You don’t get STDs from a website, PreciousLilyWhite …. I know that may come as a shock, so I hope you are sitting down!

; )

PreciousLilywhite2:52 pm 21 Nov 08

The only overnight sensation that might develop from such a website may be an STD.

an overnight sensation that takes several days to launch! pow

lol!!!!! that is a crackup poptop.

and the media loop is complete –

Canberragoss’s wall =

Canberra goss in the news 🙂
http://the-riotact.com/?p=9785
Follow the link for the story

RiotACT is now ‘the news’

I’m with you too, PreciousLilywhite. Such a shame that we’re over 15.

PreciousLilywhite12:19 pm 21 Nov 08

I don’t have speakers on my computer but Im sure there’s some doof doof music playing to that radical intro they have…
It looks Plastic Spastic Fantastic!!! Corny and Porny.
Sadly, I think Im too old/mature to hang out there.

Canberra goss11:39 am 21 Nov 08

Thanks Jonny Boy =)

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