Adelaide Advertiser

So here are some real facts about Adelaide's daily newspaper - today's edition.

* There are 23 job vacancies in the classifieds - about a quarter of a page in total.
* Around 3 pages of classifieds - including the job vacancies identified above.
* Two pages of Personal Notices - "Births, Deaths and Marriages".
* Two pages of "Editorial" and "Letters to The Editor".
* One page for a story about "A State of Whingers".
* And when you take the glossy pictures away - about 3 pages of news that happened yesterday or sometime earlier.
* Including half a page on Kevin Foley's most recent religious experience ;-)

All totalling 11 pages of stuff - oh and;

* One full page of ads for "Adult Relaxation Services".

The rest is fluff and bubble - all padding the thing out to a total of 71 pages.

So tell me again why you would pay $1.10 for it and why you would actually bother to read it?

Unless of course you are after some "Adult Relaxation Services"?

PS at 8:30pm - Someone just asked me "What is my point"? Well my point is that they have 4 times as many ads for *sex services* as they do for actual *real jobs*. Doesn't that strike anyone else as being a little strange?