I recently read an article describing the embarrassing things that hotel employees find in guests rooms after they have checked out.

Australian travel agencies Last Minute.com.au, Wotif.com and Travel.com.au conducted the survey on various hotels around the country.

They found out that two sheep, a man handcuffed to the bed, a motorcycle, an adult Spiderman costume, a prosthetic leg, a cat, wedding dress, underwear and a deceased man were included in the list of things left behind.

Most shocking were the numerous occasions where guests have forgotten their sex toys.

Meanwhile, the most commonly left behind items included mobile phone chargers, toothbrushes, underwear, belts and wallets.

What I don’t get is when anyone, Prime Minister down signs into a hotel room you must provide a phone number, address and when you actually sign the form you are making a ‘personal guarantee’ for the room. Most of you do not realise the far reaching effects this could have on your life but luckily most of the time nothing goes wrong.

Regardless, my annoyance lies in the fact that I have stayed in numerous hotels and accidentally left behind many different items including phone chargers, belts and in one case a pair of pants. In NONE of these cases did the hotel contact me to confirm I had left behind the item.

Thanks very much hotels! Thanks for all the Vodka shot bottles filled with water, for the lemonade bottles filled with water, for the wake up calls at 4am, for the totally fooked up room service orders, for the parking spots smaller than a scooter, for the elevators that don’t work, for the fridges that keep everything room temperature, for the air conditioners that do nothing for the charming staff at the front desk…. Oh and thanks for calling me when I leave my iPOD behind!

I never doubted my battling Broncos would get through the representative season doldrums and start to shine as finals football approached. I never doubted them!!

Mondays performance against the Sharks was a welcome return to the winning form and its continuation this afternoon proved my never wavering faith was not misplaced.

Sure, they leaked a few points in the first half against the Penny Panthers and even went into the sheds behind at halftime but the most impressive feat was still to come. The second half was a domination from start to finish. From Teo to Yow Yeh to Winterstein to Thaiday to Yow Yeh and back to Teo the tries barley stopped.

Also exciting is the prospect that Darren “Turnstile” Lockyer ran to the line a tried a few things this match. Equally exciting is that some these ‘things’ actually came off!

Most importantly, the Penny Panthers have played the Broncos and Darren into form at the right time of the year, next stop the Saints. Lockyer said facing up to a Dragons team whose seven-game winning streak ended on Saturday night against Canberra would be a massive challenge.

“They’re the best team in the comp defensively and we don’t want to be leaking points against them,”

No you don’t Darren, no you don’t.

Oh and Gina Carano lost her world title fight against against Chis ‘Cyborg’ Santos. A big shame but thought you may wish to see some shots from the weigh in.

Todays blog was going to be an attack on anyone who has ever purchased an imported beer over a local beer. I then realized that I drink Tooheys New and while that is technically not imported it is owned by on overseas group. Regardless, I am going to attack you yuppie types anyways.

I have done a little experiment that proves vital in determining the intelligence of anyone who drinks imports.

I start off by asking them that if a local beer cost $1 and the imported beer cost $2 what would they buy? The answer is always “duh imported one”. I then try the same question at 4 and 8 bucks and get the same response. Ask yourself a question, if the local was $10 and the import was $20 which one would you get? A true supporter of import beer would be poor. A yuppie would turn back into an Aussie as quick as it takes to brew a Short Macchiato.

What the hell are you doing to Australia! You are not fooling anyone yuppie boys. I know who you are. You are the same niff nuff want to be’s you were when you were 18 years old but now you think you are sophisticated. Listen to me now, you are not sophisticated. As much as you like to get dressed up and do your hair all pretty you are a dirty rotten nothing brother loser.

Let me tell you who should be drinking imported beers. The people who live in the country the beer comes from and or was created in! Lets face it, if it was so good why would they be sending there crap to Australia! Take Corona, a beer that in Mexico is a run of the mill beer. But bring it to Australia and charge $8 a pop and BAM you have a top seller. Get this through your head morons it is CRAP. It is so crap you need to add a lemon or lime or freaking Tabasco sauce to get it to taste anything approaching palatable. And NEVER again will I be put in a situation where I am heading to a BBQ or party and being forced to look through Quick-E-Mart shelves for limes or lemons to go with Corona’s because some niff nuff yuppie bought some beers and forgot to bring the flavour.

Ask me and see what happens!

It is coming into the spring now and that can mean only one thing Spring Carnival! My intention this year is to watch the Melbourne cup in a quite pub somewhere with a few of the boys. Having still never backed a Melbourne cup winner I thought it high time to have a look at the markets and thanks to sportingbet.com.au here it is.

2009 Melbourne Cup (All in Betting) 03 Nov 2009
Flemington

Straight
Profound Beauty 14.00

Cest La Guerre 18.00

Rebel Raider 19.00

Speed Gifted 19.00

Changingoftheguard 21.00

Efficient 21.00

Viewed 23.00

Roman Emperor 26.00

Precedence 26.00

Schiaparelli 26.00

Cima De Triomphe 26.00

Shocking 31.00

Nom Du Jeu 31.00

Age Of Aquarius 31.00

Unsung Heroine 31.00

Macarthur 35.00

Daffodil 35.00

Doctor Fremantle 35.00

Ghimaar 35.00

Metal Bender 35.00

Mourilyan 35.00

Voila Ici 35.00

Warringah 35.00

Buccellati 41.00

Dandaad 41.00

Tuesday Joy 41.00

Eastern Anthem 41.00

Harris Tweed 41.00

Whobegotyou 41.00

Basaltico 41.00

Kirklees 41.00

Jolies Shinju 51.00

Pointilliste 51.00

Vigor 51.00

Zipping 51.00

Master Oreilly 51.00

Purple 51.00

Directa King 51.00

Orion Star 51.00

Zagreb 61.00

Black Mamba 61.00

Ista Kareem 61.00

Johann Zoffany 61.00

King Of Rome 61.00

Leica Ding 61.00

Berlioz 71.00

Court Vision 71.00

Hissing Sid 71.00

Mr Tipsy 71.00

Age Of Reason 71.00

Zavite 71.00

Maunatrice 71.00

Our Cannavaro 81.00

Red Ruler 81.00

Renewable 81.00

Tubular Bells 81.00

Varevees 81.00

Vision And Power 81.00

Zapurple 81.00

Think Money 81.00

Voice Coach 81.00

Allez Wonder 81.00

Crime Scene 81.00

Emblem Of Liberty 81.00

Maldivian 81.00

Miss Scarlatti 81.00

Askar Tau 81.00

Deutschland 81.00

Irazu 81.00

Driffield Gold 81.00

Munsef 81.00

Jungle Rocket 81.00

Kibbutz 81.00

Marchelle Belle 81.00

Miss Darcey 81.00

Naval Escort 81.00

Nothin Leica Cat 81.00

Pre Eminence 81.00

Friston Forest 81.00

Melpomene 101.00

Sugar Ray 101.00

My Scotsgrey 101.00

Ready To Lift 101.00

Scintillo 101.00

Our Easy Ryder 101.00

Timetable 101.00

Tinseltown 101.00

Young Centaur 101.00

Zarita 101.00

Big Col 101.00

Capecover 101.00

Cats Fun 101.00

Completion 101.00

Fitoussi 101.00

Gallions Reach 101.00

Yallingup 101.00

Fiumicino 101.00

Hatton Flight 101.00

Alessandro Volta 101.00

Bid Spotter 126.00

Empires Choice 126.00

Joe Blow 126.00

Judgethemoment 126.00

Light Vision 126.00

Desert Sea 126.00

Guyno 126.00

Hoorang 151.00

Indio Glorioso 151.00

The Foreman 151.00

Lord Tavistock 151.00

Macknuckle 151.00

Miss Maren 151.00

Moment In Time 151.00

My Central 151.00

Newport 151.00

Princess Pulse 151.00

Rangirangdoo 151.00

Rockhampton 151.00

Six Oclock News 151.00

Triple Honour 151.00

Typhoon Tracy 151.00

Hume 151.00

All In Black 151.00

Britomart 151.00

Cape Breton 151.00

Common Objective 151.00

Coniston Bluebird 151.00

Courtney 151.00

Figure Of Speech 151.00

Fordee 151.00

Spin Around 151.00

Activation 201.00

Alcopop 201.00

Arapaho Miss 201.00

Blue Oscar 201.00

Darcarwasha 201.00

Gods Hand 201.00

Gotta Keep Cool 201.00

Journey 201.00

Ladies Best 201.00

Le Baron 201.00

Majestical 201.00

Obvious Choice 201.00

Raffaello 201.00

Red Lord 201.00

Reprisal 201.00

Rich Success 201.00

Scarlet 201.00

Stalingrad 201.00

Volcanic Star 201.00

Woodcutter 201.00

Zupacool 201.00

Leica Falcon 201.00

Scenic Bullet 201.00

Hes Under The Gun 251.00

Helogen 301.00

Im So Classical 301.00

Itstheone 301.00

Jacala 301.00

Jara 301.00

Javasea 301.00

Keepin The Dream 301.00

Lami Louis 301.00

La Zeel 301.00

Lady Avacan 301.00

Lord Edmund 301.00

Maestro Of Murano 301.00

Malela 301.00

Mateo 301.00

Midnight Wine 301.00

Miss Martika 301.00

Mr Clangtastic 301.00

Multahb 301.00

Netanyahu 301.00

Neugine 301.00

Nothin Leica King 301.00

Oak Heart 301.00

Oakmont 301.00

Orphan Hoaks 301.00

Our Bill 301.00

Paddy Oreilly 301.00

Palm Trilogy 301.00

Pergola 301.00

Power To Surprise 301.00

Rollins 301.00

Saddlers Story 301.00

Samburu Warrior 301.00

Sand Hawk 301.00

Scouting Wide 301.00

Silent Symphony 301.00

Alexander Of Hales 301.00

Bellagio Wynn 301.00

Glistening 301.00

Golden Charmer 301.00

Hazeldon 301.00

Cuchurita 301.00

Deraismes 301.00

Doubly Sure 301.00

Douraya 301.00

Dubai Miss 301.00

Egyptian Lova 301.00

Elegance Dragon 301.00

Elmore 301.00

Field Hunter 301.00

Stakhanovite 301.00

Sterling Prince 301.00

Straight Edge 301.00

Supreme Quality 301.00

Teranaba 301.00

The Pooka 301.00

Trenchtown 301.00

Why Wouldya 301.00

Ya Still Wonder 301.00

You Beautiful Doll 301.00

Zacroona 301.00

Zaquinta 301.00

Sky Journey 301.00

Brand New Pair 301.00

Calm Customer 301.00

Cashel House 301.00

Centurytwentyone 351.00

Absent Friends 351.00

Snake Gully 351.00

Spare A Dime 351.00

Galileos Daughter 351.00

Betwixt 351.00

Sky Biscuit 351.00

I like it.

The Seven network currently has about 1.97 billion dollars (approximately 1 billion of which is cash) in equity and 207 million shares outstanding. That works out to about $9.50 of equity per share. The Seven network is currently trading at $6.51 some 30% percent or so lower than their break up equity value. Good margin of safety?

Sure this year they are going to find it tougher to make money in the current advertising market but as time goes on this should improve. TV is still the best way to advertise for most businesses which even Rupert Murdoch admitted this week by blowing the trumpet for paid news sites ie. the sky is not falling in and internet advertising is not taking over the world.

Seven has only 6 million dollars in debt. Against their current equity levels this is like owing only 0.3% on your home loan. And with earnings based on only 30% of last years (a safety factory I conjured from parts unkown), they could pay this debt off seven times over (it all comes back to Seven).

The only issue I see is that they do not earn ‘out of this world’ profits. Based on last years profits the return was about 11% based on the current share price, not the worst ever but not stupendous. They also don’t seem to make many if any losses which is desirable.

I am not sure what they will earn this year but I know Kerry Stokes does not like losing money and has an inkling to earn more in the future. He recently invested in West Australian Newspapers who have somewhat of a monopoly in their area. If you are looking for somewhere to whack a “little bit” in the hope of a market recovery then I can advise you, based on that assumption, Seven has some of my cash. I will keep an eye on Mr Stokes, as blindly following any man is an exercise in stupidity, but if he keeps up the good work I look forward to a reasonable return.

Think of it as a billionare working for you!

He can fight that kid. Forrest Griffin had no answer to the dominant Brazilian who’s sublime striking wore out the normally physical Griffin in round one.

I feel a little sorry for Forrest Griffin as his reaction after the fight looked like that of a little school kid running away from a problem as he immediately left the Octagon and ran for the locker area. There is some discussion that his jaw was broken or dislocated early in the fight and after several further shots during the round more damage was done, to the point he wanted to get it checked immediately. I am not sure at this stage but if you have the testicular fortitude to step into the Octagon you deserve respect no matter how the fight ends (unless you turtle up and refuse to take part).

In the main event BJ Penn choked out a gallant Kenny Florian. It was funny that during the post match interview Penn stated that during the fight he was listening to Florian’s trainers calling out what punches / combos they wanted Kenny to throw and when Kenny obliged Penn was ready and waiting for them! Florians team may wish to revisit that tactic.

Oh and Australian are dominating the English in the cricket.

How is Shane Watson’s form getting interviewed and telling us all about how Brett Lee is not fit enough to play the next game even though Brett Lee has declared himself 100% fit and ready to rumble?

If I were Brett Lee, Shane Watson would be picking his teeth up from the press conference table after that rubbish! Why the hell does Watson think he has the right to declare a teammate fit or not fit. The only person I would have accepted such arguments from is the great Shane Warne but Shane Watson barley has the aptitude to lace Brett Lee’s boots.

If you really want to do the right thing Watto I suggest you head out into the nets and get as much batting practice in as possible because if you fail at opener in the next match your entire test career is OVER!

Oh and Michael Clarke is faking a stomach strain to get out of some training. Typical show pony sooksy la la! To sparrow hearted to train, all he wants is the glory of playing.