Following in the fine tradition outlined in movies, the producers of Channel Ten News have produced a follow-up to a news story they had a hand in dealing with the day prior.
On any other day a simple fence post would hold back the suicidal tendencies of wanderers lost after a heavy night of intoxication in tribute to gonzo journalism. But on Coogee beach, somewhere along the coast of New South Wales, the drunken and blurry gazes of the locals have conjured the image of the Mother Mary from the shadows and wood that would keep them away from the jagged rocks below.
In these times of prayers for peace and whatever happens to fill those 'special brownies' a news story one day pointing out what a few hundred have claimed to see, all the while sober, will most likely net a few thousand the next and a resultant follow-up to cover story to cover the followers following the shadows of the edge off a cliff.
One stunned observer commented on seeing the image of the mother of God.
Whore it and they will come.
Written on Friday, 31 January 2003