BORK!BORK!BORK! When this vulture excuses himself from The Register 's Australian eyrie for a little rest and recreation, I first avoid [1]pyromaniac birds and [2]carnivorous koalas , before settling into a bucolic beach town to catch a few waves, read a few books, and tune out from the world of tech.

So imagine my horror when my pre-beach provisioning excursion turned up a bork.

You're looking at the digital signage from the sole supermarket in the charming village of Milton, which last week showed shoppers news of printing problems before they had a chance to choose cheese or procure pork products.

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Digital signage wipeout in Aisle 1

As the digital signage cycled through its store of images, the bork sullied a slide promoting house brand Black & Gold, and covered a promo for lottery tickets too.

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Black & Gold bork

[5]Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux?

[6]Bork ventures to the Middle of Lidl

[7]ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking

[8]Bork ends where it began. At McDonald's, home of the finest bork product

Australia's school year commences in late January, meaning the bork also had a chance to infest an ad for snacks parents might consider cramming into lunchboxes.

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Back to school bork

Which seems rather apt because surely someone needs to go back to Windows maintenance school.

Your correspondent fumed about the bork for a while but mostly forgot all about it after hitting the beach. The shot below shows its glory at about 7:00AM one fine morning, when the water temperature was a very pleasant 22° C and gentle waves made for decent bodysurfing.

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Narrawallee beach, Australia

Now I'm back at work.

And absolutely loving it . ®

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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2018/01/08/australian_birds_light_fires/

[2] https://www.theregister.com/2013/01/31/drop_bear_killer_koala_science_fun/

[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2026/02/03/simon_sharwood_bork_1.jpg

[4] https://regmedia.co.uk/2026/02/03/simon_sharwood_bork_2.jpg

[5] https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/bus_linux/

[6] https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/bork_ventures_to_the_middle/

[7] https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/atm_bork/

[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/05/bork/

[9] https://regmedia.co.uk/2026/02/03/simon_sharwood_bork_3.jpg

[10] https://regmedia.co.uk/2026/02/03/simon_sharwood_bork_4.jpg

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