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  • giovanni tiso,

    (where's Sacha?...she seems to be good on overly graphic threads).

    In that overly graphic way she has of actually being a he.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • jon_knox,

    In that overly graphic way she has of actually being a he.

    Sacha is a bloke eh? That's bad parenting that is. Let that be an example to Mr Haywood.

    Sacha is probably buzy elsewhere making insentive comments...There I was thinking that's an enlightened woman when he was cracking jokes about watersports on other threads.

    Belgium • Since Nov 2006 • 464 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    an enlightened woman

    Chicks don't exist to be tastefulness-arbiters, do they? (If they do, I'm a total failure.)

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    Sacha is a bloke eh? That's bad parenting that is.

    I don't know why English speakers assume that when a foreign name ends with "a", it must be feminine even when it isn't - witness Nicola and Andrea (and Andrea actually means male - go figure) - but as far as I know Sacha is the diminutive of both Alexander and Alexandra, a bit like Jo/Joe for Joanna and Joseph. Deliciously ambiguous.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Chicks don't exist to be tastefulness-arbiters, do they? (If they do, I'm a total failure.)

    Goddess, no. In fact, the PAS Women's XV has occasionally made me blush. Which I thought was a physiological impossibility.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    an enlightened woman

    Chicks don't exist to be tastefulness-arbiters, do they? (If they do, I'm a total failure.)

    We're just not sufficiently enlightened, Danielle.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    We're just not sufficiently enlightened, Danielle.

    I think that's pretty obvious. But if I may impersonate one of those creepy male feminists for a moment... can I get your opinion on the following lead on the New Zealand Herald as of right now?

    __I'm no victim, I'm a survivor: Rape victim__

    "I am not a victim. I am a survivor." That is how the woman attacked and raped by Liam Reid in Dunedin feels about herself - and it is how she wants others to view her.

    Emphasis added in the interest of belabouring the point that this woman would like others not to view her as a victim, but the New Zealand Herald doesn't give a shit.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Crikey, look what happens when you sleep in around here. Giovanni, thanks for explaining wonderfully the derivation of the name my parents bestowed (and which has certainly caused a fair degree of hassle in my youth along with interesting later opportunities for mistaken identity).

    Just imagine a slightly lower voice, Jon. Your stereotypes about gender may also require adjusting accordingly, which can be an interesting process I'm told. Enlightenment comes in many forms..

    As for graphic threads, right now I'm imagining Craig as a potty-mouthed circus-master in spangly disco lurex for some reason. I've speculated before that he's a pot o gold for Mr Brown's revenue streams, but probably a source of perpetual disappointment for googlers led astray.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Deliciously ambiguous.

    Quite!

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    Emphasis added in the interest of belabouring the point that this woman would like others not to view her as a victim, but the New Zealand Herald doesn't give a shit.

    That'd be my analysis. It's probably sad that doesn't even surprise me.

    For sheer salaciousness, try this from Stuff this morning:

    The dominatrix narrows her charcoal eyes and pouts her blood stained lips.

    Blood stained (sic). You mean... red, right? As in, lipstick-stained? Also this is right next to a photograph of the woman in question, and her eyes are blue.

    But y'know, whatever.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    I'm more intrigued by this bit.

    "There's a lot of wealth in New Zealand ... if you tap into it."

    And sex workers, it seems, know how to do just that. Spot a Bentley, Porshe or Maserati, walk confidently up to the driver's side, open the car door and ask the man in the expensive suit for directions.

    "Of course baby, where to?" he would say. "To your bed darling," the woman would reply, before jumping in.

    So she jumps in from the driver's side? How does that work?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    So she jumps in from the driver's side? How does that work?

    It's like that 'sliding across the bonnet' thing. Only from the inside. In a short skirt. Minding the gearstick. Something you're never going to manage in a Maserati, frankly.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Something you're never going to manage in a Maserati, frankly.

    Is there something about Rod Drury that you're not telling us? :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    Is there something about Rod Drury that you're not telling us? :)

    Only until the publication of 'A Night Out With Rod Drury'?

    Hmm. It doesn't have the same ring to it. What does Alan Bollard drive?

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    What does Alan Bollard drive?

    A hard bargain? :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    As for graphic threads, right now I'm imagining Craig as a potty-mouthed circus-master in spangly disco lurex for some reason. I've speculated before that he's a pot o gold for Mr Brown's revenue streams, but probably a source of perpetual disappointment for googlers led astray.

    Even more disappointed when you meet me in the cardigan-shrouded flesh, trying not to get cigarette ash in my sweet milky tea. Confuse everyone thoroughly enough and they never see the poison-tipped umbrella coming...

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    Even more disappointed when you meet me in the cardigan-shrouded flesh, trying not to get cigarette ash in my sweet milky tea. Confuse everyone thoroughly enough and they never see the poison-tipped umbrella coming...

    You are a delight, Mr Ranapia. An absolute treasure trove of imagery, and your words often make my lips do that little thing........what is it again? Oh, yes. You make me smile.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    your words often make my lips do that little thing........what is it again?

    No further encouragement for our undercover provocateur, please.. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    No further encouragement for our undercover provocateur, please.. :)

    Is that what you sophisticates are calling it now?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    I'm sure there are some good anglo saxon words for it.. :).

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    And for us..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    Sorry, around that time on Saturday nights everything starts looking like a double entendre to me...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Heck, don't apologise - it strikes me as a good starting position when you read anything by Craig, delight that he is. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

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