Bushranger

Wedding bells on horizon?

REMEMBER Darwin’s own Tahan Lew Fatt, who finished runner-up in the Big Brother TV show in 2013? She’s been out of the spotlight recently but took to Twitter on Sunday to pay tribute to her long-term boyfriend, V8 Supercar driver David Reynolds, who finished fifth in Tasmania’s second race. We do wonder whether marriage is on the minds of the loved-up couple. Tahan recently voiced her disdain about the Married at First Sight TV show. “#Married 9 please f#%k off right now it’s doing my head in ... I am done ... Over it!” Watch this space, maybe.

Don’t ask ...

COURTROOM one at Darwin Local Court is often a sight to behold. Last week, a co-accused couple rocked up to court in matching Crocs, which Bushranger thinks is a crime against fashion. As Thursday rolled on, lawyers’ eyes were glazing over as they dreamed of the long weekend when all of a sudden, barrister Peter “McDreamy” Bellach got everyone’s attention when he said of his client: “He also had damage to his anus, I understand.”

Jorgengone

AFTER a career confronting the confounding and finding the humour in a job which is very tough to do, Superintendent Louise Jorgensen is calling it a day. Supt Jorgensen is heading into retirement in northern NSW, bringing an end to her time in the NT Police. A keen surfer, Supt Jorgensen took one last trip to Bali last week before moving south and settling in Crescent Head. The NT News will miss the quirky yarns Supt Jorgensen had lined up almost every morning following a long night shift dealing with Mango Madness.

Say what?

IT’S standard courtroom practice – if someone doesn’t show, their name gets called three times outside. The judge had ordered the orderly to go ahead and shout for an alleged perp when defence lawyer Shane

McMaster piped up: “My client is a deaf mute, your honour.”

Taken but not official?

IN last week’s Sunday Territorian we listed the top 10 singles. Turns out not all of them were single. As far as we’re concerned here at Who Wee ... uh, the NT News, if you’re not Facebook official, it’s not official.

Crocodile stand-off fizzer

THERE was trouble on the Alligator River on Monday morning when a Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise guide boat driver had to manoeuvre the vessel be- tween Stumpy the croc and his lady friend Marilyn Monroe. Apparently the two crocs were all hot and bothered, with Stumpy being unable to bear the sight of Marilyn Monroe getting a bite to eat. In the end the Mexican standoff was a fizzer. No crocs got a feed and the tourists were left devastated over a lack of jumping and fighting.

Give us a build-up any day

LAST week’s revolting cold snap left thinblooded Darwin residents scrambling to keep warm as the temperature plunged to 18.2C, making it the coldest day for 60-odd years. Emergency jumpers usually only seen in Darwin being stuffed into bags as their owners disembark from Jetstar red eyes made rare outings, while Bushranger also heard reports of enterprising Territorians warming their hands over gas stoves and toasters. Let’s hope we never have to go through that again.

Our Jess gets crabby

IT is against the law to be a Territorian and not love the Top End’s own Jessica Mauboy but a few of our aquatic residents may wish she would stay down south. She apparently feasted big time on our delicious mud crabs in the lead-up to gracing centre stage at the Darwin Convention Centre last night. There are probably weirder delicacies eaten in the lead-up to a show but it just goes to show you can take the girl out of the Territory but you can’t take the Territory out of the girl.