An early-30s man visiting his parents for a week’s holiday has been forced to play a long-forgotten game: free-to-air TV lottery.
With his parents relying on commercial TV and a small, uninspiring DVD collection for entertainment, Peter has spent most nights trying to find something decent to watch. It’s something he hasn’t done since his uni days (when he still lived at home), as he’s grown accustomed to an array of streaming services when he can watch whatever he wants, whenever he wants.
“It really is a lottery. I found a funny English game show on SBS Friday night, but on Sunday night, the only decent thing on was Friends repeats, and it was from the final season when the show had jumped the shark,” said Peter.
“I can’t stream anything on my iPad as the bloody WiFi keeps dropping out. I told Dad I’ll call Telstra to get it fixed and hook them up to some streaming services, because nobody should have to suffer through the drivel of commercial TV, and don’t get me started on the news. Seriously, Nine has three bulletins between three and six pm, and Ten has The Project on six bloody nights now! Talk about flogging a dead horse! Not to mention the overly dramatic promos for all the reality TV crap.”
In one upside, Peter went to the local pub on Saturday night to watch the NRL ‘Super Saturday’ double-header and had a great time.
“I couldn’t quite hear the commentary over the band, but I’d rather listen to pub rock covers of Foo Fighters, Chisel, and Metallica than sit through the dribble from Braith Anasta and Cooper Cronk.”
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
