16 November 2010

Olivia responds to Mt Tucker?

| johnboy
Join the conversation
29

Steve Tucker’s ill advised email to all staff at DIAC. Has kicked off his 15 minutes of fame. News outlets as far afield as the Kansas City Star are taking an interest in his quest for love.

And here you might have noticed the site running bumpy under the load of interest.

Well here’s the visits graph:

mt tucker

He’s no Joel Monaghan, but it’s a hell of a leap to fame.

Against this background someone claiming to be Olivia, the object of Steve’s affections, has logged on and posted this bad news for Steve:

    #116 olivia
    (Newbie)
    12:53, 16 Nov 10

    Hi Steve, it’s Olivia here. Sorry I don’t remember you.

    Your only hope is if I gave you one of my tickets. I gave out over two hundred on Saturday night so don’t feel too special. have a look in your shirt pocket, that’s where I slip them in if I allow you to get close enough.

    No ticket? Sorry, have a good life anyway!

Can any of our younger female readers explain the ticket system?

Join the conversation

29
All Comments
  • All Comments
  • Website Comments
LatestOldest

I checked today’s Canberra Times for any letters regarding the Ballad of Steve Tucker. Didn’t see any, but if Pope’s cartoon regarding the affair doesn’t get into this weekend’s ABC Insiders’ Talking Pictures, it’ll prove those guys have no sense of humour!

ConanOfCooma3:09 pm 17 Nov 10

It seems that the email was originally forwarded on 1100 times to external addresses. I don’t know if this was 1100 individuals that forwarded it, or 1100 delivery instances, but either way, that’s some great adherance to policy.

Source is an internal contact in Immigration.

Who also forwarded the email on to me!

Mwahahahahahaha!

Olivia’s not an odd name, and I bet this is a shallower instance of the Olivia class. It’s not an obvious joke, it’s a genuine fool who thinks she must be the object of the email because she has the same name.

fgzk said :

Olivia has appeared in the Bollywood thread commenting on road rules. Olivia has referenced an archaic dancing ticket system used during the war. My guess would be Olivia is a granddad, from the pool of driving thread trolls. They might try perverting the thread with talk of the town bike disturbing their morning troll.

I was wondering how long it would take! One gold star.

Rawhide Kid Part310:24 am 17 Nov 10

I think its a case of He is and She isn’t. If she was, then this would all have not come about… Shame really…..

Amanda Hugankis10:12 am 17 Nov 10

I wonder if people can redeem Olivia tickets for cash? Or they’re only good for one ride?

Pitchka said :

Is Mt Tucker somewhere near Mt Ainslie?

I think it is more of a direction as opposed to a location.

The big question is – was the party any good?

Pitchka said :

Is Mt Tucker somewhere near Mt Ainslie?

thought more or less the same thing…

Maybe she was one of the organisers and was working the door. She gave out many tickets (but most recipients didn’t stalk her)?

I immediately assumed that post was a pisstake. Maybe I have a strange sense of humour?

I thought I read on one of the papers’ websites yesterday sourcing the reports that Olivia didn’t remember him to a Canberra radio station that got her on the phone, but maybe they were referring to Ray.

ConanOfCooma9:21 am 17 Nov 10

I don’t think he wanted to dance…

He wanted to “dance”.

lolz guys FMW I’m having fun

Is Mt Tucker somewhere near Mt Ainslie?

I don’t think that it’s real.

If it is, could it be that she was a promo girl and handed out promotion vouchers for something?

Olivia has appeared in the Bollywood thread commenting on road rules. Olivia has referenced an archaic dancing ticket system used during the war. My guess would be Olivia is a granddad, from the pool of driving thread trolls. They might try perverting the thread with talk of the town bike disturbing their morning troll.

Righto, looks like I might owe my wife whatever the prize was on this bet, she’s been insisting from the outset it was a publicity hoax in the line of the Sydney Jacket scam or the chk-chk-boom girl.

This whole thing going to end in a promotion of an end of year ball/dance party/concert or something?

Olivia must be true, as the 7pm Project quoted last night that Olivia could not remember Steve. I wonder where they got that from. Verification.

Ray Hadley on Sydney radio had some contact with a friend of olivia.

lol, i cant believe people believe Olivia’s post is legit.

Oh yeah, a ticket means a dance ticket, and you get one to dance with a particular partner.

Really sceptical about “Olivia”. How easy is it to sign in to Riot-ACT as “Steve”, or “STucker”, or “Olivia”? We, or at least JB, needs verification!

Given that the original RA “Olivia” has not returned AFAIK, I think we can all hold onto our sides and laugh loudly.

The RA “Olivia” has been quoted in many major commercial media reports today. Are they that stupid or what?

mr_wowtrousers9:58 pm 16 Nov 10

Sounds to me like Steve dodged a bullet on this one. “Olivia” sounds like a right catch . . . at the very least he could get a meat tray out of it.

Obvious putdown is not so obvious?

An exclusive list of 200 people, of which Steve is not a member.

*sigh*

Younger female here, never heard of it. What is it? I assume it’s just a joke in the response?

Looks like someone’s making a joke about having tickets on oneself. I love the almost slutty distribution of tickets to everyone except Steve.

Could it be a secret female admirer of Steve’s trying to burn the competition, or someone else who has it in for Olivia, or just someone with a quirky sense of humour?

If this is the actual Olivia I’ll be in stitches

😀

JessicaNumber6:25 pm 16 Nov 10

Well of course in a smaller town on a quiet night you can ask them to form an orderly queue… but on a Saturday in Kingston it really works better if they just take a number…

has to be fake, hope its a fake………

Daily Digest

Want the best Canberra news delivered daily? Every day we package the most popular Riotact stories and send them straight to your inbox. Sign-up now for trusted local news that will never be behind a paywall.

By submitting your email address you are agreeing to Region Group's terms and conditions and privacy policy.