What news events catch the eye of the Tomboy Tirade crew this July? The co-hosts of Asia’s biggest and only all-female comedy chat podcast, Persis and Raven give their prickly picks for the month. Founded in 2013, Tomboy Tirade (pronounced Tomboy Tee-rahd, the way we like to say it) is a no-holds comedy chat podcast with a whole lot of geek and humour thrown into every episode.
PRICKLY PICK #1 – UK votes to leave European Union
The UK is leaving the relationship but realise they won’t be able to come and go as they please in the future. Meanwhile, the scorned European Union is ripping up wedding photos, changing the locks and on verge of dumping their ex’s stuff on to the lawn. How do you divide up the house in the world’s messiest divorce? Who’s getting the dog? What if your kid demand to break away from you and stay with the other parent?
We hear that Chief Mouser Larry has taken to howling non-stop at the front door, much to annoyance of his posh neighbours. Rumour has it that the cat was really Professor McGonagall in disguise and that the Ministry of Magic is about to take over. However 10 Downing Street reassures us that all this is an misunderstanding and the potential Prime Minister candidate is just “not ready” to leave the house yet.
PRICKLY PICK #2 – App auto-sends Game of Throne spoilers to your enemies
Watch your back the next time you cross your ex, family members or friends in the style of The Red Wedding (by that we mean with Game of Thrones spoilers and not actually slaughtering them at the dining table, tempting it may be). Like how Lannisters send their regards, the Game of Thrones fans always pay their debts. With the new app spoiled.io, all you have to do is pay USD$0.99 to key in their phone number and vengeance will be delivered to your sworn enemy in a barrage of Game of Thrones spoilers. An app so evil, it will even tweet your indignant reactions for the world to see. Somewhere out there, Ramsay Bolton is having his last laugh.
PRICKLY PICK #3 – Nike’s Wimbledon dresses recalled for being too revealing
“We want a dress that flies up above the waist when we play and hampers our movement,” says no female tennis player ever. Better luck next time, Nike. Try not to take your inspiration from the Victoria’s Secret lingerie collection when designing performance wear for professional athletes.
PRICKLY PICK #4 – New Zealand town has hundreds of jobs waiting for you
We haven’t seen any real estate listings for Hobbiton yet but you can still now live out your days as a hobbit in the Lord of the Rings country. In fact the tiny town of Kaitangata in New Zealand has an unique problem – hundreds of job opportunities and ample affordable housing but not enough people to fill them. (Nope, they are not paying you 160K to come here to work despite what’s been reported earlier in the news. And that’s why you can’t trust the Internet.) The youth unemployment is down to two, and that is not two per cent but just two unemployed young people, who are either the unluckiest job seekers on earth or the bumming Gandalf in disguise.
PRICKLY PICK #5 – Inky the octopus escapes from aquarium
In a scene reminiscent of Finding Nemo, Inky the octopus made his dash for freedom after the lid of his tank was left slightly ajar. Unfortunately his brazen midnight escape was not caught on CCTV but millennial has allegedly recorded and posted his escape videos at the highly popular InkChat, under the alias ”The Grate Escape”. Fans have set up an “Octagone” Legbook page to celebrate his breakaway from The National Aquarium in New Zealand.
PRICKLY PICK #6 – Who will end up barbequed, er we mean…sitting on the Iron Throne?
Sitting on the Iron Throne is like holding a job at McDonald’s where the turnover is high and the rewards are few except for those few minutes of onscreen power. Now that Cersei is in the hot seat as CEO of Westeros, we wonder how long her reign will last especially now that another former CEO’s daughter, Daenerys Tar-whatever’ian is on her way to King’s Landing with three massive flying barbeque grilles, a witty imp and a look of determination on her face. All we can say is we’ve received secret invites to a party along with a menu that has ‘Queen’s charbroiled steak’ as a main course option in it and we’re hoping it’s not what we think it is.
PRICKLY PICK #7 – Tinder is actually a secret service dating app.
James Cook of the Business Insider recently got curious about how popular apps like Facebook and Tinder were data mining information from users so under the US Data Protection Act, James requested a copy of any personal data of his that was being held by Tinder.
Just over a month later he received a surprisingly surreal experience when he found out that Tinder had records of photos (even deleted ones), messages and even info from Facebook from 2014! Not surprising because this month, Tinder came out to say that they were indeed the CIA’s official dating app for years which explains why they knew so much about their users.
PRICKLY PICK #8 – Rosie O’Donnell Calls Donald Trump an “Orange Slug”
Donald Trump has put another feather in his presidential cap when The Wildlife Society included him as a new species of mollusc thanks to actress and chat show host, Rosie O’Donnell who recently called the Republican presidential candidate an ‘orange slug’.
PRICKLY PICK #9 – Calvin Harris Fuming after Taylor Swift Meets Tom Hiddleston’s Parents
It’s the most devastating news since the war of the caffeinated beverages of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 as Calvin Harris not only got into a car crash fleeing from paparazzi recently but that things were moving awfully fast between Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston as the two new lovebirds had even met each other’s parents! While Calvin Harris is still a bit turned off by the new relationship, Taylor Swift is still trying to grapple with the fact that it takes an inter-galactic journey to Asgard to meet Hiddleston’s parents. Perhaps her new song will be a contemporary “Major Tom” remix of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”.
PRICKLY PICK #10 – Lower Cleavage Resume Photos Actually Get You The Job
Over a period of three years, researchers responded to hundreds of job ads using two fictional female candidates: both had nearly identical resumes and experience, but one wore a low-cut top in her application photograph (commonly used when applying for jobs in France), while the other wore a conservative high-neck blouse. Can you guess which one attracted more interview offers? Yep. Researchers found that more cleavage = more interest from recruiters. That’s right. Shocking but true! When this news exploded in the media recently, more universities revealed that they were now offering an upgraded MBA course called a Master of Boob Administration.
