What news events catch the eye of the Tomboy Tirade crew this August? 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
The two kids called Kanye and Taylor
Kanye West and Taylor Swift just can’t seem to address their differences can they? One minute Kanye grabs the spotlight from Taylor, the next he claims she wrote a song on the album, then she says she didn’t and then he takes the stage to address the issue at a Drake show. Even kids at a playground behave better than these two. It’s time they were given a refresher on their potty training.
PRICKLY PICK #2
Why Hollywood babes are trying to bag a tech titan, not a rock star
These days, it’s more fashionable to get hitched to a tech titan than an actor/actress in Hollywood which is why Silicon Valley (and Alley) moguls are landing the sort of megababes who once fancied rock stars, pro athletes, Hollywood hunks and Wall Street wolves. From the Elon Musks and Evan Spiegels, the smart geek guys are killing it in the dating scene, so if you want the hot babes, start wearing glasses and acting like a klutz.
PRICKLY PICK #3
Clinton accepts historic nomination, slams Trump vision
Hillary Clinton on Thursday (July 28) claimed her place in history as she became the first woman presidential nominee of a major US party, promising economic opportunity for all and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark picture of America. The fanfare, speeches and party atmosphere of this historic moment got so many in attendance and it’s worldwide popularity in the news is now just as cool as attending a rave party making Trump’s bid look like Walter White in a tighty whitey.
PRICKLY PICK #4
Apple to focus on self-driving cars and not electric cars
We’ve been hearing about Apple’s ambitious plans to build an electric vehicle, but now what is known as its Project Titan could be shifting focus on self-driving cars, according to BloomBerg. However, this doesn’t mean the company has no plans to build an electric car.
All we can say is, ‘Hello? Apple? Didn’t Google beat you to it already?’
PRICKLY PICK #5
‘Cockroach milk’ could be a superfood of the future
In a recent finding, scientists have found that cockroaches could be the future of superfoods that can solve your health and nutrient woes.
I guess the Dutch will now start recruiting roach maids instead of milk maids. Ewwww!
PRICKLY PICK #6
Matt Damon saves ancient China from monsters
Donald Trump thinks a wall will keep out the Mexicans. But ancient Chinese has already beat him to the game with their Great Wall of China. If your illegal immigrants crossing the border happen to be carnivorous creatures that snacks on locals, the only solution is to build the largest wall in the world and … then hired white guards defend it. Hollywood’s need for a white saviour is so strong that Jason Bourne has to travel back 500 years in time to save the hapless Chinese from a monster invasion. Take that, Marco Polo.
PRICKLY PICK #7
Man robs banks with a handwritten note
Gone were the days when backpackers head to Southeast Asia to party hard and teach English for extra cash. Canadian backpacker David James Roach brazenly walked into a Standard Chartered Bank from Singapore with a hoodie and cap and robbed SGD30000 (GBP17000) with just a handwritten note. Though forgot to Google Singapore before he picked the second richest country in the world to rob from – where the cars are so expensive that he couldn’t afford his getaway car. Still he had time to allegedly enjoy a strawberry lamington and bottle of San Pellegrino at a popular nearby cafe Baker and Cook while being on the run. We predict a future gig as a travel writer after his discharge from prison – “10 nearby cafes to check out while running away from a bank robbery.” “How to plan to plan the perfect bank robbery and not get caught – Learn from my mistakes.”
PRICKLY PICK #8
Rio Olympics Woes
The latest edition of the Hunger Games is under way in Rio with an addition of a new marathon event “Olympic survivor”, where participants have to sleep in broken hotels, sail in polluted waters and survive without security protection in a lawless city over the course of the entire Olympics. At least they no longer had to worry about the Zika virus after its last minute withdrawal. “21 top golf male players will be not heading to the Rio, with most of them citing me as a reason. The way they dropping out like flies, you would think that they are all pregnant.” said Zika at the press conference. “I felt that I have been unfairly blamed and the issue has been blown out of proportion. And I also worry about the family and my health especially with all that excessive bug spray.”
PRICKLY PICK #9
Gladstone joins the Whitehall
Poor Larry. It’s been a rough few weeks for the Downing Street cat.His Brexit after David Cameron’s departure would have been a cat-astrophe. Thankfully he clawed onto his rat-catching portfolio but was recently caught scrapping with his rival from the Foreign Office. Palmerston wasted no time in attempting a leadership coup and was unceremoniously booted out of No 10. Now a new cat has joined the Treasury amid the growing feud, sparking speculation of a three-way power struggle. On his first day in office, Gladstone wasted no time in warning his new neighbours he is a force to be reckoned with and showed off his catitude by declaring he had never heard of Larry, his famous Battlesea predecessor. Gladstone is expected to paw over over budget scorecards and present gifts of dead rodents but it looks to be seen whether he will be joining the War of Whitehall for the coveted spot on the No 10 steps.
PRICKLY PICK #10
POKEMON GO gets the kids moving
Pokémon Go has accomplished what Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program has failed to achieve, to get millions of kids out running about in the open of their own accord.Less than a week after Pokémon Go’s launch, our streets are filled with packs of phone-wielding,Pokéballs – catching members of The Walking Dead. The Public Health England warns of health risks for Pokemon Go after reports of numerous faintings from overexertion and warn players who are leaving the house for first time in months to “take it easy” with their first exposure to sunlight and “drink enough water”.
