Kim G
@nasigoreng.bsky.social
Retro music, magazines, ads and Aussie comedy, random memorabilia for the Xennial
1980s me would be really unimpressed with this Garfield graffiti on Sydney’s Como Bridge. And 2020s me is also unimpressed
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
1980s me would be really unimpressed with this Garfield graffiti on Sydney’s Como Bridge. And 2020s me is also unimpressed
Fun Saturday at the Stardew Valley concert in Sydney the other night. The 35 piece orchestra transforming the digital creations of #concernedape.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Fun Saturday at the Stardew Valley concert in Sydney the other night. The 35 piece orchestra transforming the digital creations of #concernedape.
Today’s Salvos find, volume 3 of best bits of the late show on VHS. Now I need to find volume 2…
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today’s Salvos find, volume 3 of best bits of the late show on VHS. Now I need to find volume 2…
Today’s find: 100% Hits Vol. 24. Some blah long-forgotten songs, but it is still late 90s and features Radiohead’s No Surprises, Robyn Loau’s Sick With Love and Verve’s The Drugs Don’t Work, so there are a few redeeming features.
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today’s find: 100% Hits Vol. 24. Some blah long-forgotten songs, but it is still late 90s and features Radiohead’s No Surprises, Robyn Loau’s Sick With Love and Verve’s The Drugs Don’t Work, so there are a few redeeming features.
During a recent break, I had dinner the other week at Club Callala on the NSW South Coast where I heard a snippet of that song being played during a trivia game. I wasn’t playing, but misremembered it as “Lola” or “Rona” 😆
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
During a recent break, I had dinner the other week at Club Callala on the NSW South Coast where I heard a snippet of that song being played during a trivia game. I wasn’t playing, but misremembered it as “Lola” or “Rona” 😆
Here you go @mattfulton.bsky.social - taken in front of the dentist
October 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Here you go @mattfulton.bsky.social - taken in front of the dentist
Did not get this @mattfulton.bsky.social - I assume you already have it as your website immediately comes up when you search for them. 😆 They lasted as long as Marky Mark and his funky bunch it seems
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Did not get this @mattfulton.bsky.social - I assume you already have it as your website immediately comes up when you search for them. 😆 They lasted as long as Marky Mark and his funky bunch it seems
Op shop finds, this time at a Noffs charity shop. MIlli Vanilli, Mel and Kim, MC Hammer and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch all $1 each! Retro cheese! #retrocheese
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Op shop finds, this time at a Noffs charity shop. MIlli Vanilli, Mel and Kim, MC Hammer and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch all $1 each! Retro cheese! #retrocheese
I have to use this mouse temporarily at the work desk I’m at, and for a left handed person this is a travesty! Have had to set my mouse settings to right handed to deal with it, my wrist hurts, and I can barely work out what’s going on #firstworldproblem
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I have to use this mouse temporarily at the work desk I’m at, and for a left handed person this is a travesty! Have had to set my mouse settings to right handed to deal with it, my wrist hurts, and I can barely work out what’s going on #firstworldproblem
Doing my bit for left handed people and putting the spoons in the hotel buffet breakfast facing the correct way for easy access.
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Doing my bit for left handed people and putting the spoons in the hotel buffet breakfast facing the correct way for easy access.
Found a few old VHS copies of Keeping Up Appearances at my mum’s. Probably an ABC shop purchase back in the day #mrsbucket
October 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Found a few old VHS copies of Keeping Up Appearances at my mum’s. Probably an ABC shop purchase back in the day #mrsbucket
Looking forward to reading this!
August 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Looking forward to reading this!
Did you just make that up? I asked ChatGPT. "Sure!" it says nonchalantly. "I did mix things up!" What the..
Sigh
Sigh
July 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Did you just make that up? I asked ChatGPT. "Sure!" it says nonchalantly. "I did mix things up!" What the..
Sigh
Sigh
Anyway, actual people in the FB group correctly identified the character as Mr Yawn from the mattress factory. I did a typo and said "Mt Yawn" in ChatGPT where it duly talked about Mount Yawn being in a Cap'n Snooze ad campaign as a dreamy mountain metaphor for sleep! 2/3
![mt yawn [typo]
ChatGPT said:
Ah! You're thinking of "Mt Yawn" — yes, that was another quirky mascot from Australian mattress advertising.
Mt Yawn was used by Capt’n Snooze, another major Australian bedding retailer (now part of Snooze). The concept was a fictional mountain called Mount Yawn, often used in advertising as a metaphor for relaxation and deep sleep.
While Mt Yawn itself wasn’t a character with a face like Marty the Mattress, some of the ads featured cartoonish imagery of a sleepy mountain or dream-like landscapes, and at times had anthropomorphic features or characters promoting the idea of “conquering Mt Yawn” for a good night’s sleep.
If you’re remembering a mascot that was a literal mattress with a face in connection with “Mt Yawn,” it’s likely your memory is blending elements of Capt’n Snooze’s Mt Yawn campaigns and Forty Winks’ Marty the Mattress. They were competitors with similar marketing vibes around the same era — mostly late 80s to early 2000s.
Would you like me to track down footage or imagery of the Mt Yawn or Capt’n Snooze campaigns?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fzjruybm7cconefwzn3pliip/bafkreidulsexr2ugcriatmm7a4s3nsezv3e3gzgnelfeezko26eyjaxxbe@jpeg)
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Anyway, actual people in the FB group correctly identified the character as Mr Yawn from the mattress factory. I did a typo and said "Mt Yawn" in ChatGPT where it duly talked about Mount Yawn being in a Cap'n Snooze ad campaign as a dreamy mountain metaphor for sleep! 2/3
I thought I'd ask ChatGPT to help identify a character someone on the Australian Nostaglia group wanted to identify: an anthropomorphic mattress mascot. ChatGPT duly replied, "Marty the Mattress". But this was just a figment of ChatGPT's imagnination and it accused ME of misremembering! 1/3
July 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I thought I'd ask ChatGPT to help identify a character someone on the Australian Nostaglia group wanted to identify: an anthropomorphic mattress mascot. ChatGPT duly replied, "Marty the Mattress". But this was just a figment of ChatGPT's imagnination and it accused ME of misremembering! 1/3
The local Vinnies has now sorted out the CDs by colour! Similar to how they do books and clothes! At least it will be easy finding copies of Martin/Molloy’s Brown Album, Poop Chute and Eat Your Peas
July 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The local Vinnies has now sorted out the CDs by colour! Similar to how they do books and clothes! At least it will be easy finding copies of Martin/Molloy’s Brown Album, Poop Chute and Eat Your Peas
It’s true, Australia has one of the world’s most expensive passports and this warping is what happens if you leave it out for a few days. They don’t even give you the little plastic protective sleeves they used to come in; I still use one that’s more than 20 years old (also pictured).
July 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It’s true, Australia has one of the world’s most expensive passports and this warping is what happens if you leave it out for a few days. They don’t even give you the little plastic protective sleeves they used to come in; I still use one that’s more than 20 years old (also pictured).
I’m at the Salvos store in Bowral (“bus trip to Bowral!”) and found A River Somewhere on VHS! 😆 @tlschampagne.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I’m at the Salvos store in Bowral (“bus trip to Bowral!”) and found A River Somewhere on VHS! 😆 @tlschampagne.bsky.social
I found a fake list of “forums” when I was watching Beverly Hills 90210 season 5
July 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I found a fake list of “forums” when I was watching Beverly Hills 90210 season 5
Over a decade ago this was the type of thing PR companies would send you: LCD video mailer press kits with built in videos. This was the only purpose of the rechargeable device: to play a couple of two minute clips about the product! #presskit
July 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Over a decade ago this was the type of thing PR companies would send you: LCD video mailer press kits with built in videos. This was the only purpose of the rechargeable device: to play a couple of two minute clips about the product! #presskit
The new Australian Played channel is pretty good! (Although I wonder if the playlist is going to get repetitive after a while.) And I’m glad for the mix of tunes on the retro station too.
July 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The new Australian Played channel is pretty good! (Although I wonder if the playlist is going to get repetitive after a while.) And I’m glad for the mix of tunes on the retro station too.
And they killed off Skype for this…
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And they killed off Skype for this…
I just had my last smashed avo
June 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I just had my last smashed avo
