Feral Frog Cakes deal with lamington proliferation

Rich Higgins and Matt Kelly are

 The List Operators and their
Fringe show is Wigipedia!

The List Operators are out to make life compute for kids in their new show Wigipedia!

And, the compulsive listers of timeless trivia they are, they have some outrageous revelations about the City of Churches.

 

"We discovered the first name of Adelaide was in fact Radelaide and, when Michael Jackson toured in the '80s, it was changed to Badelaide for a week in his honour," Rich Higgins says.

  

 "Adelaide has a large percentage of cereal killers, you guys just love the muesli!"

"Adelaide is the only city you can see from space - apart from all the other ones!" Matt Kelly says.

"South Australia is north of Tasmania, east of WA and west of Victoria. It should really be called 'Slightly East of the Middle Australia'."

Higgins also listed Adelaide's feral Frog Cake problem.

"Feral Frog Cakes were released into South Australia early last century to deal with the Hedgehog and Lamington infestations," he says.

"It didn't work and now all three cakes are common throughout the state."

Rich said many famous people were not born in Adelaide.

"These include Chuck Norris, Ghenghis Khan, Jacki Chan, Justin Beiber and the Dalai Lama," he says.

"However, one of the funniest people ever, Shaun Micallef, is from Adelaide so that makes up for it."

Higgins also announced that Adelaide was not the greatest rhyming city. "Five words rhyme with Adelaide, the first four are: accolade, barricade, cavalcade, hand grenade. Can you guess the fifth?"

Rich said there would be other amazing revelations in the show.

"Such as cyberspace is as big as a piece of string," he says.

"The flipside of social media is Anty social media which works well ... for ants."

Higgins says there is no app for parenting yet.

"But you can get an ape for parenting, from the zoo.

"They especially enjoy babysitting - babies are comfier than pillows."

Rich said there were not many differences in working with kids and robots.

"One is really good for building cars and fighting things using lasers, and the other one is a robot," he says.

"And, after much research, we've decided the fridge doors are much better for lists than iPads.

"We used to have iPads, until Matt attached them to his knees and went skateboarding. Turns out they don't do everything."

The List Operators For Kids Do Compooters: Wigipedia!, Bosco Theatre, The Garden Of Unearthly Delights.

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No place for booze in schools as alternative to lamington drives

Lamington drives: Traditional Aussie fundraiser

An ambitious campaign has been launched to stamp out alcohol-related fundraising efforts by schools.

Principals across Australia will this week receive a letter from Australian National Council on Drugs chairman Dr John Herron, urging an end to all booze-related money-spinners.

Wine "drives" conducted via newsletters, liquor "tasting events" on school premises, and alcoholic bottles featuring school logos are on his list of concerns.

Dr Herron believes schools are in a position to counter the "huge problem" of alcohol misuse, which he says costs Australians an estimated $36 billion a year.

"You can't wring your hands and talk about alcohol-inspired (problems), youth binge drinking, the violence that's occurring on the streets, and then say 'who's responsible?'

"Everybody has to start thinking about their own personal involvement, in this case through the schools," Dr Herron said.

In a letter to principals, Dr Herron said he was "seeking the agreement of all schools across Australia to not become involved with any marketing, sale or distribution of alcohol".

Several online fundraising companies offer deals for schools, and even kindergartens, as alternatives to traditional chocolate and lamington drives.

Australian Secondary Principals Association's Sheree Vertigan said she opposed alcohol fundraisers, but admitted some "slipped under the radar". "Sometimes parent groups organise things which involve alcohol, with the very best intentions in the world," said Ms Vertigan, who is also on the ANCD board.

"Parents and community groups seek whatever way they can. They come up with innovative ideas and sometimes alcohol has been (used) ... to raise funds, and people haven't taken the time or been aware of the possible consequences.

"I think we all know subliminal messages have a huge impact on young people. Through attaching (fundraisers) to a school newsletter, we're legitimising them and saying it's all right for students to be transporting information about alcohol between the home and school."

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