In the middle of a question and answer session at an academic symposium, an audience member wearing a Boss Baby shirt showed off the Boss Baby lunchbox he takes to work every day.

“Obviously I eat cookies for lunch,” he explained, “because that’s what Boss Baby fans do.”

There was polite applause.

The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel peacefully completed her final rotation on Monday 6 September 2021, surrounded by friends, family and the Costco store, following a brave battle with pretty much everything.

The cause of death was “the global Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent travel restrictions and sustained shutdowns, adding to pre-existing challenges of operating amid increased high-rise development and changes in the Docklands area”, according to its directors – although she seemed to have been suffering from a very, very long pre-existing condition.