Posts by Jacqui Craig

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  • Field Theory: A vile curse on thee!,

    cough - Hyundai add - cough

    I totally got it wrong on purpose, just to illustrate how I am blinded by my irrational hatred. :P

    I know why I hate it so much: it combines two of my least favourite things in the worls. SUVs and babies. *shudder*

    I also hate SUV-driving babies. The only think i don't hate is the music, which I kind of like.

    That's a cruel cruel thing, when you like something about your irrational hatred.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Field Theory: A vile curse on thee!,

    Admitting to an irrational hatred seems a bit like giving in to it but here goes...

    All Australian sportspeople. yeah yeah sure I bet there might be a few who are true sportsmen/women but in the main they are classless, arrogant and bad losers. Shane Warne used to get me very stressed out - my husband would say "yeah but he's such a great cricketer" which considering I grew up in Canada and will never understand the finer points of cricket, didn't have much impact on me.

    That horrible horrible HORRIBLE Toyota ad with the little boy who goes driving and picks up his girlfriend. Don't ask me why because I know logically it's just an ad, but I hate it and that little boy with the intensity of a thousand white-hot suns.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: Caution Boaties,

    Couldn't you just say you're pregnant? I found that to be a fairly socially acceptable way to give up drinking ;)

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: How about You You You?,

    My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!

    Mine sees the lemurs and immediately starts to gyrate while singing very loudly "You've got to move it move it, you've got to move it move it" a la 'Madagascar'. She's constantly disappointed when they don't dance with her (and so am I).

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: How about You You You?,

    I think Hazel started to really appreciate the animals in a way that I felt justified the entry fee not long after she turned two, so I'd say get a yearly pass and keep going! The pass is great because you can whip in, see the chickens, and leave again and not have to worry that you've 'done' the zoo to get your money's worth. Before that I always wanted to keep moving, to see the animals that appealed to me, get my money's worth when Hazel wanted to look at the chickens, or watch the giraffe for 20 minutes, or pick at a spot on a wooden railing with an interesting hole, and it would stress me out. I also had to come to terms with tortoises being more interesting than cheetahs, and flamingoes more interesting than the lions across the way, and serval cats being "kitties! meow!" but it's nice to see them again through new eyes.

    And turtles big (Galapagos) and small (those little ones near the cheetahs) grunt and moan in a most inappropriate way for family viewing. "What is that turtle doing mummy? what's his leg dooooing??" And I took the time-honoured coward's way and said "oh they're just being friendly darling". The shame.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: How about You You You?,

    I got a yearly pass to the zoo so it wouldn't matter when my 2 year old daughter spent more time looking at the chickens and sparrows in the bushes than she did at those boring old lions. Now that she's three we have a yearly pass so that my blood pressure doesn't elevate too much when she just wants chippies from the cafe and never mind about those silly monkies. We do manage a few animals in between the chickens and chips thank goodness, although like your daughter tortoises seem to be higher on the list than many other more theoretically interesting animals (although they do seem to have noisy sex a lot).

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Something odd and unresolved,

    Considering that the article only took Key up to what, early adolescence? I'm not really sure what dark skeletons they could really air. Not that I wasn't hoping for some but gotta be realistic about most 10 year olds, especially those who want to play golf...

    As for whether the article was truly unauthorised or not, it's really semantics isn't it? Technically you can argue that it wasn't, depending on what definitions you use for 'authority' etc. but common usage suggests that most people expect that the term "unauthorised" means that the subject has not ok'd it - doesn't matter what a dictionary says the term means, it's what the general public think it means in this case.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    <i>Oh, and also: there's a reason this has become trial-by-media.

    It's because there wasn't a trial-by-justice-system.</i>

    Nah, it's a trial by media because they know it'll sell. C'mon, are you seriously suggesting that trial-by-media is any sort of stand in for the real thing? This guy will probably end up in court, and well he should if he's guilty of what the Dom says he is, and that would probably have been obvious to the them and anyone else in the know from the very beginning. The reason that this case is headlining is not because it's a case of justice gone wrong, it's because Veitch is what passes for a celebrity in this country.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    It's hardly "all the medias fault."

    I didn't say it was, you'll note I specifically said "the media and the consumers of that media" You're right, the media publishes what it thinks the public wants to hear, but it's a two-way street that, equally the public wants what its used to being given. Just because some people get off on the prurient details of someone's life - or death - doesn't actually mean the media should provide it. And the fact that this whole episode has pushed stories that might arguably be more important off the news or well down the list is just inexcusable.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Although this really is a nasty episode, and Veitch should be held responsible both by the police and his employers, I'm almost equally bothered by the behaviour of the media. I'm sure they would argue that it's in the public interest but do they really have to practically drool with excitement while delivering the news? It verges on the pornographic sometimes. No wonder the poor woman didn't want to go public, no wonder the woman who was allegedly pack raped by the English rugby team didn't make a formal complaint - they knew what would happen. I think the media needs to take a good hard look at itself when it becomes apparent that victims of potentially high-profile crimes are not coming forward. People usually seem to point the finger at the justice system and claim that celebs get off lightly when they commit a crime when it seems to me that it's the media and the consumers of that media that probably have the greatest influence on whether they get away with it or not.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 28 posts Report Reply

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