I think the U.S. might be too far gone to ever respond to gun control. If Sandy Hook didn't do it I can't imagine what would. I am really grateful that Australia doesn't have a gun culture, I can't imagine feeling like you had to have a gun because it was too dangerous not to.

This is always so depressing to see. They're like the child in the playground hitting another kid because they wanted the toy...and then being given it because it's easier than dealing with a temper tantrum.

I had a guy friend once who sent me texts from his 'sister' saying that he'd been in a serious car accident. I freaked out and called another friend with "Holy shit did you hear Bobby was in a terrible car accident and is in hospital? They don't know if he'll make it.'" There was a pause and she replied "Um, no he's…

Yeah! Brawls are for wimps. Soccer has riots.

Is there something wrong with their necks?

Back in the good old days kids would go out for a nice clifftop picnic with lashings of ginger beer, homemade pies from cook, and lots of strawberries and cream. Then they would catch the local band of smugglers before going into tea.

I do remember thinking it was incredibly weird that the Babysitters Club were my age and being given responsibility for such young children, often at night. As littlies we were watched by actual teenagers.

Isn't the under 14 thing more about being left home alone though? I can't remember anyone not being allowed to roam the streets until they were 14 growing up, we could generally go where we wanted as long as we were home by dark. but if my parents were going to be away overnight I was not allowed to stay by myself…

I always feel sorry for people in child protection when something tragic happens and everyone blames child services for not stopping it. I do believe that they are overloaded, underfunded and have extremely stressful jobs.

I was in NZ a few years back and there were a bunch of students handing out stickers and trying to get people to sign their petition.

Can Kristen Schaal be a regular? Her telethon for Hugh Hefner when he was going broke that failed because the ringing phones were being manned by lumps of meat was brilliant.

Somehow the bit that struck me as 'Ok, this is fake.'was when his GF heard them having sex and was totally cool with it and now refers to her as a daughter. That...seems unlikely.

I think it was Barry Humphries who once had a full silver service breakfast served to him on a train. At each stop a butler would board the carriage and serve him the next part of his meal, complete with hot coffee and the morning paper.

That sounds very civilized particularly if you know everyone's car. If it's a strange car though (say belonging to a visiting nurse) then it's obviously not someone being rude, just someone who doesn't live there parking on a public street.

You know there was this one time a friend put up a nice photo of us on Facebook but my arms looked REALLY fat because of the angle (and because I have fat arms, let's be honest) and I untagged myself because I wanted to maintain the illusion that I was a delicate flower to all those people from high school.

Honestly, how do you sleep at night? I bet you only pick the most flattering selfies to go on Facebook too!

I ignored Maria in that challenge and it went away.

In real life you don't run out of energy and cease to function after two minutes unless you pay $6.49 for another two minutes or wait an hour and half to recharge. 24 hour dates are the worst.

Trading secrets for follows such as 'Maddie is seven months pregnant' is basically every women's magazine ever. Grown up women actually pay to read this shit.

There are people who still 'spell' things? Are they the same people who do long division with a pencil and paper?